# Improve UI for Files Displayed as File Names

**URL:** <https://community.noloco.io/t/improve-ui-for-files-displayed-as-file-names/2278>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/improve-ui-for-files-displayed-as-file-names/2278 "2025-11-11T16:41:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fundmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@fundmore](https://community.noloco.io/u/fundmore)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/improve-ui-for-files-displayed-as-file-names/2278/1 "2025-11-11T16:41:11Z")

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Hi, some of my users prefer the File Names display format rather than the Thumbnail, because they can all their file names at a glance instead of having to hover over the little sqaures.

However, the UI makes it quite difficult to tell the files apart. As you see in the screenshot below, the file names on the same line all blend in and look like 1 file name:

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-11 at 11.23.13 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/2X/c/cf84e5df23cd1effc8ad745c85bc8328be012afb.png)

Would be great if we can have a pill / tag / badge design where each is easily discernible, similar to how linked fields are displayed:

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-11 at 11.37.17 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/2X/7/771fac216ea7f2cea446548a4facb5ba37bc3151.png)

Also, currently there is no way to change the file display format for an update modal within an action button. We can only choose between Default and Esignature:

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-11 at 11.39.50 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/noloco/original/2X/d/da9abc53fc8f15211b9cb8c8e9e0b2871e7d5143.png)

Would love to be able to use the File Names display format in update modals as well.

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**Author:** ![jesse](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/jesse/32/1439_2.png) [@jesse](https://community.noloco.io/u/jesse)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/improve-ui-for-files-displayed-as-file-names/2278/2 "2025-11-12T16:12:08Z")

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Second this! We have a lot of PDFs where the thumbnails aren’t useful, and the make the rows too large, so we’ve switched to filenames.