Create & Capture Patterns | LlamaPress Pattern Catalog

Pattern · Demo Autosave The system persists changes as they are made and reports the save state continuously, so "have I saved?" stops being a question anyone has to hold. Edit & ManipulateCreate & Capture

Pattern · Demo Minimal Form Ask only for what is needed to create the thing, and collect everything else later in the context where it matters. Create & Capture

Pattern · Demo Quick Add Create a record from one field, in the place the record belongs, without leaving the screen or opening a form. Create & Capture

Pattern · Demo Smart Defaults Fill the field with the answer that is right most of the time, from context you already have — so the common case needs no decision and the exception is still easy. Create & CaptureEdit & Manipulate

Pattern · Demo Spreadsheet Import Bring an existing spreadsheet into the system by mapping its columns, previewing what will happen, and reporting per-row results — never all-or-nothing. Create & Capture

Pattern · Demo Validation Errors Tell someone a value is wrong next to that value, at the moment it can be fixed, in words that say what to do — and never take away what they typed. Create & CaptureEdit & ManipulateFeedback & Recovery

Exemplar What Airtable Figured Out That people already know how to use a grid, and that the winning move is to make the spreadsheet a real database rather than to replace it with forms. Edit & ManipulateScan & UnderstandCreate & Capture

Pattern · Demo Wizard A long, genuinely required task broken into ordered steps with visible progress — so the person faces a few decisions at a time instead of forty at once. Create & CaptureMove Through Workflow