Make it easier to add a row

Feature Ideas
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Hi there,
Instead of scrolling down to the bottom of the rows to add a new one, can there be a big button somewhere?
Thanks for helping make this awesome system more user-friendly!

2

Hi @TUI ,

you can right click on any row and select “Insert row above/below”. It will create a new row that you can fill anywhere you want. Would that work for you?

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also there is a keyboard shortcut, I think it’s Shift+Enter, to add a row

4

Thank you Petrs! That’s great.

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I think making the “Add row” button one that floats above the rows better for tables with lots of rows. I also use Baserow in mobile and it’s a pain to add a row since there’s no access to the Shift+Enter keyboard shortcut. I have to add a row from a filtered view that doesn’t have too many rows instead.

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Thanks for the feedback @wandering-tabler, I’ll discuss your suggestion with the team. :ok_hand:

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Hey @wandering-tabler, first of all, we want to say that we are planning to optimize the mobile UX this year, so it will be much more convenient to use Baserow on mobile devices in general. Regarding your request, that’s already in the plans. We’ll have this button when we finish redesigning the grid view.

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I wish there was a button in the top menu. I find “Insert row above/below” very counter-intuitive for one of the most basic functions. Why do we need to select an existing row to add a new one. Why can’t we just open the table and click on +?

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Hi @Mary-Lou! We have this issue in the pipeline: Add a floating + to create new rows (#2178) · Issues · Baserow / baserow · GitLab. Would adding new rows this way be more intuitive?

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Hello, how are you?

Are there plans to add a large button to the interface to add a new row?

It would be important to have one because in larger tables, having to scroll down the entire screen to add one becomes complex.

Having this option to right-click to add in the middle is also good, but it doesn’t solve the problem for those who want to add the row at the bottom, to follow the order.

It would be very important to have a button on the interface that opens a modal, to add the information all at once. Also thinking about the webhook point of view, if you enable the webhook to send when a row is added, if I just add the blank row, it will fire as well.

Therefore, having a button on the interface that opens a modal would be much better.

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Hey @brunoalbim, thank you for your feedback. I’ll check this with the team :ok_hand:

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Thanks for the feedback.

Baserow is a great tool.

Just to illustrate what I said, ClickUp has the same logic, with lists and you can add the object at the bottom or top, with a fixed top button on the page, see the screenshot: Screenshot by Lightshot

(taking advantage of the screenshot, a dark mode would be great too, :pray:)

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Hi @brunoalbim! We’ve accepted your request to add a button for creating new rows that opens the row edit modal, similar to how it works in the Gallery view. :slightly_smiling_face:

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It looks like it is not much prioritised so we can expect it to take a long time.
Why make it floating and why not only integrate it in the menu row next to filter? Maybe this would be easier to achieve.

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I will check this with the team @Mary-Lou :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hey @Mary-Lou, we discussed your idea, but we don’t think there is enough space for one more button at the top bar. We will work on this request though: Creating a floating ""Add row"" button above the rows (#2667) · Issues · Baserow / baserow · GitLab :slightly_smiling_face: