Are parentheses safe to use by now?

matthewpomar · 2025-02-13T19:59:00.292Z

Hi, it’s been about 3 years since the beta release of:

Introducing beta (previously, experimental) features (including parentheses)! New features

UPDATE: Aug 15, 2023 - These features are now called beta, rather than experimental, features! See below for an image of the new panel. [Screenshot 2023-09-06 at 10.43.39 AM] Hi everyone, We’re launching a new experimental features UI, which you can find in the Versions tab under Settings! Big shoutout to @aless for building this out [Screen Shot 2022-04-29 at 1.49.13 PM] This will allow you to play with new features that we’re exploring — with this particular launch, you’ll get …

Have folks been using this successfully and is it safe to assume this feature will one day be out of beta? What risks would I be taking using this beta feature?

Thank you.

w.fly · 2025-02-13T20:11:00.493Z

Yeah, been using it since it launched. It’s solid.

rpetribu · 2025-02-13T20:29:40.051Z

I can’t live without it anymore. Working perfectly.

matthewpomar · 2025-02-13T21:02:14.289Z

Thanks. It seems one cannot type in the parentheses. It just adds them automatically, and you have no control over where the parentheses go.

Am I just doing something wrong?

w.fly · 2025-02-13T21:46:14.755Z

It does it automatically. Once you use it enough, you’ll see it works 99.9% of the time. I have yet to come up with a case that I couldn’t make something work - And I have some complicated expressions. Bubble just requires you to think how you structure your expression a bit differently sometimes…

adamhholmes · 2025-02-13T22:33:49.540Z

matthewpomar:

It just adds them automatically, and you have no control over where the parentheses go.

Am I just doing something wrong?

Yes… Bubble adds them automatically, but you have FULL control over where they go (based on which ‘click’ button you use to add to the expression).

It does take a bit of getting used to, but it’s possible to construct ANY kind of expression with the parenthesis once you get the hang of it (and to create expressions which are simply impossible to create without the parenthesis).

rpetribu · 2025-02-13T22:47:06.532Z

6 years around here! Congrats @adamhholmes!

The trick is to realize that the parentheses will be placed automatically. And with that, you will have the option to continue the formula inside the parentheses (by clicking before them) or continue the formula after them (by clicking after them).

Once you get the hang of it, you will see that it is quite simple…