# Display list of images in a repeating group?

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278>\
**Category:** Database\
**Created:** [April 30, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278 "2024-04-30T20:29:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![crown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/crown/32/191533_2.png) [@crown](https://forum.bubble.io/u/crown)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/1 "2024-04-30T20:29:42Z")

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I 'll start by saying I know others have asked this question but I have looked at all the answers and can’t get anything to work.

I have used Bubble’s plugin for multi-image uploading and it saves in the database as a list of images:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/8/0/80631847281df97a7060f3c186b88137761a7dfc.png)

In the database, it looks like this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/a/0/a0e7a4cc0253e9f0bbf97f8e71e48eb19691e1cd.png)

I then created a repeating group, added an image, and searched for the most recent upload:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/8/f/8fd8b3e0b9a40d5d13025057e8feed3e9b0019b1.png)

This only displays the submissions with a single image though:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/5/d/5d5e40efdb63879696b11ae895deec70731c766b.jpeg)

If there are multiple images I’m getting this error and it’s not displaying anything:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/5/8/5860ef74498f3f629a143750f070fc2cc3e4dd98.png)

So to sum it up my question is how do I display lists of images ranging from 1 to multiple images?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![autovantaofficial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@autovantaofficial](https://forum.bubble.io/u/autovantaofficial)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/2 "2024-04-30T20:34:55Z")

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Check the image element’s height/width? Maybe the images are too large to fit in them…

Wild guess, but sometimes the simplest things cause the biggest issues lol

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**Author:** ![crown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/crown/32/191533_2.png) [@crown](https://forum.bubble.io/u/crown)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/3 "2024-04-30T20:43:20Z")

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Unfortunately that didn’t work. It’s only recognizing/displays uploads with a single image and shows the error any time there are multiple images regardless of size.

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**Author:** ![autovantaofficial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@autovantaofficial](https://forum.bubble.io/u/autovantaofficial)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/4 "2024-04-30T20:52:23Z")

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are you using a plugin to upload the multiple files?

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**Author:** ![crown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/crown/32/191533_2.png) [@crown](https://forum.bubble.io/u/crown)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/5 "2024-04-30T21:10:33Z")

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Yeah, I am using Bubble’s Multi File plugin:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/8/d/8d8977183e5ca2bfb7ebbeb96b46fa10f2673e7a.png)

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**Author:** ![autovantaofficial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@autovantaofficial](https://forum.bubble.io/u/autovantaofficial)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/6 "2024-04-30T21:30:31Z")

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check docs…maybe some weird gimmick about displaying them.

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**Author:** ![crown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/crown/32/191533_2.png) [@crown](https://forum.bubble.io/u/crown)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/7 "2024-05-01T15:31:37Z")

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@boston85719 you seem to know everything 🙂 Have any idea what the issues is here?

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**Author:** ![eliot1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/eliot1/32/215285_2.png) [@eliot1](https://forum.bubble.io/u/eliot1)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/8 "2024-05-01T15:41:38Z")

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Hi, the image element will show only 1 image.  
If you want to display the list you must nest a second Repeating Group with the list of images uploaded of the current cell’s submission as data source and type image. And put an image element in it with current cell’s image.  
Hope this help 👋

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**Author:** ![crown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/crown/32/191533_2.png) [@crown](https://forum.bubble.io/u/crown)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/9 "2024-05-01T17:06:31Z")

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Thanks for the reply. This is how I built it out but I am still running into the same issue where is displays the first image but gives an error for anything with multiple images.

The primary repeating group:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/4/248c6926a2c808b82d04ca8dbca3ecdae5f75f34.jpeg)

The repeating group inside the primary:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/f/0/f0a2f9c4eef4e98ec2c090cc20088ad686ecdea2.jpeg)

The image inside the secondary repeating group:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/8/c/8ca9a4e7f02d4adaeaae11991c276be4f0dfb0af.png)

The error message:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/5/c/5cd88f91b01e74e72277bf6a4c11b389aacc80d8.png)

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**Author:** ![boston85719](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/boston85719/32/77286_2.png) [@boston85719](https://forum.bubble.io/u/boston85719)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/10 "2024-05-01T17:43:54Z")

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Looks like it could be a Bubble bug because the error message says ‘the image’ could not be loaded, as in a single value, but then provides a list of image URLs separated by commas, so it seems like it is trying to treat the list of images as a single image.

> **[Multiple Image Uploader | NoCode Trainer](https://nocodetrainer.com/tutorial/multiple-image-uploader)**
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> Create a multiple image uploader for your Bubble application and ensure your data file manager does not have 'ghost' files. | NoCode Trainer

Maybe review my tutorial above, as it might uncover something else that is not presented in the thread yet as the problem.

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**Author:** ![eliot1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/eliot1/32/215285_2.png) [@eliot1](https://forum.bubble.io/u/eliot1)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/11 "2024-05-01T22:13:52Z")

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Ok understand, I suppose the problem comes from your privacy settings. You should allow people to see attached files if they are not the current user that uploaded the images.  
Hope this help 👋

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**Author:** ![crown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/crown/32/191533_2.png) [@crown](https://forum.bubble.io/u/crown)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/12 "2024-05-01T23:06:34Z")

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The submission data is set to public, is there another setting I need to change?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/9/a/9a585f9b229be6e13b4fcbdb5f0220a2beb74ef9.png)

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**Author:** ![eliot1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/eliot1/32/215285_2.png) [@eliot1](https://forum.bubble.io/u/eliot1)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/13 "2024-05-02T05:16:06Z")

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Go to the user privacy settings and check “View attached files” for the default permission “Everyone else”. And then it should work 🤞

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**Author:** ![crown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/crown/32/191533_2.png) [@crown](https://forum.bubble.io/u/crown)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/display-list-of-images-in-a-repeating-group/320278/14 "2024-05-02T16:15:21Z")

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Unfortunately that’s also already checked. I have submitted a bug report to the Bubble team and I am waiting to hear back to see if this is just an issue on Bubble’s side or if they have a solution.

I appreciate you trying to help! If you think of anything else it might be, I am happy to check.
