What do table icons stand for and how to customize them?

[Evgenii_P]

I noticed that some of the AppSheet templates have specific icons for the tables:

Do these icons have any meaning or effects on the table's behavior? Can I customize these icons?

[dbaum · Accepted solution]

I believe those icons are inherited from a view based on the table and they're simply intended visually link the table with the view for the app creator.

[Evgenii_P]

Spot on! 

Changing the view icon also changes it for the table. 

@dbaum, thanks for such quick replies to this and other of my questions. I am totally new to AppSheet, which means I will have more questions to come. Is there a Discord/Google Chat community where I can post them without creating a new thread every time? Or this Q&A forum is the appropriate place? 

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[dbaum]

You’re in the right place. --

David

[Stephen_Ehmann]

It seems that for System generated detail views, there is no way to set an icon.

It appears that a user-created detail view will allow setting an icon which will reflect in the table view.

So the question is: why don't system-generated detail views allow setting of an icon?

[Marc_Dillon]

Because there's nowhere in the app that anyone would be able to see such icon.

[Stephen_Ehmann]

Since it has developer value, and it seems like an extra feature (was implemented) to turn it off, why not just allow an icon for all views for both improvements:

1) simplify the logic in appsheet (a bit).

2) provide developers a way to modify the icons (indirectly) on their tables.