Fields, Buttons & Filters

Form, record review and record detail pages use the same set of elements: fields, field groups, buttons and user filters. To configure an element, select it on the canvas. Its settings show in the properties panel.

Field elements

A field element shows one field of the connected table.

Field settings

Option	Description
Label	Replace the label of the field, or hide the label fully.
Helper text	Guidance that shows with the field.
Permissions	View-only or editable. Editable fields can also allow inline editing on the page.
Rules	Required, default value, character limit, validators and conditional visibility. Record detail and record review pages offer Required only. NocoDB applies it when the page opens as a form to create a record.
Select options	For select fields: limit the options that users can select. You can also let users add new options.
Appearance	Input size (default, large, extra large), style variants (for example, a select shown as a field, list or stepper) and width (third, half or full row).
Show as	For link fields on record detail and record review pages: show linked records inline as pills or cards, or as an embedded view. See Linked records.

Field groups and rows

You can put fields in groups. Each group can have a title, a description and a background color. You can arrange groups side by side in rows. Groups also control:

Setting	What it controls
Field labels	The label position: next to the field or above it.
User actions	If users can edit inline in the group.
Conditional visibility	Shows or hides the full group based on record values.

In the Fields panel, the header of a group has the same width and hide controls as its field rows. These controls apply to all fields in the group at the same time. Fields that the table requires stay visible.

To arrange fields, rows and groups, drag them.

Buttons

Buttons let users do actions from a page. You can put buttons in these places:

The header of a table page.
Above a record review list.
The header of a dashboard group.
Next to the title of the record sheet that opens from any page (Page › Record › User actions › Buttons).
Next to the title of the record pane on a record review page.
On a field group in a record sheet.

Each button has a label, a color and one of these actions:

Button settings

Action	Description
Go to external URL	Open an external link.
Go to interface page	Go to a page in this interface or in a different interface of the base.
Open record creation form	Open a form to create a new record. Use the Form dropdown to select the form that the button opens. The dropdown can also create a new form, duplicate the current form, and rename and delete the forms in its list. Each entry shows the number of places that use it.
Update record	Set field values on the current record. For example, an "Approve" button sets Status to Approved. Optionally, go to the next record after the update. You can also change the color and label of the button after the update.
Copy link to record	Copy a link to the current record.
Delete record	Delete the current record. Confirmation is on by default, and the toast offers Undo.
Go to URL in record	Open the URL in one of the URL fields of the record.
Run automation	Run a workflow through the When a button is clicked trigger. On a record sheet, record pane or field group, NocoDB sends the open record as input. On a page header, list toolbar or dashboard group, the workflow runs without a record.

Placement	Available actions
Where a record is open: the record sheet, the record pane of a record review page and field groups	Record actions: Update record, Copy link to record, Delete record, Go to URL in record
Page-level placements	Open record creation form, Go to interface page, Go to external URL, Run automation

On record placements, the first button shows inline. The other buttons go into a ⋯ menu. Rules › Visibility can show or hide a button based on the values of the open record.

Record sheet buttons with the overflow menu open

Visibility rules are available on NocoDB Cloud (Business plan and above) and on licensed self-hosted deployments.

For important actions, turn on Require confirmation. A confirmation dialog then shows before the action runs. You can set a custom title and message for the dialog.

User filters

User filters are controls for end users. They decrease the number of records on a page. There are two types:

User filters

Type	Description
Tabs	A row of tabs at the top of the page. Each tab is a filter condition. You can add an optional All records tab. On table pages, a tab can also change the active visualization.
Dropdown	A dropdown for a single-select field, with a condition (is, is not, is empty, is not empty) and an optional default value.

NocoDB applies user filters after the filters that you configure in the builder. Users can only show less of the data that you selected to show. They can never show more.