# New conversation list overlapping items
**URL:** https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-conversation-list-overlapping-items/63253
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [January 15, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-conversation-list-overlapping-items/63253 "2026-01-15T06:01:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Kazik](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Kazik)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-conversation-list-overlapping-items/63253/1 "2026-01-15T06:01:51Z")
Hi,
I have just put my first version of my app into testflight which used a loading screen to determine whether to link to an existing conversation or to create a new one. This worked effectively, however it took about 8 seconds to load which I would rather avoid.
Have been trying to get it so that I can just link directly from the list of users to start a conversation with and the closest I have got so far is:
have two buttons (one inside of a conversations list nested in the users list) in the list of users. One creates a conversation and one links to existing.
Both these buttons work well and show when they need to be based off of conditional visibility.
What I am struggling with is that when I try to put them in the same spot in the list, they make the list display weirdly which I assume is due to overlapping components inside of the list.
Is there a way to make this work better, or should I just go back to the loading screen with countdowns on it.
I understand this is pretty similar to what I was asking about here: [Chat template creating duplicate conversations instead of linking to existing conversation](https://forum.adalo.com/t/chat-template-creating-duplicate-conversations-instead-of-linking-to-existing-conversation/58925):
But the instagram clone video does not have a screen where you can search users to start a conversation with - it only has from a users profile.
I would really appreciate some help/advice.
Thank you 🙂
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### Author:  [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-conversation-list-overlapping-items/63253/2 "2026-01-16T13:41:45Z")
Hi @Kazik,
> [@Kazik](#):
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> Both these buttons work well and show when they need to be based off of conditional visibility.
> What I am struggling with is that when I try to put them in the same spot in the list, they make the list display weirdly which I assume is due to overlapping components inside of the list.
Would you be able to include some screenshots or a screen recording (much better!) on how you configured this part in the builder vs how it’s displaying in the app?
Thank you and have a great day!
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### Author:  [@Kazik](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Kazik)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-conversation-list-overlapping-items/63253/3 "2026-01-18T09:40:22Z")
Hi @Dilon
Thanks for your reply. I went back to the loading screen and changed it slightly and found that is a bit quicker now (one set of actions is now on screen load and then one on a countdown in a list of conversations).
With the buttons inside of the list, I would much prefer to have it so that the whole list item is clickable and takes the user to the messaging screen. I have tried to do this by adding a rectangle on top of the list, making it sometimes visible, and then making that rectangle into a list of conversations between logged in user and current user. Then on the original list of users there are actions to create and link to a new conversation. That worked fine but still left me with the same display issues.
> **[New Chat List](https://docs.google.com/videos/d/1YWFb5k_pZ2-0rEXWzEHtbVDRtlN8cMmXyHt8nZVrEtU/play)**
(I forgot to add the link action in the video but added it afterwards)
And that is what it looks like.
Thank you again for your help,
Kazik
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### Author:  [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-conversation-list-overlapping-items/63253/4 "2026-01-19T03:59:06Z")
Hi @Kazik,
I guess that won’t work. (based on your recording) In the past I remember I tried having the same group as 2 in the same users list (like rectangle group and then near to that a duplicate of that rectangle group stacked, inside the same list) and then adding the visibility conditions to those 2 rectangle groups + plus actions. (second group as a nested list for conversations collection) Same behavior as adding two buttons but had slight layout issues and a bit slow to process. I most times link to their profile page and add the 2 buttons. Sometimes adding those buttons inside the users list but trying to avoid nested lists to maintain a good performance of the app which sometimes using a loading screen. I think some kind of link action that finds a record from a specified collection by IDs as inputs and then pass that found record data to be available in the next screen would be a good addition. I’ll take a note on that!
Anyone have any other ideas? I would love to hear!
Thank you and have a great day!
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### Author:  [@Kazik](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Kazik)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-conversation-list-overlapping-items/63253/5 "2026-01-21T06:11:49Z")
Thanks again @Dilon,
Might just stick with a loading screen. Have got it to a manageable delay which is good enough for the time being.
Kazik 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/new-conversation-list-overlapping-items/63253/6 "2026-01-31T06:12:30Z")
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