Is there a way to get the name of the screen?

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#1

I’m wanting to be able to navigate from screen to screen based on the name of the screen.
Another option would be to obtain a list of the screens or count the screens. Just some way where if I change the order of the screens or rename the screens in my project it would update accordingly.

I couldn’t find anything in the forums where it would update based on changes I made to the project.

Thanks Thunkers

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#2

When you change a screen name the navigate to screen will change to reflect the new name.

The navigate to component can also take a variable instead of the default screen menu

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This is an example

#3

I did know about those 2 things, but is there a way to update the variable to also reflect the name of the screen if you renamed it?

#4

If you rename a screen in the Design tab, the “navigate to” block’s value updates automatically. You can also, as @muneer pointed out, use variables or even a text block with a screen’s name to navigate to a specific screen.

But it sounds like you’re also concerned about the order of the screens and what happens if you re-order them.

Can you say a little bit more about a specific example of what you’re trying to do?

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#5

Right, so if I change the name of a screen, I want the variable to update to it.

#6

If you use a variable, it won’t auto-update. But if you just leave the value as is with the built-in screen name block, it will auto-update. You can try it. Drag a new “navigate to” block onto your Blocks tab, then rename the screen it’s set to navigate to. The value will update immediately to the new name.

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#7

Ok so that can’t be done for now. Thank you guys for the help

#8

I don’t think you’d need this if you changed the order of your screens @overshield - do you have a specific use case where it doesn’t work for you?

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#9

So sometimes when I’m building I’ll work on a screen and it becomes complex enough that it should be 2 separate screens. And instead of updating a list of screen names each time, it would be nice if there was a block that just said “get screen name” so that regardless of the names of the screen or any of that it would just update.

Then if I wanted the users to be able to revert to the most recent screen prior to the current screen the back button would auto take them to it.

It’s no biggie I can just make a list of screen names as variables and update them as I go. I’ll debug it if I find I’ve renamed a screen and it stops working.

Thanks everyone.