# Magic Text for text component not working for Airtable

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/magic-text-for-text-component-not-working-for-airtable/27328>\
**Category:** External Collections, Custom Actions & Collections\
**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/magic-text-for-text-component-not-working-for-airtable/27328 "2022-05-17T15:35:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@Ander](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Ander)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/magic-text-for-text-component-not-working-for-airtable/27328/1 "2022-05-17T15:35:29Z")

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Hi Guys,  
So we have done everything asked on here in regards to populating the first fields in Airtable. All the fields are populated yet I cannot use the magic text for a text component or even for an image component except for a list component where everything work like it should.

Who can kindly help resolve this issue?  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Dilon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dilon/32/39815_2.png) [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/magic-text-for-text-component-not-working-for-airtable/27328/2 "2022-05-17T17:02:55Z")

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Hi @Ander,

For display collections you need a list! Only the option that displays for magic text every time is Logged in user data! You can add a list to a screen and link the list to a new screen and add a text component or image component in that screen and show that item data with magic text!

Or you can make the text component or image component as a list clicking the three dots \> make a list and connect to the collection you need and display current data from magic text. But this is also works as same like showing the full collection unless you add a max records count or filter for a specif property!

Hope I understood you well!

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Ander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@Ander](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Ander)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/magic-text-for-text-component-not-working-for-airtable/27328/3 "2022-05-18T08:01:20Z")

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Hi @Dilon ,  
Thank you very much for your response. Is there a reason why I access my airtable records through Magic texts for all components except the list component?

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**Author:** ![Dilon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dilon/32/39815_2.png) [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/magic-text-for-text-component-not-working-for-airtable/27328/4 "2022-05-19T13:40:54Z")

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> [@Ander](#):
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> Thank you very much for your response.

Your welcome!

> [@Ander](#):
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> Is there a reason why I access my airtable records through Magic texts for all components except the list component?

You should have access for magic text inside a list! The list is the component that we can access the data from collections! Is it possible to add a video about this or some screenshots?