Things that seem to be missing from local tables

I’m having troubles with local data sources:

  1. I can’t edit text in a local data source. When I double-click on a cell, it should allow me to edit the contents but it instead replaces the contents when I type.

  2. The cells don’t always update. I found that pressing tab will consistently save the new value but pressing return or clicking outside of the cell won’t.

  3. How can I import a csv into an existing table?

  4. How can I copy and paste data into an existing table? When I try to replace a column (or two), it duplicates the first row value and uses that for all rows.

  5. How can I make the window larger? It’s only using about half my screen width and I would like to widen it to make data input and data checking easier.

  6. How do I insert a row or delete a row or column?

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Some of those aren’t possible right now but are good suggestions.

If you hit enter in a column, you can edit instead of removing the entire thing. Adding double click makes sense though.

Could you be a little more specific on the copy paste data part? Do you mean copy and pasting from within the table or pasting data from outside the table? You can highlight the area you want to copy and highlight the areas you want to paste into.

You can delete a row by right clicking (or doing the equivalent on mac). For column, it should be around where the header would be, right under “Table 1” or whatever the table is called.

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I meant copying data into the local table, for example from a Google Sheet or a Chat GPT-produced table.

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I guess CSV Upload is not Available in THunkable. Still, you can Run an External Code and Convert the CSV File into CSV Text (Separated by Delitmers ), convert the CSV Text into a List, and finally insert it into a Local Data Source using the count with i Function.