Unable to link Repeaters to Databases

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Hello,
I see the option to Connect a Repeater (Lists & Grids > Add a Repeating Layout > Repeaters) but once I select a database to connect it to, it doesn’t give options to link fields.

I realize it is in beta, but would like to report the issue as I have seen it in both Chrome and Safari.

Is there a workaround?

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Hi Sean, after you connect the repeater, you can connect each individual element inside it in the same way as you always did - by selecting each element and clicking its connect button.
Give it a try and let us know if it works.

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OK that’s interesting - it’s different than the way some other plugins operate, in that I have to select each element individually to adjust them. BUT! Now that you have shown me how (thanks!), I went and did it, and I hope that I did it properly, would you please check it to let me know?

https://www.seanarenas.com/workout-programs

The top half has a repeater with (currently) 6 items on it, and the bottom half is the table that I had been using.

Are there ways that I could make this better than I did?

Also, how do I allow a user to filter and sort the fields? Like if they only want to see ones that are X number or more minutes per day, or to sort the records by that field?

Thanks!

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It looks great!!
There’s no better or worse way to do it necessarily - it all depends on your needs. If it looks and behaves the way you wanted it to - you did the right thing :slight_smile:

Regarding filtering and sorting, since the repeater is connected to a dataset, you can use the “setFilter” and “setSort” dataset API to allow users to filter and sort.
Jeff recently posted about how to do this (he’s using a table but the logic applies to anything connected to the dataset):

You can read about the APIs here:

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Hi Tomer,

I’m jumping on this thread for a related question - I am also trying to use the repeaters, I was wondering if there was a way to add a scroll function, without having the scrollbar - I’m trying to display session titles and descriptions but it stretches all the way down my page, or when I shorten it - it shows the ugly scroll bar :frowning: I also like the scroll because I can show all sessions instead of sticking with only a couple.

Hope you can help!

Thanks,
Gabe

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Hi Gabe,

It is not possible to forcibly disable the scroll bar. It will always appear when the page is longer than the containing viewport.