# Help! how to add columns

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-how-to-add-columns/2375173>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner, help\
**Created:** [April 16, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-how-to-add-columns/2375173 "2023-04-16T22:54:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![aidhd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@aidhd](https://community.thunkable.com/u/aidhd)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-how-to-add-columns/2375173/1 "2023-04-16T22:54:40Z")

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Hi!  
Ok, so I am building a project where columns are necessary. But I guess drag and drop is enabled for the app, therefore making the columns feature inaccessible. I looked it up and it said to go [Thunkable](http://x.thunkable.com/account/features) to turn off drag and drop, but when I go to the site, this is all I see:

 ![Screenshot 2023-04-16 6.53.53 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/b/0/b0a158831d8d658302685534ace1b0c9fd7a2703.png)  
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-how-to-add-columns/2375173/2 "2023-04-16T23:56:15Z")

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You can’t turn off drag & drop. What you can do is to uncheck the box for drag & drop when you create a new project. There is no way to convert an existing project from drag & drop to snap to place.

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**Author:** ![aidhd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@aidhd](https://community.thunkable.com/u/aidhd)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-how-to-add-columns/2375173/3 "2023-04-17T00:17:07Z")

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So there’s no way to solve the problem? Any alternatives to columns?

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**Author:** ![ak\_coder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ak_coder/32/156215_2.png) [@ak\_coder](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ak_coder)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-how-to-add-columns/2375173/4 "2023-06-23T11:01:28Z")

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@aidhd The best alternative to your solution will be group element, you can create both rows and columns from it easily.  
`NOTE: This element might not give you that UI that you can create through original row and column elements`  
Tell your problem in more detail, I will try to find the solution.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-how-to-add-columns/2375173/5 "2023-09-21T11:02:22Z")

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