Overlay Button Question

[Ryan_Wagner]

After reading a couple of related posts here on overlay buttons and various issues with them, I tried to set up a “send my location” overlay button using the “HERE()” formula inside an action to send a text message…

Do only certain kinds of buttons work as overlays? This one will not show up, and thus far I’ve only seen the “add, delete, edit” options really work.

[Aurelien]

Hi @Ryan_Wagner

this is an option:

[Ryan_Wagner]

Thanks for the reply. I have it set to that already, and tried deselecting and reselecting it, too, but no luck…Is it a bug?

[Aurelien]

It depends on where you want the button to be displayed.
For example, on Dashboard view type, they are hidden by default.
You need to go in UX/Options/Dashboard View, then check “Show overlay actions in dashboards”

Can you give more context or screenshot ?

[Ryan_Wagner]

Ah, you know what…maybe it is because I’m trying to get them to show up in the map view…?
In the other views, they seem to work.

[Aurelien]

is the map view based on the table where the HERE() value is supposed to be stored ? (just in case…even if it seems obvious )

[Ryan_Wagner]

It is. At least, I believe so? The map view is based on the table I am using for everything…Pardon my lack of knowledge. I’m very new to the platform…

[Aurelien]

We all start somewhere
At least, you took time to look into the documentation. Everyone does not do it

Can you provide:

• a screenshot of the action settings ?
• a screenshot of the view settings ?

[Ryan_Wagner]

[Aurelien]

Thanks for the screenshot

At answering you, I understand that was not exactly clear in my head, I just understood the subtle (but obvious now) difference.

You have two types of actions:

• “row level action” ==> can be overlay on a Detail view type
• “not a row-level action” ==> can be overlay on a Table or Deck view type (for example)

So, if my understanding is correct, your action cannot be displayed on a map view, which displays the whole table like a Table or deck would do it as well.

I think you will need to use a workaround if you really want to send a text message.

However, you may want to use:

• the “add” action to add a new row with location, as the Add action is not a row-level action
• or an action like “open a form to add a new row to this table”, with some combination of auto-save (in the form options) and initial value (don’t know if that will work, I did not try this trick yet).

Let us know if that works for you