Naming Created or Cloned components

Questions about Thunkable
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Hi Thunkers,

Is there a way of naming Created or Cloned components so that we can subsequently dynamically control their attributes with the Any Component blocks?

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Hi,

There is a workaround when the component name is written to some of its text properties, such as BackgroundPicture

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I managed to accomplish what I need by looping through. This is possible now because we can rename ā€œjā€ and use the loops in a stacked manner.

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In the above application, I am checking my dynamically added text inputs and diplaying a small label if the text replaces the hint.

I have a label and an input inside a column (for each field). All have been created or cloned and I can control the attributes by looping through.

This is what Iā€™m trying to achieveā€¦ Iā€™m close :smiley:

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Thank @actech
I use this method a lot also.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Hi @actech,

There is a workaround when the component name is written to some of its text properties, such as BackgroundPicture

While I have already been doing this, it has been mainly in the context of using transparent buttons with absolute overlays on rows or columns to be selected by the user. I have been using the text field and setting text to transparent. I have also been able to create ā€˜groupsā€™ with italics/Bold etcā€¦ Their are a few problems with doing this which I won;t get into here. Suffice to say that transparent text on buttons are not always transparent.

I didnā€™t actually think of using the BackgroundPicture field before and I tried it today and it works a charm. Thanks for the tip! This will come in so handy:grinning:

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Somewhere in another post, I gave an example of how to make the button completely transparent. Try turning the button 180 degrees and turning off the back surface display for it.

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