Lists are simple and minimalist app views. They are great for information like notes, articles, and documents that do not need a lot of fields. Every row in a list is a record you can open with a single click and fill with content as desired.

Some words to app views in general 👋 Tape apps allow you to store and display information in a dynamic way. You can keep your data in a list, table, or board layout. Moreover, you can add as many views to an app with your configuration as simple or complex as you like!

This article is for people who already know how to build a Tape app from scratch. If that is not the case for you, we strongly recommend you to read this article first.

The most important thing right at the beginning, an app view is just a different way of looking at the same data of an app. You can view identical records in an app in multiple ways. In other words, you can configure additional views that will take the same data you currently have stored and display it differently to give you another perspective. Every different perspective is what we call an app view. This article is all about using the list layout in views. Table and board layout articles are also available.

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A list can be added to an app to view its data in that format:

If you would like to edit an existing view, tap a view and hover your mouse over the list name. Select the ... settings menu. From this menu, all changes are saved automatically:

The view sidebar helps to navigate between views. Switch back and forth between views depending on your needs at the moment.

💡 When you click on a Split by in a view, the app view shows exactly the records based on the split by - therefore, the split by could be considered as an additional view - to learn more about click here.

Open a record

Using a list, each row is a record, which can be opened to edit field values with a single click. Find out more about editing field values here.

App view hack for using list layout

You can click the values of the record fields directly in the list view; it will not open the record; instead, you will be redirected. This works for the following field types: Link field, Relationship field, Email, and Phone field. And make your CRM more powerful with a list layout.

Customize fields

It is possible to customize field types by adding new fields, editing existing fields, or rearranging them. Find out how to customize apps here.

Add records

There are two different ways to add a new record:

💡 Note: One can pre-fill records with field values using a filter. In short, if a filter contains a particular operation, that field value will be prefilled when you add a new record.

The fields can be toggled on or off. Tap the Customize button at the top of the list and select the fields you wish to hide or show. You can change the display order in the list through Drag & Drop without changing the field order in the records as well.
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💡 Keeping fields hidden allows you to concentrate only on the information that is most useful.

Display only records depending on what you need, with the ability to filter out records according to conditions you set in your view. The condition of a filter is a rule you specified that the record must follow to see in that particular view. By adding conditions to your filter, a record can no longer be displayed in your view. In this case, the record is not deleted but only hidden from the respective view.

Click Filter at the top of your list and the filter menu will pop up:

💡 Tip: You may want to consider creating a new app view for a filter if you recreate and delete the same filter repeatedly. These new app views will help you to navigate between the app views without re-creating the filter again and again.

You can arrange your list by the field values. For example, organize records according to their creation date, so the newest appear first.

Click Sort at the top of your list and the sort menu will pop up:

Your list can be searched for specific content:

If you would like to maintain specific app views permanently, remember to click on Save next to the view name on the top left of your list, to either overwrite the old view or create a new view.

To learn more about other app view layouts, go to our table or board articles.