Airtable Style Linked Record UX — Is This Planned?

Hi!

I love what you guys are doing. I wanted to see if the functionality below is anywhere on the horizon in your roadmap?

  • Allowing dynamic creation/matching of linked records using the UI (e.g., auto-selecting existing records or creating new ones on typing/paste from text or other fields).

Airtable makes it so effortless and organic. It has always been one of its strongest appeals.

Not in immediate roadmap. Created a feature request to track it further. I am considering the following. Please add more details if you think otherwise

  • Paste copied text on LTAR field : create link to the first record that exactly matches pasted text
  • Type in cell : narrow down options inline (currently we do that in modal that pops up via search)
  • Type in cell : allow user to create a new linked record
  • Type in cell: selection using keyboards (enter for first match, up/up down to change selection).
  • All should work with single linked record and multiple records