Happy Friday!
We’re wrapping up several weeks of QoL improvements for Tables, with new features focused on smarter data entry and validation. We hope these will reduce friction, prevent incomplete entries, and cut out manual workarounds.
Here’s what’s new:
1. Reaction vote limits
Set a maximum number of reactions per person on a reaction column. Once someone hits the limit, the reaction is automatically disabled for them… no more custom formulas to do this manually!
Now, just choose “User reaches their reaction limit” from the Disable if setting and pick a number. Everyone gets that many votes to spend across the column.
2. Better date pickers
Jump straight to any month or year from a dropdown, instead of clicking through one month at a time.
No more clicking the arrow over and over to reach a date that’s months away, or hunting for the X to clear a field.
3. Button confirmation modal
Add a confirmation step to any button so collaborators can give an explicit go-ahead before it runs.
You can customize the confirmation message and the cancel/continue button copy, and preview the modal before publishing. Note: the confirmation applies only to direct clicks and won’t appear when an automation pushes the button or when one button triggers another.
4. People columns default to the creator
Default a people column to “Created by,” or pick a specific person, right from the Default value dropdown.
Before, there was no built-in way to default to the row creator, and now it’s a single dropdown pick.
5. Add row as form
Configure the new row button to open a form, so rows are added only when someone explicitly clicks Save. Make sure no more half-filled entries are left behind.
Note: dismissing requires hitting Cancel, not just clicking away.
We hope these updates over the last several weeks make building in Docs feel a little more polished and a lot less manual.
Go try these out and let us know what you think in the comments!
