# Is it possible to set an alerts message to a list viewer format?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-an-alerts-message-to-a-list-viewer-format/1607461>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [November 10, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-an-alerts-message-to-a-list-viewer-format/1607461 "2021-11-10T07:56:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jakeheron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jakeheron/32/116818_2.png) [@jakeheron](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jakeheron)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-an-alerts-message-to-a-list-viewer-format/1607461/1 "2021-11-10T07:56:37Z")

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Hi,

Would is be possible if you could set an alert’s message to be a list viewer style format. I have a list which I would like the message to show, however, when I set the alert’s message to the list variable, each list item is separated by a comma like so:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/4/24be822b5219a6b25b89060b8c86ac8e14b1399d.png)

Preferably, I would like each list item to be on its own line, like a list viewer. It is not possible to set an alert’s message to be the text items of a list viewer. Therefore, would there be a suitable workaround for this? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-an-alerts-message-to-a-list-viewer-format/1607461/2 "2021-11-10T08:34:12Z")

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You need to convert the list to text using the block `make text from list`. You might see it in the drawer as `make list from text` replacing the default `comma` with a `newline`.

Once this is done, you can show it in the `alert` block each in a separate line.

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Sample code

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/c/fc8a1b01970194063b55f870c621d4a82232a267.png)

Result  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/b/eb86598e3f1c1bd6c64f43d540c5b82218455e73.png)

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**Author:** ![jakeheron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jakeheron/32/116818_2.png) [@jakeheron](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jakeheron)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-an-alerts-message-to-a-list-viewer-format/1607461/3 "2021-11-10T11:45:16Z")

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Thank you very much @muneer , it works perfectly. I appreciate the help as always!

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-an-alerts-message-to-a-list-viewer-format/1607461/4 "2024-11-08T13:14:24Z")

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