Gallery View

This guide walks you through creating a gallery view — a card-based layout for browsing sheet data visually.

Create a Gallery

The quickest way: ask the agent.

Show this as a gallery

The agent creates the gallery, picks a title field, and opens it. You can adjust the layout from there.

To create one manually:

1. Click + in the project sidebar, then select Gallery.

2. Obvious creates a new gallery with a backing sheet called Gallery Data. The sheet starts with three fields: Title, Image URL, and Description.

3. The gallery opens immediately. Each record in the sheet becomes a card.

Tip: You can also create a gallery from an existing sheet. Ask the agent: "Turn my Products sheet into a gallery" — it connects the gallery to your sheet without duplicating data.

What Shows on Each Card

Every card displays up to three things:

• Title — The card's headline, pulled from whichever field you choose (defaults to the first text field in your sheet).
• Cover image — An optional image displayed above the title. Obvious reads a URL from the field you designate — paste in image links and they render automatically.
• Visible fields — Additional fields shown below the title. Dates, tags, status pills, links — whatever helps you scan without opening the record.

Fields with no value don't take up space. If a record is missing a cover image, the card skips the image area and shows the title at the top.

Configure the Layout

Click Configure in the toolbar to open the sidebar. Four settings:

Title Field

Pick which field appears as the card's headline. Obvious defaults to the first text field in your sheet, but you can switch to any field.

Cover Image Field

Choose the field that supplies card images. This works with string, URL, and text fields — any field containing an image URL. Select None to hide cover images entirely.

Visible Fields

Check or uncheck fields to control what appears on each card below the title. Fields already assigned as the title or cover image don't appear in this list — they're already displayed.

Card Size

Three density options:

• Small — Compact cards, no cover images, up to two fields displayed. Best for scanning large lists quickly.
• Medium — The default. Cover images, title, and all visible fields. Good balance of detail and density.
• Large — Bigger cards with more breathing room. Useful when cover images are the main focus.

Media Aspect Ratio

When a cover image field is set, you can choose how images are cropped: 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:10, or 16:9. Pick the ratio that matches your images — square for profile photos, widescreen for screenshots or banners.

Click Save to apply your changes. The gallery previews your adjustments in real time as you configure, so you can see the result before committing.

Add and Edit Records

Click + New at the end of the grid to create a new record. The record editor opens in a sidebar — fill in the fields and your new card appears in the gallery.

Click any card to open it in the record editor. Changes save automatically and the card updates immediately.

Reorder Cards

Drag any card to a new position in the grid. Obvious saves the custom order, and it persists across sessions. Other views of the same sheet aren't affected — the gallery keeps its own arrangement.

Filter Cards

Click the Filter button in the toolbar to narrow down which cards appear. Filters work the same way they do in sheets — pick a field, set a condition, and the gallery shows only matching cards.

Gallery vs. Board

Both are visual views of sheet data, but they serve different purposes:

• Gallery is for browsing. Use it when your data is visual — product catalogs, image libraries, contact directories, portfolio pieces. Cards are arranged in a grid, and the layout emphasizes images and scannability.
• Board is for workflow. Use it when records move through stages — task pipelines, deal stages, content review. Cards are grouped into columns by a status field, and the layout emphasizes drag-to-update-status.

If your data has a status field and a clear workflow, use a board. If your data is more about browsing and comparing, use a gallery.

How It Connects to Your Sheet

A gallery is a view, not a copy. It reads from the same sheet data and writes back to it:

• One sheet, many views. You can create a gallery, a board, and a calendar from the same sheet — without duplicating data.
• Changes go both ways. Edit a record in the sheet, and the card updates. Edit a card in the gallery, and the sheet updates.
• Source chip. The gallery toolbar shows a chip with the backing workbook and sheet name. Click it to open the sheet directly or in split view.