I have a database where each row represents a task assigned to a team member. In my app, I’ve created these three Views to track the work progress: “Unstarted Tasks”, “Ongoing Tasks” and “Finished Tasks.” As you might assume, each View displays data from a Slice that filters rows based on the Status column.
The problem is that when I open a task from one of these Views and edit the Status field, the form sort of closes and it becomes impossible to make any further changes to other fields. If I want to edit the Deadline field of the same task, for example, I will have to open another View based on the new status and look for the task again.
I’ve noticed that this issue only occurs in desktop mode. In the mobile version, changes only sync after saving the edits. Does anyone know how to solve this problem in desktop mode? I’ve already tried disabling the “Automatic Updates” option in Settings, but it didn’t work.
This part seems important. Can you elaborate on what you mean by this statement?
I would recommend checking the Column configurations. You have stated that you ARE able to open a Form view and apply an edit to at least one of the columns. This implies that the Slice properties and actions are set to allow editing. Once you are on the Form, whether columns can be edited or not relies on column settings. So verify that each of those other columns has the Editable setting enabled - and if you are using expressions to determine if it is editable, that the expressions are allowing editing.
Additionally, some columns can seem to be uneditable because they meet certain conditions that make it impossible to edit it. For example, a field with a dropdown choice list that is empty will not even show on the Form view - if there are no items to pick, you can’t edit the column so AppSheet doesn’t even show it on the Form.
It is possible you are encountering a bug in the new Desktop Mode. Please be aware that Desktop Mode is in PREVIEW only - meaning it is not yet ready for live apps. It is only available for testing and feedback.
Currently, all bugs, suggestions and communications for the new Desktop Mode are being handled in this Community Thread. You may want to search it for any others experiencing the issue you are seeing or related problems. If you don’t see anything related to your issue and you have ruled out column configurations, then please be sure to add your issue to that thread.