# Newbie UI question

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/newbie-ui-question/74158>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [April 6, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/newbie-ui-question/74158 "2019-04-06T23:31:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Faig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/john_faig/32/24392_2.png) [@John\_Faig](https://community.thunkable.com/u/John_Faig)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/newbie-ui-question/74158/1 "2019-04-06T23:31:58Z")

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I haven’t yet created a Thunkable app, but I’ve read the docs and watched tutorials. I was thinking about my first app and a user request was to have a UI where icons blink under certain database conditions. Can I do this or should I use multicolored icons to signify a database status?

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**Author:** ![renren66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@renren66](https://community.thunkable.com/u/renren66)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/newbie-ui-question/74158/2 "2019-04-07T04:25:25Z")

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Can you specify what sort of database conditions you’re talking about?

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**Author:** ![John\_Faig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/john_faig/32/24392_2.png) [@John\_Faig](https://community.thunkable.com/u/John_Faig)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/newbie-ui-question/74158/3 "2019-04-07T12:00:20Z")

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The UI provides a real-time display of requests to be completed. Each request is an icon that the user wants to blink. The status of a request can be between not done (red), in progress (yellow), delayed (black and not blinking) and completed (green and removed nightly). The dashboard shows rooms in a building and any icons for associated requests.

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**Author:** ![Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/cian_o_sullivan/32/34494_2.png) [@Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Cian_O_Sullivan)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/newbie-ui-question/74158/4 "2019-04-07T13:06:12Z")

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Yes that can be done with a combination of timers, and the set button colour option.

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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, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/newbie-ui-question/74158/5 "2024-11-08T12:15:26Z")

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