# Loading Data Viewer List when screen opens **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** beginner, data-viewer\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-data-viewer-list-when-screen-opens/950303 "2020-11-03T21:48:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![angie01velsac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@angie01velsac](https://community.thunkable.com/u/angie01velsac)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-data-viewer-list-when-screen-opens/950303/1 "2020-11-03T21:48:01Z")
Hi! I am working on an educational app and I need to put a menu with all the content available. I need the menu to direct you to the screen where the content is, however, since there are a lot of topics i would love to solve this with a data source so i dont have to create an specific screen for each topic. I found a very helpful tutorial showing how to use Data Viewer Grid and when clicking on an item it opens a screen with a label and an image which you can program and link with a data source. Is there a way to do this with a Data Viewer List? ![2020-11-03 (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/6/2611c4accd66f86293a94db145d7dd41f925c70c.png) ![2020-11-03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/d/fd729849cb4227778a5534789c4c658e8d5df511.png) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-data-viewer-list-when-screen-opens/950303/2 "2020-11-03T22:56:45Z")
Yes, you can do that with a Data Viewer List: [Data Viewer List - ✕ Docs](https://docs.thunkable.com/data-viewer-list). ![Screen Shot 2020-11-03 at 2.57.23 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/9/49806133bb5bbf94b15186edaaa1e507202761fb.png) ---
**Author:** ![angie01velsac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@angie01velsac](https://community.thunkable.com/u/angie01velsac)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-data-viewer-list-when-screen-opens/950303/3 "2020-11-04T00:22:12Z")
Thank you! But as I understand that does not open another screen, does it? My problem is that I need to put a long text and a full screen image:( and that option only allows me to show a short text and a small image. Is it something I am doing wrong? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-data-viewer-list-when-screen-opens/950303/4 "2020-11-04T00:27:12Z")
You’re right. Maybe you could explain a little bit more about what you have in mind. You might be able to use a custom data viewer layout depending on what you need. ---
**Author:** ![angie01velsac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@angie01velsac](https://community.thunkable.com/u/angie01velsac)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-data-viewer-list-when-screen-opens/950303/5 "2020-11-05T00:35:20Z")
I think i figured it out! Thank you for helping! ---
**Author:** ![sello.mfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@sello.mfair](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sello.mfair)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-data-viewer-list-when-screen-opens/950303/6 "2020-11-06T05:10:05Z")
Hi Im struggling to refresh data list viewer so that it returns to data source id when restarting screen ---
**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, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/loading-data-viewer-list-when-screen-opens/950303/7 "2024-11-08T12:21:45Z")