# š Try out the new blocks editor 2020-11-10
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** new\_release
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841 "2020-11-16T15:06:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@abdallask](https://community.thunkable.com/u/abdallask)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/22 "2020-11-17T14:38:08Z")
Itās an old project, but I wanted to add some components.
I also started a new project just to test but couldnāt find these components either.
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/23 "2020-11-17T14:52:21Z")
> [@abdallask](#):
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> but couldnāt find these components either.
And if you scroll down to the _Advanced_ section?
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> [@ethosworkfi](#):
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> does the new editor somehow keep the old blocks and present them in a new way?
Yeah, you can have a mix of old and new blocks in the one project, thereās no technical issues with it, but just from a human-readability perspective I wouldnāt recommend it. There are a few examples in the first post of how the new blocks look.
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### Author:  [@abdallask](https://community.thunkable.com/u/abdallask)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/24 "2020-11-17T14:57:14Z")
No canāt find them in the advanced section
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/25 "2020-11-17T15:01:05Z")
Can you try switch back to the old editor, add realtimeDB and then switch to the new editor again?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@abdallask](https://community.thunkable.com/u/abdallask)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/26 "2020-11-17T15:08:12Z")
So I did what you requested, I switch back to the old editor add the two components( RealtimDB and authentication) and switch back to the new editor now I see these two components in the UI section.
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### Author:  [@ethosworkfi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ethosworkfi)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/27 "2020-11-17T15:14:51Z")
Thanks for the clarification! Looking forward to getting to know the new editor better. And thanks for an awesome program again. š
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### Author:  [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/28 "2020-11-18T05:25:59Z")
Hi @domhnallohanlon!
As I said in this post
> [@tada Try out the new blocks editor 2020-11-10](http://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/13):
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> Wow! This is a great improvement @domhnallohanlon. Itās been a big struggle to constantly navigate between the design and blocks tab to change settings of components. Thanks very much for adding this and making my Thunking easier. Some improvements I would like to suggest: 1: It would be great to change the setting of the visible components for UI (button, label, etc) from the blocks editor. Currently, you can change the settings of invisible components, like the URL of a WEB API from the blocā¦
this improvement is great. But sadly, I am unable to access some of the features, such as share or Realtime DB. They arenāt appearing in my app. This is an app that I started just today, not an old one. Any idea on where they have gone?
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### Author:  [@v.krishna](https://community.thunkable.com/u/v.krishna)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2020, 8:20am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/29 "2020-11-18T08:20:30Z")
I really like this feature because it is very useful
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/30 "2020-11-20T16:29:27Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Where is the āget value fromā block?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/where-is-the-get-value-from-block/988050)
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### Author:  [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/31 "2020-11-20T12:54:57Z")
@domhnallohanlon,
> Can you try switch back to the old editor, add realtimeDB and then switch to the new editor again?
Any word on when/if the new navigation scheme will allow for adding new RealTimeDB components or will we need to switch between the old and new to add them?
Also, Firebase Sign In has the same issue. ā¹
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/32 "2020-11-21T22:51:05Z")
Sorry for the delay getting back to you @drted - itās actually just been rolled into the cloud variable blocks now.
You can still add your own app credentials, as usual, in the app settings page.
cc: @codeswept
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### Author:  [@babar.bybr](https://community.thunkable.com/u/babar.bybr)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/33 "2020-11-22T01:20:46Z")
Thunkable is such an awful interface. 5 minutes searching and I cant find a single place where one can create a project. Its complete BS. No wonder there are just 3 people logged on to it right now including me. Within a year or so I expect to see a sign which says āhey we are closing Thunkableā. Itās just an awful UI.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/34 "2020-11-22T06:15:43Z")
Pretty harsh words there, @babar.bybr. Have you visited [http://x.thunkable.com](http://x.thunkable.com)?
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/35 "2020-11-22T16:24:22Z")
> [@babar.bybr](#):
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> 5 minutes searching and I cant find a single place where one can create a project.
Hey @babar.bybr - Iām going to give you the benefit of the doubt here and assume youāre not trolling?
It really couldnāt be any simpler to create a new project.
Sign into [x.thunkable.com](http://x.thunkable.com)
Click on ācreate new projectā
Happy to make a video of this for you if itās still unclear.
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### Author:  [@eddie.rebehy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eddie.rebehy)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/36 "2020-11-23T08:08:20Z")
Much improved.
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/37 "2020-11-23T16:50:29Z")
Nice improvement. Although I have to switch back and forth to add RealtimeDB and then it appeared in the UI section instead of the Data Source but I like the new look.
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/38 "2020-11-24T13:17:45Z")
> [@muneer](#):
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> Although I have to switch back and forth to add RealtimeDB
Thanks @muneer - we recommend that you use Cloud Variables now instead of RealtimeDB - both are powered by Firebase, so thereās no need to have the RealtimeDB component in new projects any more.
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/39 "2020-11-24T19:06:42Z")
Thank you for your reply.
I use more than one database and each is created by different Google account. Can you please advise how to use cloud variables to determine which database to use.
Many thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/40 "2020-11-24T20:36:52Z")
> [@muneer](#):
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> each is created by different Google account
Thatās an interesting choice - any particular reason for this decision/requirement?
Iāll see what we can do - but I think the intent (even with RealtimeDB) was that there would be a 1:1 ratio of Google Accounts to Thunkable Projects.
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### Author:  [@codeswept](https://community.thunkable.com/u/codeswept)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/try-out-the-new-blocks-editor-2020-11-10/977841/42 "2020-11-25T04:09:46Z")
Hi @domhnallohanlon!
I have one question about this:
Cloud variables ask that they be named the developerās choice, but my keys using RealtimeDB are what the user enters. For example, in my chat app, the user enters a room name, and the key for storing messages in the RealtimeDB is the room name. We canāt make the name for a cloud variable what the user enters, because thereās no option for putting a āget textā block as a variable name. Thatās why I need the RealtimeDB. I have been shuttling back and forth between the new blocks editor and the old one in order to add some components. Any suggestions on how to do this properly?
Thanks!
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