# Creating a basic table?
**URL:** https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [March 29, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483 "2020-03-29T10:35:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@anon78309838](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anon78309838)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/1 "2020-03-29T10:35:04Z")
Hi everyone,
Am I missing something or is it currently not possible to create just a basic table? I see that lists can have multiple columns (4 max?!) but these columns cant be set to different properties of a collection.
How can I go about creating just a standard table in Adalo?
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### Author:  [@TonyD](https://forum.adalo.com/u/TonyD)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/2 "2020-04-01T03:08:05Z")
I do not think there is a way to do that currently. I have not seen anyone do it at least š
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### Author:  [@anon78309838](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anon78309838)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/3 "2020-04-01T08:14:44Z")
Thatās crazy! I really thought this should be something basic and possible. Tables are fundamental to web design are they not? ā¹
What a pity.
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### Author:  [@Ben](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Ben)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/4 "2020-04-02T01:13:05Z")
@anon78309838 You can do this. If your table has 5 columns, add 5 text components in a row. Then select them all and click Make List in the left panel.
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### Author:  [@TonyD](https://forum.adalo.com/u/TonyD)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/5 "2020-04-02T02:48:25Z")
That is neat! Have to try that out sometime. š Thanks Ben.
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### Author:  [@anon78309838](https://forum.adalo.com/u/anon78309838)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/6 "2020-04-03T10:09:16Z")
This is a nice work around thanks Ben. Didnāt know this was possible.
How do you make headers though for these columns and make them line up? Iām struggling to do that.
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### Author:  [@Ben](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Ben)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/7 "2020-04-03T22:10:42Z")
That can be tricky, and definitely having a table component in the future would be very helpful.
You can try putting your column headers inside of a rectangle component. That usually helps.
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### Author:  [@scriptchool](https://forum.adalo.com/u/scriptchool)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/8 "2020-04-03T23:35:35Z")
Another leading No code platform that has been around 5+ years does really not have it yet either despite many feature requests.
Perhaps there is some technical reason for itās absence - but I do think that if the addition of āheadersā can be implemented then Adalo addresses a huge pain point that said platform doesnāt offer and that their users are clamoring forā¦
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### Author:  [@Schelle](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Schelle)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/9 "2020-04-16T05:03:10Z")
I am trialing at the moment and currently use Bubble and Caspio, and I need tables.
So I am glad I came across your post, as tables that can be filtered and searched is critical for me for data input from the app.
Maybe I have to look at other options or possibly use this for the mobile input and use something else for the web applicationā¦ food for thought š
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### Author:  [@ChristopheHK](https://forum.adalo.com/u/ChristopheHK)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/10 "2020-06-08T09:02:47Z")
Thanks for the info! I was also searching the table component in the left panel ššš»
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### Author:  [@ionutilie](https://forum.adalo.com/u/ionutilie)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/11 "2021-06-16T17:50:22Z")
Hi @Ben .
I need this 5+ columns list and there is no full functionality as I add 5+ text components in a row.
As I try to add dynamic text, it changes the text per column, not to the row / full listā¦
Maybe in the future would be great to allow more columns to the custom listā¦
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### Author:  [@pendermj](https://forum.adalo.com/u/pendermj)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/12 "2022-05-11T20:33:51Z")
Hi Colin and all members here,
I used AppSheet for several years and it is based on table views of the data. I am initially concerned that there isnāt a simple table construct in Adalo but I am going to create some of those tracking / delivery apps in Adalo using filtering and lists. I have a notion that they will work as well with the use of a Status data field.
Thanks for raising the topic of tables and for all the responders . Mary
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### Author:  [@herbshirt](https://forum.adalo.com/u/herbshirt)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/13 "2022-05-27T08:36:48Z")
Same. Totally bizarre. I would have thought this was a basic primary function.
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### Author:  [@Flawless](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Flawless)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/14 "2022-05-27T08:40:29Z")
Itās very easy to make your own table with rectangles and text components.
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### Author:  [@Rozza](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Rozza)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/15 "2022-05-27T10:36:26Z")
That looks neat @Flawless
Do you find count and calculations perform fast enough?
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### Author:  [@Flawless](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Flawless)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/16 "2022-05-27T13:04:34Z")
Yeah, just fine.
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### Author:  [@Helpingclients](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Helpingclients)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/17 "2022-10-22T04:42:15Z")
A newbie question here, how can you add an option of downloading this table content to excel?
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### Author:  [@tbtilton](https://forum.adalo.com/u/tbtilton)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/18 "2022-12-20T14:23:15Z")
@Flawless Iām working on an interface much like youāve shown here, but Iām having trouble with the āresponsivenessā of Adalo. If I make my browser window juuuuust the right width, then everything looks perfect, like yours, but then as soon as itās made smaller or larger, all the components go wonky - it seems like Adalo just randomly picks which components expand and which donāt. Itās especially hard to keep headers lined up with their cellsā¦ Is there something Iām missing? Are you doing some certain nesting of ārectanglesā to keep things right?
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### Author:  [@Flawless](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Flawless)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/creating-a-basic-table/483/19 "2022-12-20T14:39:00Z")
@tbtilton Yeah kinda. Do a screen recording and show me what youāre talking about.
@Helpingclients Youāll have to use a component like Listify by Adalomatic (can be found here: [https://components.adalomatic.com/](https://components.adalomatic.com/)). That component can provide a csv result that you can use. Youād have to reach out to @knight for more info on how to use it for your specific use case.