[Solved] Copy a screen for repeated use

[gflint]

I have built a screen with a background and button design I would like to use in several places in my app. I do want to change some of the text on the screen for the particular place where the screen is used in different places in the app but maintain the background art and so on. Is there a way to copy the screen or make a reusable template?

[kartik14]

Hi, @gflint

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@gflint

Is there a way to copy the screen or make a reusable template?

There is no such official / direct way to do this
But I have a simple workaround

I posted on alike topic a few days before -

[Solved] No way to copy screen?

This feature is not available, but you can do it very easily When you start making your first screen (which we’ll clone later), do not add components in the screen; take a 100% x 100% column, and add the items in it. See this tutorial by me - Thanks!

Thanks

[gflint]

The link goes to Error 404.

[domhnallohanlon]

Hi @gflint

Here’s a short tutorial on creating a single UI and reusing it with dynamic data:

Creating a Dynamic Dictionary and Quiz app

Originally published Oct 2019 Revised & Updated Feb 2022 One pitfall that often catches out new Thunkers is creating more screens in their projects than they need to. Two classic examples of this are the Dictionary app and the Quiz app. As a new user, it’s easy to think that if you need 1 screen for 1 question then you need 50 screens for 50 questions. The knock on effect of this approach is that any future updates become more time consuming. This is especially true of UI changes since you wil…

Is this the sort of thing you are looking for?

[gflint]

I will take a look tonight. Thanks.

[kartik14]

Sorry,

It was an outdated link.

I have updated my post in that topic.

Here’s the video -

Thanks

[gflint]

This is great. Basically make the screen a column and copy the column. Thank you.

[domhnallohanlon]

Hey @gflint , take a look at this post to learn how to use our new copy screen feature!

Latest Thunkable ✕ Release; Save Screens is here! 2020-02-27

Here’s a pretty typical scenario for many Thunkers; Create an app, Make some really nice screens and functions that you’re really proud of, Create a new app, Have you do it all over again because you can’t copy/paste screens in Thunkable Not Anymore! For example, let’s say you’ve created a particularly nice sign in screen: [01_first_app] Now you have the option to “Save Screen to My Screens” in the properties on the right hand side: [02_save_screen] All you need to do is give you screen …