Change Airtable checkbox field value with one click?

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Hi, I’m trying to look for a way to have either a button or a link that once clicked, checks the value of a checkbox field in Airtable. Right now, if I use an update action button, that requires 3 clicks from the user (click button > check checkbox > submit form in modal window) which is super annoying. Any way to do that in a single click?

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Hey @jah, meanwhile guys will advise on how to build such a use case, I will add your message as a suggestion to our feature requests list to consider when planning further app improvements!

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This is now fully supported with the introduction of ‘One-click update’ for action buttons in order to avoid the modal box.

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Hi @acjnas
Although I ready the instructions for the one-click update I still don’t understand how to check the airtable check box field with the one-click update button. I was thinking I would send a custom value but I am not sure what the custom value would be. Could you please describe in more detail what I should do to make this work?

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Hi Ella,

The value are “true” or “false” - or “yes” or “no” for the checkbox.
true or yes being the values for “checked”

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Hello !

For my part when I chose [URL parameter] and I put ‘CHEKED’.

If I click the action button it unchecks and if I click the action button again it no longer checks it!

If I choose [URL parameter] and set “true” or “false”, I have the same problem.

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I am not able to verify this myself, but I would try “1” for checked and “0” for unchecked, and see if that works.

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Hey Mark,
Thank you for your response,

but I would like to do it with the same touch.
What do I put in “URL parameter”?

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@Vincent do you want to pass a URL param value into one click update value? Is it supposed to be On/Off ?

Do I get it right that it works by putting on or off and reversal is the issue ?

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Hey Arthur

My goal is that with a single button, when I click it it checks the box and when I click it again it unchecks the box.

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@artur will be able to give an expert reply …

My thoughts are that you could achieve it this way:

Create two one-click update buttons:
One is for checked (true)
One is for unchecked (false)

Set the visibility conditions:
When the field content is checked, display uncheck button
When the field content is unchecked, display the check button

Let us know how you get on with this method

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I would go with @MarkSchofield’s suggestion!