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AnthonyGuillen's avatar
AnthonyGuillen
Qrew Trainee
27 days ago

Set Legacy Forms as default for new tables?

Is there a way to set default form for new tables in an app to be legacy forms? 

I've noticed that in older apps, when I create a new table, it uses legacy forms, while in a new app I created recently, new tables default to the new form. The legacy form is available in the table's Form setting, and can be manually switched there.

As to why I would want to do that - I'm just used to the old forms and I'm building a demo app with lots of tables, and I don't have time right now to figure out how to do all the things in the new forms that I could do with old forms.

thanks!

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  • AnthonyGuillen's avatar
    AnthonyGuillen
    Qrew Trainee
    24 days ago

    Right, found this for changing existing tables to legacy form, but was hoping there was a way to make it so that any new tables created would default to legacy form. 

    In the end, took a few hours to learn the new forms!

    • Denin's avatar
      Denin
      Qrew Assistant Captain
      24 days ago

      Unfortunately, there's no way to do that.

      On the surface, it seems reasonable—older forms are being phased out in favor of the new ones. However, since an old form is still automatically created for each table and reappears even if deleted, it would make sense to allow users to set it as the default if it's going to exist anyway. Would be helpful in apps that are already using old style forms and reports.

  • Denin's avatar
    Denin
    Qrew Assistant Captain
    27 days ago

    For the tables you want to use legacy forms by default, go to the table settings -> Forms -> then you set the default form to be the legacy form:

    You can choose which form to use for different roles/reports, but in your case, just set the top three choices to everyone to whatever your legacy form is called.