New to bubble, creating a VERY VERY basic app

[edew]

Hello bubble community,

Just signed up to bubble and want to get used to it. Here’s what I want to do:

1. Create an input field and a “submit” button (and it fits in a mobile device form factor)
2. Create an output field and a “show” button.
3. Upon use, I type some text into the input field, hit “submit”. When I hit the “show” button, that text shows up in the output field.
4. If I go back to the input field and make an edit to the text, and hit “submit” again, that edited text is now stored in the database. When I hit the “show” button, the newly edited text will show up. That’s all I’m trying to do.

I think I got the input part down:

a. I drag the input element onto the canvas, label it inputfield
b. I drag a button element onto the canvas, label it Submit
c. I click on the Start/edit workflow for the Submit button and tell it to take the value in the inputfield’s and puts it into a new datafield which I call inputdatum.

Now, I’m at a loss on what to use to present the text I entered into the inputfield. Should I use the text element? How do I tell that text element to print out what is stored in the datafield labeled “inputdatum” (where is it located so that it knows where to search?). I edit the workflow for the Show button, but at a loss on how to show the text I entered into the input field.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Eric

[cmccray]

Hey @edew,

Your request is a bit wishy washy but i’ll try my best to help.
From what I understand you’re trying to make changes to an input which you have already created and submitted to your database and then display it.

You are correct in using the text element to display the data, and there are many other ways you can do this. When you go to fill in the text in the editor, use dynamic data to point the text in the right direction in your database to what you want to display. I’m unsure how you have structured your database, but you’ll either need to point it to Current User > inputdatum, or you will need to Do a search for > data type > data field (inputdatum).

Hopefully this will help you on your way.
Have a look at Bubbles lessons on Saving Data as well, this might guide you in the right direction.

Chris

[edew]

Chris, thanks for your reply. Here’s a diagram of what I want to do: