"Other components" option only showing "all screens"

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Hi,

I am trying to have a “other component” (List) as the magic text input. it only shows me completely unrelated components though. I have this problem on every screen. Is this normal and I am just not comprehending what I did wrong?
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Thank you!!!

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Hi @Carlotta,

You can’t use “List” as an input component. Use Input / Dropdown / Date Picker / Image Picker / File Picker for that.

Best,
Victor.

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Hi Victor,
thank you for your response!

I am trying to use a list as a retrieval mechanism not as a user input component. Is that possible?

I am trying to work around the issue that the data is missing from the login screen.

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Hi @Carlotta,

List is designed to display entries from some collection. You can’t use list as an input.

If you are facing “missing data” issue, first I would recommend to check your app screen flow and adjust it accordingly. Missing data most of the time is displayed on purpose, it is the indication that some parts of your flow do not carry necessary data to the target screen.

E.g. imagine you have:

  • Screen A with a list of Items, with an action link from inside the list to Screen B;
  • Screen B which is displaying Current Item data, and
  • Screen C is a separate screen.

If you add a button to Screen C which is linking to Screen B, then you will have “Missing Current Item” on Screen B. And this is normal, because when your user comes using the flow Screen C → Screen B, there is no way to get any Current Item on the latter.
So if you absolutely need to go to Screen C from Screen B, the former should either have a list of Items or Current Item there.

In other cases Adalo has glitches and you may use something like a single-item-list to transfer the missing data to the target screen. But this usually happens in complex diverging/converging screen flows.

Best,
Victor.

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Hi Victor,
thank you for the detail!
That is exactly what i am trying to do, the single-item-list! sorry, it seems like i was not specific.
I put an invisible single item list on the screen which was supposed to transfer the data. As far as I thought from there I should be able to use the transferred record as a base for my magic text…

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Hi @Carlotta,

Then you should have Current X available in the “target” screen. If it’s not there, then Adalo tells you from what screens this record is missing.

Best,
Victor.