# Moving from Bubble to Adalo

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/moving-from-bubble-to-adalo/481>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [March 28, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/moving-from-bubble-to-adalo/481 "2020-03-28T18:37:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/thejon/32/214_2.png) [@TheJon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/TheJon)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/moving-from-bubble-to-adalo/481/1 "2020-03-28T18:37:23Z")

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Hi Adalo-ers,

I’m trying Adalo out after being with Bubble for a few years. I like the look and the fact that you can create native apps but am finding some things difficult.

- How do you show one group (say File upload) when you have a dropdown with a Collection of Types (eg Text, Image, File) and you select ‘File’ -\> Do you select ‘File’ or the Dropdown’s type?  
 ![Adalo 1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/1X/f235c64d15fb93b100ae100d0c4198ad0e48c0e8.png)
- Zoom: At first the Screens were well-sized in the window; now they’re very small and zooming in on the page doesn’t work well? Can we reset the view?
- What are file size upload limits for the File Picker?
- Sync: The preview on the Builder page and the app preview on my phone show different things.

Does anyone have a collection of tips for those moving from Bubble?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dosandco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dosandco/32/39_2.png) [@dosandco](https://forum.adalo.com/u/dosandco)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/moving-from-bubble-to-adalo/481/2 "2020-03-30T08:12:49Z")

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Hi @TheJon, I’m a former Bubbler too - let’s build that list - keep asking questions!

> [@TheJon](#):
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> How do you show one group (say File upload) when you have a dropdown with a Collection of Types (eg Text, Image, File) and you select ‘File’ → Do you select ‘File’ or the Dropdown’s type?

To reproduce what I think you’re after:

1. Create your ‘UploadTypes’ in the database (text, file, image etc)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/1X/9fe9448e9fed0be9c3db7cac2b99b06cb5f3631c.png)

1. Create a dropdown for those:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/1X/04fde2974d0764a3a528bd5fc74a276916407e68.png)

1. Add, for example, your image upload field.

2. Turn the Image Upload into a ‘group’ (this gives the most consistent results and will shrink the space when it is not visible):

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/1X/6c7f13795fb18fbe833b6616678ab69bc7fd8b80.png)

1. On the group, set the conditional visibility to visible if Form Inputs \> Select \> Name is equal to “Image” (or however you have spelled it in your Collection):

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/1X/b8d7e97c8e165264cd50675a78f9bf77e4dd3ee0.png)

This should now perform how I think you’re expecting it to:

[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/lp58g5v7p6ysm0j/Screen%20Recording%202020-03-30%20at%2009.08.46.mov?dl=0](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/lp58g5v7p6ysm0j/Screen%20Recording%202020-03-30%20at%2009.08.46.mov?dl=0)

> [@TheJon](#):
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> Zoom: At first the Screens were well-sized in the window; now they’re very small and zooming in on the page doesn’t work well? Can we reset the view?

Click the background to the screens - the white panel behind them - and then you can use your keyboard - Command (or Ctrl) and + or - works on this view to bring the screens closer or further away.

> [@TheJon](#):
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> What are file size upload limits for the File Picker?

That’s a @jeremy or @Ben question.

> [@TheJon](#):
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> Sync: The preview on the Builder page and the app preview on my phone show different things.

They shouldn’t do - they are pulling from the same place, I believe. When you say ‘app preview’ on your phone, is this loading the website on your phone, using a saved-to-homepage link or using TestFlight?