# Display record attachment in inline viewer **URL:** \ **Category:** Nextworld Platform\ **Created:** [March 2, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/display-record-attachment-in-inline-viewer/1779 "2026-03-02T17:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aaron.C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/aaron.c/32/163_2.png) [@Aaron.C](https://community.nextw.com/u/Aaron.C)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/display-record-attachment-in-inline-viewer/1779/1 "2026-03-02T17:29:37Z")
I have a record which will be limited to 1 attachment. I want to display the attachment inline, if present, in a viewer on the detail form of a Standard application type. Is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/matt/32/1514_2.png) [@matt](https://community.nextw.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/display-record-attachment-in-inline-viewer/1779/2 "2026-03-02T17:33:29Z")
To get an inline attachments viewer, you can add the existing `AttachmentGroupId` field to your table and application’s detail form layout. This basically embeds the attachments dialog into your layout. I’m not sure whether there’s something for showing just 1 attachment though. Control Actions in the application definition can also be used to for hiding or disabling attachment features. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron.C](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/aaron.c/32/163_2.png) [@Aaron.C](https://community.nextw.com/u/Aaron.C)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/display-record-attachment-in-inline-viewer/1779/3 "2026-03-02T17:39:31Z")
I think the above is fine. I wanted to call out we only expect 1 attachment in case there was some sort of limitation around multiple ---
**Author:** ![john.r](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/john.r/32/128_2.png) [@john.r](https://community.nextw.com/u/john.r)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/display-record-attachment-in-inline-viewer/1779/4 "2026-04-14T21:46:15Z")
@matt Are there any special considerations for customizing inline attachments into existing base metadata? Specifically, I am hoping to create a common-context-aware dashboard card that shows a directory record’s attachments. But when I try to add AttachmentGroupId to our customized Directory table, I am unable to do so because it is not an owned data item. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/matt/32/1514_2.png) [@matt](https://community.nextw.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/display-record-attachment-in-inline-viewer/1779/5 "2026-04-14T22:11:01Z")
Hi John, I believe at this time there isn’t much (if any) configurability. ---
**Author:** ![john.r](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/john.r/32/128_2.png) [@john.r](https://community.nextw.com/u/john.r)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/display-record-attachment-in-inline-viewer/1779/6 "2026-04-14T22:56:04Z")
Thanks for confirming! ---
**Author:** ![ian.p](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/ian.p/32/427_2.png) [@ian.p](https://community.nextw.com/u/ian.p)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/display-record-attachment-in-inline-viewer/1779/7 "2026-04-16T14:09:30Z")
I think `AttachmentGroupId` should be a system field, currently having Apps hot patch an addition of that field to a base apps table so that a partner can display attachments inline on an application over a base table.