gflint
October 24, 2019, 3:31pm
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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?
gflint
October 24, 2019, 4:59pm
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Hi @gflint
Here’s a short tutorial on creating a single UI and reusing it with dynamic data:
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
October 24, 2019, 6:20pm
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I will take a look tonight. Thanks.
Sorry,
It was an outdated link.
I have updated my post in that topic.
Here’s the video -
Thanks
gflint
October 25, 2019, 5:32pm
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This is great. Basically make the screen a column and copy the column. Thank you.
Hey @gflint , take a look at this post to learn how to use our new copy screen feature!
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 …