# "Refresh" app when a button is clicked

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/refresh-app-when-a-button-is-clicked/18933>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/refresh-app-when-a-button-is-clicked/18933 "2021-10-26T20:32:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TomBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@TomBlue](https://forum.adalo.com/u/TomBlue)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/refresh-app-when-a-button-is-clicked/18933/1 "2021-10-26T20:32:46Z")

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Hi there!

I have an app with a big button and a counter that goes up each time this button is clicked.

The button itself changes randomly for each visitor.

After a user clicks the button, **I want the app to “refresh” (as if the user did CTRL+R in their browser) so that a new random button will appear.**

I don’t want to link to an external website with my Adalo app address as the link since it will create a buffer (loading time). Should I create a new duplicate screen of some sort (if so, what should happen after clicking the button in the new screen)? What’s the best hack for this?

Thanks!  
Tom

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**Author:** ![Yongki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yongki](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Yongki)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/refresh-app-when-a-button-is-clicked/18933/2 "2021-10-27T00:38:14Z")

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Hi @TomBlue ,

There is an advanced option in custom list.

 ![Screen Shot 2021-10-27 at 7.36.39 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/9/91cd55609d51bf83b2aa8e5bce3d695735cf6512.png)

We can use it in combination with 1 record collection and show a component such as button.

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**Author:** ![TomBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@TomBlue](https://forum.adalo.com/u/TomBlue)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/refresh-app-when-a-button-is-clicked/18933/3 "2021-10-27T03:59:11Z")

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Thanks! Unfortunately I can’t manage to get it to work ☹  
The current action is to “update” the counter field in the database. What should I do to make an auto-refresh after the click? I don’t want to add new records to my list…

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**Author:** ![Michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/michael/32/3120_2.png) [@Michael](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Michael)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/refresh-app-when-a-button-is-clicked/18933/4 "2021-10-27T13:39:32Z")

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You could link to a new duplicate screen with transition “none”. And then have the other screen link back to the first if you need to refresh again.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/refresh-app-when-a-button-is-clicked/18933/5 "2021-11-06T13:40:26Z")

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