Merge pull request #597 from mjashanks/event-panel

Event panel
2024-07-06 23:10:57 +12:00 · 2020-09-12 09:06:48 +01:00 · 2020-09-12 09:06:48 +01:00 · f1cb475f7b
parent 960f8f7893 fe8c870050
commit f1cb475f7b
38 changed files with 1124 additions and 300 deletions
--- a/packages/builder/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/builder/.gitignore
@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ package-lock.json
 release/
 dist/
 cypress/screenshots
+cypress/videos
 routify
--- a/packages/builder/package.json
+++ b/packages/builder/package.json
@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
    "d3-selection": "^1.4.1",
    "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
    "fast-sort": "^2.2.0",
-    "feather-icons": "^4.21.0",
    "lodash": "^4.17.13",
    "mustache": "^4.0.1",
    "posthog-js": "1.3.1",
--- a/packages/builder/scripts/jestSetup.js
+++ b/packages/builder/scripts/jestSetup.js
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Array.flat needs polyfilled in < Node 11
 if (!Array.prototype.flat) {
  Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, "flat", {
    configurable: true,
--- a/packages/builder/src/builderStore/fetchBindableProperties.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/builderStore/fetchBindableProperties.js
@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ export default function({ componentInstanceId, screen, components, models }) {
      .filter(isInstanceInSharedContext(walkResult))
      .map(componentInstanceToBindable(walkResult)),

-    ...walkResult.target._contexts.map(contextToBindables(walkResult)).flat(),
+    ...walkResult.target._contexts
+      .map(contextToBindables(models, walkResult))
+      .flat(),
  ]
 }

@ -69,17 +71,31 @@ const componentInstanceToBindable = walkResult => i => {
  }
 }

-const contextToBindables = walkResult => context => {
+const contextToBindables = (models, walkResult) => context => {
  const contextParentPath = getParentPath(walkResult, context)

-  return Object.keys(context.model.schema).map(k => ({
+  const newBindable = key => ({
    type: "context",
    instance: context.instance,
    // how the binding expression persists, and is used in the app at runtime
-    runtimeBinding: `${contextParentPath}data.${k}`,
+    runtimeBinding: `${contextParentPath}data.${key}`,
    // how the binding exressions looks to the user of the builder
-    readableBinding: `${context.instance._instanceName}.${context.model.name}.${k}`,
-  }))
+    readableBinding: `${context.instance._instanceName}.${context.model.label}.${key}`,
+  })
+
+  // see ModelViewSelect.svelte for the format of context.model
+  // ... this allows us to bind to Model scheams, or View schemas
+  const model = models.find(m => m._id === context.model.modelId)
+  const schema = context.model.isModel
+    ? model.schema
+    : model.views[context.model.name].schema
+
+  return (
+    Object.keys(schema)
+      .map(newBindable)
+      // add _id and _rev fields - not part of schema, but always valid
+      .concat([newBindable("_id"), newBindable("_rev")])
+  )
 }

 const getParentPath = (walkResult, context) => {
@ -135,7 +151,7 @@ const walk = ({ instance, targetId, components, models, result }) => {
  if (contextualInstance) {
    // add to currentContexts (ancestory of context)
    // before walking children
-    const model = models.find(m => m._id === instance[component.context])
+    const model = instance[component.context]
    result.currentContexts.push({ instance, model })
  }

--- a/packages/builder/src/builderStore/replaceBindings.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/builderStore/replaceBindings.js
@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+export const CAPTURE_VAR_INSIDE_MUSTACHE = /{{([^}]+)}}/g
+
+export function readableToRuntimeBinding(bindableProperties, textWithBindings) {
+  // Find all instances of mustasche
+  const boundValues = textWithBindings.match(CAPTURE_VAR_INSIDE_MUSTACHE)
+
+  let result = textWithBindings
+  // Replace readableBindings with runtimeBindings
+  boundValues &&
+    boundValues.forEach(boundValue => {
+      const binding = bindableProperties.find(({ readableBinding }) => {
+        return boundValue === `{{ ${readableBinding} }}`
+      })
+      if (binding) {
+        result = textWithBindings.replace(
+          boundValue,
+          `{{ ${binding.runtimeBinding} }}`
+        )
+      }
+    })
+  return result
+}
+
+export function runtimeToReadableBinding(bindableProperties, textWithBindings) {
+  let temp = textWithBindings
+  const boundValues =
+    (typeof textWithBindings === "string" &&
+      textWithBindings.match(CAPTURE_VAR_INSIDE_MUSTACHE)) ||
+    []
+
+  // Replace runtimeBindings with readableBindings:
+  boundValues.forEach(v => {
+    const binding = bindableProperties.find(({ runtimeBinding }) => {
+      return v === `{{ ${runtimeBinding} }}`
+    })
+    if (binding) {
+      temp = temp.replace(v, `{{ ${binding.readableBinding} }}`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  return temp
+}
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/common/Icons/CloseCircle.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/common/Icons/CloseCircle.svelte
@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<svg
+  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+  viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+  width="24"
+  height="24">
+  <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" />
+  <path
+    fill="currentColor"
+    d="M12 22C6.477 22 2 17.523 2 12S6.477 2 12 2s10 4.477 10 10-4.477 10-10
+    10zm0-11.414L9.172 7.757 7.757 9.172 10.586 12l-2.829 2.828 1.415 1.415L12
+    13.414l2.828 2.829 1.415-1.415L13.414 12l2.829-2.828-1.415-1.415L12 10.586z" />
+</svg>
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/common/Icons/index.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/common/Icons/index.js
@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ export { default as TwitterIcon } from "./Twitter.svelte"
 export { default as InfoIcon } from "./Info.svelte"
 export { default as CloseIcon } from "./Close.svelte"
 export { default as MoreIcon } from "./More.svelte"
+export { default as CloseCircleIcon } from "./CloseCircle.svelte"
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/common/icon.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/common/icon.js
@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import feather from "feather-icons"
-const getIcon = (icon, size) =>
-  feather.icons[icon].toSvg({ height: size || "16", width: size || "16" })
-export default getIcon
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/ComponentPropertiesPanel.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/ComponentPropertiesPanel.svelte
@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
    CircleIndicator,
    EventsIcon,
  } from "components/common/Icons/"
-  import EventsEditor from "./EventsEditor"
  import panelStructure from "./temporaryPanelStructure.js"
  import CategoryTab from "./CategoryTab.svelte"
  import DesignView from "./DesignView.svelte"
@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
  let categories = [
    { value: "settings", name: "Settings" },
    { value: "design", name: "Design" },
-    { value: "events", name: "Events" },
  ]
  let selectedCategory = categories[0]

@ -109,8 +107,6 @@
        displayNameField={displayName}
        onChange={onPropChanged}
        screenOrPageInstance={$store.currentView !== 'component' && $store.currentPreviewItem} />
-    {:else if selectedCategory.value === 'events'}
-      <EventsEditor component={componentInstance} />
    {/if}

  </div>
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/EventEditorModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/EventEditorModal.svelte
@ -1,168 +1,220 @@
 <script>
  import { store } from "builderStore"
-  import { Button, Select } from "@budibase/bbui"
-  import HandlerSelector from "./HandlerSelector.svelte"
-  import ActionButton from "../../common/ActionButton.svelte"
-  import getIcon from "../../common/icon"
-  import { CloseIcon } from "components/common/Icons/"
-
+  import { TextButton, Button, Heading, DropdownMenu } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { AddIcon, ArrowDownIcon } from "components/common/Icons/"
  import { EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME } from "../../common/eventHandlers"
+  import actionTypes from "./actions"
+  import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
+
+  const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()

  export let event
-  export let eventOptions = []
-  export let onClose

-  let eventType = ""
+  let addActionButton
+  let addActionDropdown
+  let selectedAction
+
  let draftEventHandler = { parameters: [] }

-  $: eventData = event || { handlers: [] }
-  $: if (!eventOptions.includes(eventType) && eventOptions.length > 0)
-    eventType = eventOptions[0].name
+  $: actions = event || []
+  $: selectedActionComponent =
+    selectedAction &&
+    actionTypes.find(t => t.name === selectedAction[EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME])
+      .component

  const closeModal = () => {
-    onClose()
+    dispatch("close")
    draftEventHandler = { parameters: [] }
-    eventData = { handlers: [] }
+    actions = []
  }

  const updateEventHandler = (updatedHandler, index) => {
-    eventData.handlers[index] = updatedHandler
+    actions[index] = updatedHandler
  }

-  const updateDraftEventHandler = updatedHandler => {
-    draftEventHandler = updatedHandler
+  const deleteAction = index => {
+    actions.splice(index, 1)
+    actions = actions
  }

-  const deleteEventHandler = index => {
-    eventData.handlers.splice(index, 1)
-    eventData = eventData
-  }
-
-  const createNewEventHandler = handler => {
-    const newHandler = handler || {
+  const addAction = actionType => () => {
+    const newAction = {
      parameters: {},
-      [EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME]: "",
+      [EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME]: actionType.name,
    }
-    eventData.handlers.push(newHandler)
-    eventData = eventData
+    actions.push(newAction)
+    selectedAction = newAction
+    actions = actions
+    addActionDropdown.hide()
  }

-  const deleteEvent = () => {
-    store.setComponentProp(eventType, [])
-    closeModal()
+  const selectAction = action => () => {
+    selectedAction = action
  }

  const saveEventData = () => {
-    store.setComponentProp(eventType, eventData.handlers)
+    dispatch("change", actions)
    closeModal()
  }
 </script>

-<div class="container">
-  <div class="body">
-    <div class="heading">
-      <h3>
-        {eventData.name ? `${eventData.name} Event` : 'Create a New Component Event'}
-      </h3>
-    </div>
-    <div class="event-options">
-      <div class="section">
-        <h4>Event Type</h4>
-        <Select bind:value={eventType}>
-          {#each eventOptions as option}
-            <option value={option.name}>{option.name}</option>
-          {/each}
-        </Select>
-      </div>
-    </div>
+<div class="root">

-    <div class="section">
-      <h4>Event Action(s)</h4>
-      <HandlerSelector
-        newHandler
-        onChanged={updateDraftEventHandler}
-        onCreate={() => {
-          createNewEventHandler(draftEventHandler)
-          draftEventHandler = { parameters: [] }
-        }}
-        handler={draftEventHandler} />
+  <div class="header">
+    <Heading small dark>Actions</Heading>
+    <div bind:this={addActionButton}>
+      <TextButton text small blue on:click={addActionDropdown.show}>
+        Add Action
+        <div style="height: 20px; width: 20px;">
+          <AddIcon />
+        </div>
+      </TextButton>
    </div>
-    {#if eventData}
-      {#each eventData.handlers as handler, index}
-        <HandlerSelector
-          {index}
-          onChanged={updateEventHandler}
-          onRemoved={() => deleteEventHandler(index)}
-          {handler} />
+    <DropdownMenu
+      bind:this={addActionDropdown}
+      anchor={addActionButton}
+      align="right">
+      <div class="available-actions-container">
+        {#each actionTypes as actionType}
+          <div class="available-action" on:click={addAction(actionType)}>
+            <span>{actionType.name}</span>
+          </div>
+        {/each}
+      </div>
+    </DropdownMenu>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="actions-container">
+    {#if actions && actions.length > 0}
+      {#each actions as action, index}
+        <div class="action-container">
+          <div class="action-header" on:click={selectAction(action)}>
+            <p
+              class="bb-body bb-body--small bb-body--color-dark"
+              style="margin: var(--spacing-s) 0;">
+              {index + 1}. {action[EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME]}
+            </p>
+            <div class="row-expander" class:rotate={action !== selectedAction}>
+              <ArrowDownIcon />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          {#if action === selectedAction}
+            <div class="selected-action-container">
+              <svelte:component
+                this={selectedActionComponent}
+                parameters={selectedAction.parameters} />
+              <div class="delete-action-button">
+                <TextButton text medium on:click={() => deleteAction(index)}>
+                  Delete
+                </TextButton>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          {/if}
+        </div>
      {/each}
    {/if}
+  </div>

-  </div>
  <div class="footer">
-    {#if eventData.name}
-      <Button
-        outline
-        on:click={deleteEvent}
-        disabled={eventData.handlers.length === 0}>
-        Delete
-      </Button>
-    {/if}
-    <div class="save">
-      <Button
-        primary
-        on:click={saveEventData}
-        disabled={eventData.handlers.length === 0}>
-        Save
-      </Button>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-  <div class="close-button" on:click={closeModal}>
-    <CloseIcon />
+    <a href="https://docs.budibase.com">Learn more about Actions</a>
+    <Button secondary on:click={closeModal}>Cancel</Button>
+    <Button primary on:click={saveEventData}>Save</Button>
  </div>
 </div>

 <style>
-  .container {
-    position: relative;
-  }
-  .heading {
-    margin-bottom: 20px;
+  .root {
+    max-height: 50vh;
+    width: 700px;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
  }

-  .close-button {
+  .header {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    padding: var(--spacing-xl);
+    padding-bottom: 0;
+  }
+
+  .action-header {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
+
+  .action-header > p {
+    flex: 1;
+  }
+
+  .row-expander {
+    height: 30px;
+    width: 30px;
+  }
+
+  .available-action {
+    padding: var(--spacing-s);
+    font-size: var(--font-size-m);
    cursor: pointer;
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 20px;
-    right: 20px;
-  }
-  .close-button :global(svg) {
-    width: 24px;
-    height: 24px;
  }

-  h4 {
-    margin-bottom: 10px;
+  .available-action:hover {
+    background: var(--grey-2);
  }

-  h3 {
-    margin: 0;
-    font-size: 24px;
-    font-weight: bold;
+  .actions-container {
+    flex: 1;
+    min-height: 0px;
+    padding-bottom: var(--spacing-s);
+    padding-top: 0;
+    border: var(--border-light);
+    border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
+    overflow-y: auto;
  }
-  .body {
-    padding: 40px;
-    display: grid;
-    grid-gap: 20px;
+
+  .action-container {
+    border: var(--border-light);
+    border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
+    padding-left: var(--spacing-xl);
+    padding-right: var(--spacing-xl);
+    padding-top: 0;
+    padding-bottom: 0;
  }
-  .footer {
+
+  .selected-action-container {
+    padding-bottom: var(--spacing-s);
+    padding-top: var(--spacing-s);
+  }
+
+  .delete-action-button {
+    padding-top: var(--spacing-l);
    display: flex;
    justify-content: flex-end;
-    padding: 30px 40px;
-    border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
-    border-bottom-right-radius: 50px;
-    background-color: var(--grey-1);
+    flex-direction: row;
  }
-  .save {
-    margin-left: 20px;
+
+  .footer {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    gap: var(--spacing-s);
+    padding: var(--spacing-xl);
+    padding-top: var(--spacing-m);
+  }
+
+  .footer > a {
+    flex: 1;
+    color: var(--grey-5);
+    font-size: var(--font-size-s);
+    text-decoration: none;
+  }
+
+  .footer > a:hover {
+    color: var(--blue);
+  }
+
+  .rotate :global(svg) {
+    transform: rotate(90deg);
  }
 </style>
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/EventPropertyControl.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/EventPropertyControl.svelte
@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
 <script>
-  import { Button, DropdownMenu } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { Button, Modal } from "@budibase/bbui"
  import EventEditorModal from "./EventEditorModal.svelte"
-  import { getContext } from "svelte"
+  import { createEventDispatcher, onMount } from "svelte"
+  const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()

  export let value
  export let name

-  let button
-  let dropdown
+  let eventsModal
 </script>

-<div bind:this={button}>
-  <Button secondary small on:click={dropdown.show}>Define Actions</Button>
-</div>
-<DropdownMenu bind:this={dropdown} align="right" anchor={button}>
+<Button secondary small on:click={eventsModal.show}>Define Actions</Button>
+
+<Modal bind:this={eventsModal} maxWidth="100vw" hideCloseButton>
  <EventEditorModal
    event={value}
    eventType={name}
    on:change
-    on:close={dropdown.hide} />
-</DropdownMenu>
+    on:close={eventsModal.hide} />
+</Modal>

 <style>

--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/CreateRecord.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/CreateRecord.svelte
@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<script>
+  import { Select, Label } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { store, backendUiStore } from "builderStore"
+  import fetchBindableProperties from "builderStore/fetchBindableProperties"
+  import SaveFields from "./SaveFields.svelte"
+
+  export let parameters
+
+  $: bindableProperties = fetchBindableProperties({
+    componentInstanceId: $store.currentComponentInfo._id,
+    components: $store.components,
+    screen: $store.currentPreviewItem,
+    models: $backendUiStore.models,
+  })
+
+  // just wraps binding in {{ ... }}
+  const toBindingExpression = bindingPath => `{{ ${bindingPath} }}`
+
+  const modelFields = modelId => {
+    const model = $backendUiStore.models.find(m => m._id === modelId)
+
+    return Object.keys(model.schema).map(k => ({
+      name: k,
+      type: model.schema[k].type,
+    }))
+  }
+
+  $: schemaFields =
+    parameters && parameters.modelId ? modelFields(parameters.modelId) : []
+
+  const onFieldsChanged = e => {
+    parameters.fields = e.detail
+  }
+</script>
+
+<div class="root">
+  <Label size="m" color="dark">Table</Label>
+  <Select secondary bind:value={parameters.modelId}>
+    <option value="" />
+    {#each $backendUiStore.models as model}
+      <option value={model._id}>{model.name}</option>
+    {/each}
+  </Select>
+
+  {#if parameters.modelId}
+    <SaveFields
+      parameterFields={parameters.fields}
+      {schemaFields}
+      on:fieldschanged={onFieldsChanged} />
+  {/if}
+
+</div>
+
+<style>
+  .root {
+    display: grid;
+    column-gap: var(--spacing-s);
+    row-gap: var(--spacing-s);
+    grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto 1fr auto;
+    align-items: baseline;
+  }
+
+  .root :global(.relative:nth-child(2)) {
+    grid-column-start: 2;
+    grid-column-end: 6;
+  }
+
+  .cannot-use {
+    color: var(--red);
+    font-size: var(--font-size-s);
+    text-align: center;
+    width: 70%;
+    margin: auto;
+  }
+</style>
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/NavigateTo.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/NavigateTo.svelte
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<script>
+  import { Select, Label } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { store } from "builderStore"
+
+  export let parameters
+</script>
+
+<div class="root">
+  <Label size="m" color="dark">Screen</Label>
+  <Select secondary bind:value={parameters.url}>
+    <option value="" />
+    {#each $store.screens as screen}
+      <option value={screen.route}>{screen.props._instanceName}</option>
+    {/each}
+  </Select>
+</div>
+
+<style>
+  .root {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: baseline;
+  }
+
+  .root :global(.relative) {
+    flex: 1;
+    margin-left: var(--spacing-l);
+  }
+</style>
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/SaveFields.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/SaveFields.svelte
@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+<script>
+  // accepts an array of field names, and outputs an object of { FieldName: value }
+  import { Select, Label, TextButton, Spacer } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { store, backendUiStore } from "builderStore"
+  import fetchBindableProperties from "builderStore/fetchBindableProperties"
+  import { CloseCircleIcon, AddIcon } from "components/common/Icons"
+  import {
+    readableToRuntimeBinding,
+    runtimeToReadableBinding,
+  } from "builderStore/replaceBindings"
+  import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
+
+  const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
+
+  export let parameterFields
+  export let schemaFields
+
+  const emptyField = () => ({ name: "", value: "" })
+
+  // this statement initialises fields from parameters.fields
+  $: fields =
+    fields ||
+    Object.keys(parameterFields || { "": "" }).map(name => ({
+      name,
+      value:
+        (parameterFields &&
+          runtimeToReadableBinding(
+            bindableProperties,
+            parameterFields[name].value
+          )) ||
+        "",
+    }))
+
+  $: bindableProperties = fetchBindableProperties({
+    componentInstanceId: $store.currentComponentInfo._id,
+    components: $store.components,
+    screen: $store.currentPreviewItem,
+    models: $backendUiStore.models,
+  })
+
+  const addField = () => {
+    const newFields = fields.filter(f => f.name)
+    newFields.push(emptyField())
+    fields = newFields
+    rebuildParameters()
+  }
+
+  const removeField = field => () => {
+    fields = fields.filter(f => f !== field)
+    rebuildParameters()
+  }
+
+  const rebuildParameters = () => {
+    // rebuilds paramters.fields every time a field name or value is added
+    // as UI below is bound to "fields" array, but we need to output a { key: value }
+    const newParameterFields = {}
+    for (let field of fields) {
+      if (field.name) {
+        // value and type is needed by the client, so it can parse
+        // a string into a correct type
+        newParameterFields[field.name] = {
+          type: schemaFields.find(f => f.name === field.name).type,
+          value: readableToRuntimeBinding(bindableProperties, field.value),
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    dispatch("fieldschanged", newParameterFields)
+  }
+
+  // just wraps binding in {{ ... }}
+  const toBindingExpression = bindingPath => `{{ ${bindingPath} }}`
+</script>
+
+{#if fields}
+  {#each fields as field}
+    <Label size="m" color="dark">Field</Label>
+    <Select secondary bind:value={field.name} on:blur={rebuildParameters}>
+      <option value="" />
+      {#each schemaFields as schemaField}
+        <option value={schemaField.name}>{schemaField.name}</option>
+      {/each}
+    </Select>
+    <Label size="m" color="dark">Value</Label>
+    <Select
+      editable
+      secondary
+      bind:value={field.value}
+      on:blur={rebuildParameters}>
+      <option value="" />
+      {#each bindableProperties as bindableProp}
+        <option value={toBindingExpression(bindableProp.readableBinding)}>
+          {bindableProp.readableBinding}
+        </option>
+      {/each}
+    </Select>
+    <div class="remove-field-container">
+      <TextButton text small on:click={removeField(field)}>
+        <CloseCircleIcon />
+      </TextButton>
+    </div>
+  {/each}
+
+  <div>
+    <Spacer small />
+
+    <TextButton text small blue on:click={addField}>
+      Add Field
+      <div style="height: 20px; width: 20px;">
+        <AddIcon />
+      </div>
+    </TextButton>
+  </div>
+{/if}
+
+<style>
+  .remove-field-container :global(button) {
+    vertical-align: bottom;
+  }
+</style>
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/UpdateRecord.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/UpdateRecord.svelte
@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+<script>
+  import { Select, Label } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { store, backendUiStore } from "builderStore"
+  import fetchBindableProperties from "builderStore/fetchBindableProperties"
+  import SaveFields from "./SaveFields.svelte"
+  import {
+    readableToRuntimeBinding,
+    runtimeToReadableBinding,
+  } from "builderStore/replaceBindings"
+
+  export let parameters
+
+  $: bindableProperties = fetchBindableProperties({
+    componentInstanceId: $store.currentComponentInfo._id,
+    components: $store.components,
+    screen: $store.currentPreviewItem,
+    models: $backendUiStore.models,
+  })
+
+  let idFields
+  let recordId
+  $: {
+    idFields = bindableProperties.filter(
+      bindable =>
+        bindable.type === "context" && bindable.runtimeBinding.endsWith("._id")
+    )
+    // ensure recordId is always defaulted - there is usually only one option
+    if (idFields.length > 0 && !parameters._id) {
+      recordId = idFields[0].runtimeBinding
+      parameters = parameters
+    } else if (!recordId && parameters._id) {
+      recordId = parameters._id
+        .replace("{{", "")
+        .replace("}}", "")
+        .trim()
+    }
+  }
+
+  $: parameters._id = `{{ ${recordId} }}`
+
+  // just wraps binding in {{ ... }}
+  const toBindingExpression = bindingPath => `{{ ${bindingPath} }}`
+
+  // finds the selected idBinding, then reads the table/view
+  // from the component instance that it belongs to.
+  // then returns the field names for that schema
+  const schemaFromIdBinding = recordId => {
+    if (!recordId) return []
+
+    const idBinding = bindableProperties.find(
+      prop => prop.runtimeBinding === recordId
+    )
+    if (!idBinding) return []
+
+    const { instance } = idBinding
+
+    const component = $store.components[instance._component]
+
+    // component.context is the name of the prop that holds the modelId
+    const modelInfo = instance[component.context]
+
+    if (!modelInfo) return []
+
+    const model = $backendUiStore.models.find(m => m._id === modelInfo.modelId)
+    parameters.modelId = modelInfo.modelId
+    return Object.keys(model.schema).map(k => ({
+      name: k,
+      type: model.schema[k].type,
+    }))
+  }
+
+  let schemaFields
+  $: {
+    if (parameters && recordId) {
+      schemaFields = schemaFromIdBinding(recordId)
+    } else {
+      schemaFields = []
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onFieldsChanged = e => {
+    parameters.fields = e.detail
+  }
+</script>
+
+<div class="root">
+  {#if idFields.length === 0}
+    <div class="cannot-use">
+      Update record can only be used within a component that provides data, such
+      as a List
+    </div>
+  {:else}
+    <Label size="m" color="dark">Record Id</Label>
+    <Select secondary bind:value={recordId}>
+      <option value="" />
+      {#each idFields as idField}
+        <option value={idField.runtimeBinding}>
+          {idField.readableBinding}
+        </option>
+      {/each}
+    </Select>
+  {/if}
+
+  {#if recordId}
+    <SaveFields
+      parameterFields={parameters.fields}
+      {schemaFields}
+      on:fieldschanged={onFieldsChanged} />
+  {/if}
+
+</div>
+
+<style>
+  .root {
+    display: grid;
+    column-gap: var(--spacing-s);
+    row-gap: var(--spacing-s);
+    grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto 1fr auto;
+    align-items: baseline;
+  }
+
+  .root :global(.relative:nth-child(2)) {
+    grid-column-start: 2;
+    grid-column-end: 6;
+  }
+
+  .cannot-use {
+    color: var(--red);
+    font-size: var(--font-size-s);
+    text-align: center;
+    width: 70%;
+    margin: auto;
+  }
+</style>
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/index.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/actions/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import NavigateTo from "./NavigateTo.svelte"
+import UpdateRecord from "./UpdateRecord.svelte"
+import CreateRecord from "./CreateRecord.svelte"
+
+// defines what actions are available, when adding a new one
+// the component is the setup panel for the action
+// NOTE that the "name" is used by the client library,
+// so if you want to change it, you must change it client lib too
+
+export default [
+  {
+    name: "Create Record",
+    component: CreateRecord,
+  },
+  {
+    name: "Navigate To",
+    component: NavigateTo,
+  },
+  {
+    name: "Update Record",
+    component: UpdateRecord,
+  },
+]
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/index.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/EventsEditor/index.js
@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { default } from "./EventsEditor.svelte"
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/PropertyControl.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/userInterface/PropertyControl.svelte
@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  import Input from "./PropertyPanelControls/Input.svelte"
  import { store, backendUiStore } from "builderStore"
  import fetchBindableProperties from "builderStore/fetchBindableProperties"
+  import {
+    readableToRuntimeBinding,
+    runtimeToReadableBinding,
+    CAPTURE_VAR_INSIDE_MUSTACHE,
+  } from "builderStore/replaceBindings"
  import { DropdownMenu } from "@budibase/bbui"
  import BindingDropdown from "components/userInterface/BindingDropdown.svelte"
  import { onMount, getContext } from "svelte"
@ -36,25 +41,12 @@
    })
  }

-  const CAPTURE_VAR_INSIDE_MUSTACHE = /{{([^}]+)}}/g
  function replaceBindings(textWithBindings) {
    getBindableProperties()
-    // Find all instances of mustasche
-    const boundValues = textWithBindings.match(CAPTURE_VAR_INSIDE_MUSTACHE)
-
-    // Replace with names:
-    boundValues &&
-      boundValues.forEach(boundValue => {
-        const binding = bindableProperties.find(({ readableBinding }) => {
-          return boundValue === `{{ ${readableBinding} }}`
-        })
-        if (binding) {
-          textWithBindings = textWithBindings.replace(
-            boundValue,
-            `{{ ${binding.runtimeBinding} }}`
-          )
-        }
-      })
+    textWithBindings = readableToRuntimeBinding(
+      bindableProperties,
+      textWithBindings
+    )
    onChange(key, textWithBindings)
  }

@ -76,21 +68,9 @@

  const safeValue = () => {
    getBindableProperties()
-    let temp = value
-    const boundValues =
-      (typeof value === "string" && value.match(CAPTURE_VAR_INSIDE_MUSTACHE)) ||
-      []

-    // Replace with names:
-    boundValues.forEach(v => {
-      const binding = bindableProperties.find(({ runtimeBinding }) => {
-        return v === `{{ ${runtimeBinding} }}`
-      })
-      if (binding) {
-        temp = temp.replace(v, `{{ ${binding.readableBinding} }}`)
-      }
-    })
-    // console.log(temp)
+    let temp = runtimeToReadableBinding(bindableProperties, value)
+
    return value === undefined && props.defaultValue !== undefined
      ? props.defaultValue
      : temp
--- a/packages/builder/tests/fetchBindableProperties.spec.js
+++ b/packages/builder/tests/fetchBindableProperties.spec.js
@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ describe("fetch bindable properties", () => {
      ...testData()
    })
    const contextBindings = result.filter(r => r.instance._id === "list-id" && r.type==="context")
-    expect(contextBindings.length).toBe(2)
+    // 2 fields + _id + _rev 
+    expect(contextBindings.length).toBe(4)
    
    const namebinding = contextBindings.find(b => b.runtimeBinding === "data.name")
    expect(namebinding).toBeDefined()
@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ describe("fetch bindable properties", () => {
    const descriptionbinding = contextBindings.find(b => b.runtimeBinding === "data.description")
    expect(descriptionbinding).toBeDefined()
    expect(descriptionbinding.readableBinding).toBe("list-name.Test Model.description")
+    
+    const idbinding = contextBindings.find(b => b.runtimeBinding === "data._id")
+    expect(idbinding).toBeDefined()
+    expect(idbinding.readableBinding).toBe("list-name.Test Model._id")
  })

  it("should return model schema, for grantparent context", () => {
@ -45,7 +50,8 @@ describe("fetch bindable properties", () => {
      ...testData()
    })
    const contextBindings = result.filter(r => r.type==="context")
-    expect(contextBindings.length).toBe(4)
+    // 2 fields + _id + _rev ... x 2 models
+    expect(contextBindings.length).toBe(8)
    
    const namebinding_parent = contextBindings.find(b => b.runtimeBinding === "parent.data.name")
    expect(namebinding_parent).toBeDefined()
@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ const testData = () => {
          _id: "list-id",
          _component: "@budibase/standard-components/list",
          _instanceName: "list-name",
-          model: "test-model-id",
+          model: { isModel: true, modelId: "test-model-id", label: "Test Model", name: "all_test-model-id" },
          _children: [
            {
              _id: "list-item-heading-id",
@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ const testData = () => {
              _id: "child-list-id",
              _component: "@budibase/standard-components/list",
              _instanceName: "child-list-name",
-              model: "test-model-id",
+              model: { isModel: true, modelId: "test-model-id", label: "Test Model", name: "all_test-model-id"},
              _children: [
                {
                  _id: "child-list-item-heading-id",
--- a/packages/builder/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/builder/yarn.lock
@ -695,6 +695,21 @@
    sirv-cli "^0.4.6"
    svelte-flatpickr "^2.4.0"

+"@budibase/client@^0.1.19":
+  version "0.1.19"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/client/-/client-0.1.19.tgz#3906781423ab4626118c981657ecf7a4578c547c"
+  integrity sha512-crxnLgebsh6CR0aMleDahY/1vFPbveG6JuSS/EVZeoBmckzK8hwiUQYQhIlf68nZfzWsCE/M9TX7SJxsrKY3bQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@nx-js/compiler-util" "^2.0.0"
+    bcryptjs "^2.4.3"
+    deep-equal "^2.0.1"
+    lodash "^4.17.15"
+    lunr "^2.3.5"
+    mustache "^4.0.1"
+    regexparam "^1.3.0"
+    shortid "^2.2.8"
+    svelte "^3.9.2"
+
 "@budibase/colorpicker@^1.0.1":
  version "1.0.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@budibase/colorpicker/-/colorpicker-1.0.1.tgz#940c180e7ebba0cb0756c4c8ef13f5dfab58e810"
@ -944,6 +959,11 @@
    "@nodelib/fs.scandir" "2.1.3"
    fastq "^1.6.0"

+"@nx-js/compiler-util@^2.0.0":
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nx-js/compiler-util/-/compiler-util-2.0.0.tgz#c74c12165fa2f017a292bb79af007e8fce0af297"
+  integrity sha512-AxSQbwj9zqt8DYPZ6LwZdytqnwfiOEdcFdq4l8sdjkZmU2clTht7RDLCI8xvkp7KqgcNaOGlTeCM55TULWruyQ==
+
 "@polka/url@^0.5.0":
  version "0.5.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polka/url/-/url-0.5.0.tgz#b21510597fd601e5d7c95008b76bf0d254ebfd31"
@ -1370,6 +1390,11 @@ array-equal@^1.0.0:
  version "1.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-equal/-/array-equal-1.0.0.tgz#8c2a5ef2472fd9ea742b04c77a75093ba2757c93"

+array-filter@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-filter/-/array-filter-1.0.0.tgz#baf79e62e6ef4c2a4c0b831232daffec251f9d83"
+  integrity sha1-uveeYubvTCpMC4MSMtr/7CUfnYM=
+
 array-union@^2.1.0:
  version "2.1.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-union/-/array-union-2.1.0.tgz#b798420adbeb1de828d84acd8a2e23d3efe85e8d"
@ -1424,6 +1449,13 @@ atob@^2.1.2:
  version "2.1.2"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/atob/-/atob-2.1.2.tgz#6d9517eb9e030d2436666651e86bd9f6f13533c9"

+available-typed-arrays@^1.0.0, available-typed-arrays@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/available-typed-arrays/-/available-typed-arrays-1.0.2.tgz#6b098ca9d8039079ee3f77f7b783c4480ba513f5"
+  integrity sha512-XWX3OX8Onv97LMk/ftVyBibpGwY5a8SmuxZPzeOxqmuEqUCOM9ZE+uIaD1VNJ5QnvU2UQusvmKbuM1FR8QWGfQ==
+  dependencies:
+    array-filter "^1.0.0"
+
 aws-sign2@~0.7.0:
  version "0.7.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-sign2/-/aws-sign2-0.7.0.tgz#b46e890934a9591f2d2f6f86d7e6a9f1b3fe76a8"
@ -1498,6 +1530,11 @@ bcrypt-pbkdf@^1.0.0:
  dependencies:
    tweetnacl "^0.14.3"

+bcryptjs@^2.4.3:
+  version "2.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bcryptjs/-/bcryptjs-2.4.3.tgz#9ab5627b93e60621ff7cdac5da9733027df1d0cb"
+  integrity sha1-mrVie5PmBiH/fNrF2pczAn3x0Ms=
+
 binary-extensions@^2.0.0:
  version "2.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-2.0.0.tgz#23c0df14f6a88077f5f986c0d167ec03c3d5537c"
@ -1795,10 +1832,6 @@ class-utils@^0.3.5:
    isobject "^3.0.0"
    static-extend "^0.1.1"

-classnames@^2.2.5:
-  version "2.2.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/classnames/-/classnames-2.2.6.tgz#43935bffdd291f326dad0a205309b38d00f650ce"
-
 cli-cursor@^1.0.2:
  version "1.0.2"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-cursor/-/cli-cursor-1.0.2.tgz#64da3f7d56a54412e59794bd62dc35295e8f2987"
@ -1946,10 +1979,6 @@ core-js-pure@^3.0.0:
  version "3.6.5"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js-pure/-/core-js-pure-3.6.5.tgz#c79e75f5e38dbc85a662d91eea52b8256d53b813"

-core-js@^3.1.3:
-  version "3.6.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-3.6.5.tgz#7395dc273af37fb2e50e9bd3d9fe841285231d1a"
-
 core-util-is@1.0.2, core-util-is@~1.0.0:
  version "1.0.2"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-util-is/-/core-util-is-1.0.2.tgz#b5fd54220aa2bc5ab57aab7140c940754503c1a7"
@ -2381,6 +2410,26 @@ decode-uri-component@^0.2.0:
  version "0.2.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/decode-uri-component/-/decode-uri-component-0.2.0.tgz#eb3913333458775cb84cd1a1fae062106bb87545"

+deep-equal@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deep-equal/-/deep-equal-2.0.3.tgz#cad1c15277ad78a5c01c49c2dee0f54de8a6a7b0"
+  integrity sha512-Spqdl4H+ky45I9ByyJtXteOm9CaIrPmnIPmOhrkKGNYWeDgCvJ8jNYVCTjChxW4FqGuZnLHADc8EKRMX6+CgvA==
+  dependencies:
+    es-abstract "^1.17.5"
+    es-get-iterator "^1.1.0"
+    is-arguments "^1.0.4"
+    is-date-object "^1.0.2"
+    is-regex "^1.0.5"
+    isarray "^2.0.5"
+    object-is "^1.1.2"
+    object-keys "^1.1.1"
+    object.assign "^4.1.0"
+    regexp.prototype.flags "^1.3.0"
+    side-channel "^1.0.2"
+    which-boxed-primitive "^1.0.1"
+    which-collection "^1.0.1"
+    which-typed-array "^1.1.2"
+
 deep-is@~0.1.3:
  version "0.1.3"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deep-is/-/deep-is-0.1.3.tgz#b369d6fb5dbc13eecf524f91b070feedc357cf34"
@ -2550,6 +2599,54 @@ es-abstract@^1.17.0-next.1, es-abstract@^1.17.2, es-abstract@^1.17.5:
    string.prototype.trimleft "^2.1.1"
    string.prototype.trimright "^2.1.1"

+es-abstract@^1.17.4:
+  version "1.17.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es-abstract/-/es-abstract-1.17.6.tgz#9142071707857b2cacc7b89ecb670316c3e2d52a"
+  integrity sha512-Fr89bON3WFyUi5EvAeI48QTWX0AyekGgLA8H+c+7fbfCkJwRWRMLd8CQedNEyJuoYYhmtEqY92pgte1FAhBlhw==
+  dependencies:
+    es-to-primitive "^1.2.1"
+    function-bind "^1.1.1"
+    has "^1.0.3"
+    has-symbols "^1.0.1"
+    is-callable "^1.2.0"
+    is-regex "^1.1.0"
+    object-inspect "^1.7.0"
+    object-keys "^1.1.1"
+    object.assign "^4.1.0"
+    string.prototype.trimend "^1.0.1"
+    string.prototype.trimstart "^1.0.1"
+
+es-abstract@^1.18.0-next.0:
+  version "1.18.0-next.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es-abstract/-/es-abstract-1.18.0-next.0.tgz#b302834927e624d8e5837ed48224291f2c66e6fc"
+  integrity sha512-elZXTZXKn51hUBdJjSZGYRujuzilgXo8vSPQzjGYXLvSlGiCo8VO8ZGV3kjo9a0WNJJ57hENagwbtlRuHuzkcQ==
+  dependencies:
+    es-to-primitive "^1.2.1"
+    function-bind "^1.1.1"
+    has "^1.0.3"
+    has-symbols "^1.0.1"
+    is-callable "^1.2.0"
+    is-negative-zero "^2.0.0"
+    is-regex "^1.1.1"
+    object-inspect "^1.8.0"
+    object-keys "^1.1.1"
+    object.assign "^4.1.0"
+    string.prototype.trimend "^1.0.1"
+    string.prototype.trimstart "^1.0.1"
+
+es-get-iterator@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es-get-iterator/-/es-get-iterator-1.1.0.tgz#bb98ad9d6d63b31aacdc8f89d5d0ee57bcb5b4c8"
+  integrity sha512-UfrmHuWQlNMTs35e1ypnvikg6jCz3SK8v8ImvmDsh36fCVUR1MqoFDiyn0/k52C8NqO3YsO8Oe0azeesNuqSsQ==
+  dependencies:
+    es-abstract "^1.17.4"
+    has-symbols "^1.0.1"
+    is-arguments "^1.0.4"
+    is-map "^2.0.1"
+    is-set "^2.0.1"
+    is-string "^1.0.5"
+    isarray "^2.0.5"
+
 es-to-primitive@^1.2.1:
  version "1.2.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es-to-primitive/-/es-to-primitive-1.2.1.tgz#e55cd4c9cdc188bcefb03b366c736323fc5c898a"
@ -2800,13 +2897,6 @@ fd-slicer@~1.1.0:
  dependencies:
    pend "~1.2.0"

-feather-icons@^4.21.0:
-  version "4.28.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/feather-icons/-/feather-icons-4.28.0.tgz#e1892a401fe12c4559291770ff6e68b0168e760f"
-  dependencies:
-    classnames "^2.2.5"
-    core-js "^3.1.3"
-
 figures@^1.7.0:
  version "1.7.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/figures/-/figures-1.7.0.tgz#cbe1e3affcf1cd44b80cadfed28dc793a9701d2e"
@ -2863,9 +2953,10 @@ for-in@^1.0.2:
  version "1.0.2"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/for-in/-/for-in-1.0.2.tgz#81068d295a8142ec0ac726c6e2200c30fb6d5e80"

-foreach@~2.0.1:
+foreach@^2.0.5, foreach@~2.0.1:
  version "2.0.5"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/foreach/-/foreach-2.0.5.tgz#0bee005018aeb260d0a3af3ae658dd0136ec1b99"
+  integrity sha1-C+4AUBiusmDQo6865ljdATbsG5k=

 forever-agent@~0.6.1:
  version "0.6.1"
@ -3236,16 +3327,31 @@ is-accessor-descriptor@^1.0.0:
  dependencies:
    kind-of "^6.0.0"

+is-arguments@^1.0.4:
+  version "1.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-arguments/-/is-arguments-1.0.4.tgz#3faf966c7cba0ff437fb31f6250082fcf0448cf3"
+  integrity sha512-xPh0Rmt8NE65sNzvyUmWgI1tz3mKq74lGA0mL8LYZcoIzKOzDh6HmrYm3d18k60nHerC8A9Km8kYu87zfSFnLA==
+
 is-arrayish@^0.2.1:
  version "0.2.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-arrayish/-/is-arrayish-0.2.1.tgz#77c99840527aa8ecb1a8ba697b80645a7a926a9d"

+is-bigint@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-bigint/-/is-bigint-1.0.0.tgz#73da8c33208d00f130e9b5e15d23eac9215601c4"
+  integrity sha512-t5mGUXC/xRheCK431ylNiSkGGpBp8bHENBcENTkDT6ppwPzEVxNGZRvgvmOEfbWkFhA7D2GEuE2mmQTr78sl2g==
+
 is-binary-path@~2.1.0:
  version "2.1.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-binary-path/-/is-binary-path-2.1.0.tgz#ea1f7f3b80f064236e83470f86c09c254fb45b09"
  dependencies:
    binary-extensions "^2.0.0"

+is-boolean-object@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-boolean-object/-/is-boolean-object-1.0.1.tgz#10edc0900dd127697a92f6f9807c7617d68ac48e"
+  integrity sha512-TqZuVwa/sppcrhUCAYkGBk7w0yxfQQnxq28fjkO53tnK9FQXmdwz2JS5+GjsWQ6RByES1K40nI+yDic5c9/aAQ==
+
 is-buffer@^1.1.5:
  version "1.1.6"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-buffer/-/is-buffer-1.1.6.tgz#efaa2ea9daa0d7ab2ea13a97b2b8ad51fefbe8be"
@ -3254,6 +3360,11 @@ is-callable@^1.1.4, is-callable@^1.1.5:
  version "1.1.5"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-callable/-/is-callable-1.1.5.tgz#f7e46b596890456db74e7f6e976cb3273d06faab"

+is-callable@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-callable/-/is-callable-1.2.1.tgz#4d1e21a4f437509d25ce55f8184350771421c96d"
+  integrity sha512-wliAfSzx6V+6WfMOmus1xy0XvSgf/dlStkvTfq7F0g4bOIW0PSUbnyse3NhDwdyYS1ozfUtAAySqTws3z9Eqgg==
+
 is-ci@^2.0.0:
  version "2.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-ci/-/is-ci-2.0.0.tgz#6bc6334181810e04b5c22b3d589fdca55026404c"
@ -3272,7 +3383,7 @@ is-data-descriptor@^1.0.0:
  dependencies:
    kind-of "^6.0.0"

-is-date-object@^1.0.1:
+is-date-object@^1.0.1, is-date-object@^1.0.2:
  version "1.0.2"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-date-object/-/is-date-object-1.0.2.tgz#bda736f2cd8fd06d32844e7743bfa7494c3bfd7e"

@ -3337,10 +3448,25 @@ is-installed-globally@^0.3.2:
    global-dirs "^2.0.1"
    is-path-inside "^3.0.1"

+is-map@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-map/-/is-map-2.0.1.tgz#520dafc4307bb8ebc33b813de5ce7c9400d644a1"
+  integrity sha512-T/S49scO8plUiAOA2DBTBG3JHpn1yiw0kRp6dgiZ0v2/6twi5eiB0rHtHFH9ZIrvlWc6+4O+m4zg5+Z833aXgw==
+
 is-module@^1.0.0:
  version "1.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-module/-/is-module-1.0.0.tgz#3258fb69f78c14d5b815d664336b4cffb6441591"

+is-negative-zero@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-negative-zero/-/is-negative-zero-2.0.0.tgz#9553b121b0fac28869da9ed459e20c7543788461"
+  integrity sha1-lVOxIbD6wohp2p7UWeIMdUN4hGE=
+
+is-number-object@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-number-object/-/is-number-object-1.0.4.tgz#36ac95e741cf18b283fc1ddf5e83da798e3ec197"
+  integrity sha512-zohwelOAur+5uXtk8O3GPQ1eAcu4ZX3UwxQhUlfFFMNpUd83gXgjbhJh6HmB6LUNV/ieOLQuDwJO3dWJosUeMw==
+
 is-number@^3.0.0:
  version "3.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-number/-/is-number-3.0.0.tgz#24fd6201a4782cf50561c810276afc7d12d71195"
@ -3397,6 +3523,18 @@ is-regex@^1.0.5:
  dependencies:
    has "^1.0.3"

+is-regex@^1.1.0, is-regex@^1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-regex/-/is-regex-1.1.1.tgz#c6f98aacc546f6cec5468a07b7b153ab564a57b9"
+  integrity sha512-1+QkEcxiLlB7VEyFtyBg94e08OAsvq7FUBgApTq/w2ymCLyKJgDPsybBENVtA7XCQEgEXxKPonG+mvYRxh/LIg==
+  dependencies:
+    has-symbols "^1.0.1"
+
+is-set@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-set/-/is-set-2.0.1.tgz#d1604afdab1724986d30091575f54945da7e5f43"
+  integrity sha512-eJEzOtVyenDs1TMzSQ3kU3K+E0GUS9sno+F0OBT97xsgcJsF9nXMBtkT9/kut5JEpM7oL7X/0qxR17K3mcwIAA==
+
 is-stream@^1.1.0:
  version "1.1.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-stream/-/is-stream-1.1.0.tgz#12d4a3dd4e68e0b79ceb8dbc84173ae80d91ca44"
@ -3405,16 +3543,41 @@ is-stream@^2.0.0:
  version "2.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-stream/-/is-stream-2.0.0.tgz#bde9c32680d6fae04129d6ac9d921ce7815f78e3"

+is-string@^1.0.4, is-string@^1.0.5:
+  version "1.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-string/-/is-string-1.0.5.tgz#40493ed198ef3ff477b8c7f92f644ec82a5cd3a6"
+  integrity sha512-buY6VNRjhQMiF1qWDouloZlQbRhDPCebwxSjxMjxgemYT46YMd2NR0/H+fBhEfWX4A/w9TBJ+ol+okqJKFE6vQ==
+
 is-symbol@^1.0.2:
  version "1.0.3"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-symbol/-/is-symbol-1.0.3.tgz#38e1014b9e6329be0de9d24a414fd7441ec61937"
  dependencies:
    has-symbols "^1.0.1"

+is-typed-array@^1.1.3:
+  version "1.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-typed-array/-/is-typed-array-1.1.3.tgz#a4ff5a5e672e1a55f99c7f54e59597af5c1df04d"
+  integrity sha512-BSYUBOK/HJibQ30wWkWold5txYwMUXQct9YHAQJr8fSwvZoiglcqB0pd7vEN23+Tsi9IUEjztdOSzl4qLVYGTQ==
+  dependencies:
+    available-typed-arrays "^1.0.0"
+    es-abstract "^1.17.4"
+    foreach "^2.0.5"
+    has-symbols "^1.0.1"
+
 is-typedarray@~1.0.0:
  version "1.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-typedarray/-/is-typedarray-1.0.0.tgz#e479c80858df0c1b11ddda6940f96011fcda4a9a"

+is-weakmap@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-weakmap/-/is-weakmap-2.0.1.tgz#5008b59bdc43b698201d18f62b37b2ca243e8cf2"
+  integrity sha512-NSBR4kH5oVj1Uwvv970ruUkCV7O1mzgVFO4/rev2cLRda9Tm9HrL70ZPut4rOHgY0FNrUu9BCbXA2sdQ+x0chA==
+
+is-weakset@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-weakset/-/is-weakset-2.0.1.tgz#e9a0af88dbd751589f5e50d80f4c98b780884f83"
+  integrity sha512-pi4vhbhVHGLxohUw7PhGsueT4vRGFoXhP7+RGN0jKIv9+8PWYCQTqtADngrxOm2g46hoH0+g8uZZBzMrvVGDmw==
+
 is-windows@^1.0.2:
  version "1.0.2"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-windows/-/is-windows-1.0.2.tgz#d1850eb9791ecd18e6182ce12a30f396634bb19d"
@ -3435,6 +3598,11 @@ isarray@1.0.0, isarray@~1.0.0:
  version "1.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-1.0.0.tgz#bb935d48582cba168c06834957a54a3e07124f11"

+isarray@^2.0.5:
+  version "2.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-2.0.5.tgz#8af1e4c1221244cc62459faf38940d4e644a5723"
+  integrity sha512-xHjhDr3cNBK0BzdUJSPXZntQUx/mwMS5Rw4A7lPJ90XGAO6ISP/ePDNuo0vhqOZU+UD5JoodwCAAoZQd3FeAKw==
+
 isbuffer@~0.0.0:
  version "0.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isbuffer/-/isbuffer-0.0.0.tgz#38c146d9df528b8bf9b0701c3d43cf12df3fc39b"
@ -4248,6 +4416,11 @@ ltgt@^2.1.2:
  version "2.2.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ltgt/-/ltgt-2.2.1.tgz#f35ca91c493f7b73da0e07495304f17b31f87ee5"

+lunr@^2.3.5:
+  version "2.3.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lunr/-/lunr-2.3.9.tgz#18b123142832337dd6e964df1a5a7707b25d35e1"
+  integrity sha512-zTU3DaZaF3Rt9rhN3uBMGQD3dD2/vFQqnvZCDv4dl5iOzq2IZQqTxu90r4E5J+nP70J3ilqVCrbho2eWaeW8Ow==
+
 magic-string@^0.22.5:
  version "0.22.5"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/magic-string/-/magic-string-0.22.5.tgz#8e9cf5afddf44385c1da5bc2a6a0dbd10b03657e"
@ -4545,6 +4718,19 @@ object-inspect@^1.7.0:
  version "1.7.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-inspect/-/object-inspect-1.7.0.tgz#f4f6bd181ad77f006b5ece60bd0b6f398ff74a67"

+object-inspect@^1.8.0:
+  version "1.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-inspect/-/object-inspect-1.8.0.tgz#df807e5ecf53a609cc6bfe93eac3cc7be5b3a9d0"
+  integrity sha512-jLdtEOB112fORuypAyl/50VRVIBIdVQOSUUGQHzJ4xBSbit81zRarz7GThkEFZy1RceYrWYcPcBFPQwHyAc1gA==
+
+object-is@^1.1.2:
+  version "1.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-is/-/object-is-1.1.2.tgz#c5d2e87ff9e119f78b7a088441519e2eec1573b6"
+  integrity sha512-5lHCz+0uufF6wZ7CRFWJN3hp8Jqblpgve06U5CMQ3f//6iDjPr2PEo9MWCjEssDsa+UZEL4PkFpr+BMop6aKzQ==
+  dependencies:
+    define-properties "^1.1.3"
+    es-abstract "^1.17.5"
+
 object-keys@^1.0.11, object-keys@^1.0.12, object-keys@^1.1.1:
  version "1.1.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/object-keys/-/object-keys-1.1.1.tgz#1c47f272df277f3b1daf061677d9c82e2322c60e"
@ -5055,6 +5241,19 @@ regex-not@^1.0.0, regex-not@^1.0.2:
    extend-shallow "^3.0.2"
    safe-regex "^1.1.0"

+regexp.prototype.flags@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/regexp.prototype.flags/-/regexp.prototype.flags-1.3.0.tgz#7aba89b3c13a64509dabcf3ca8d9fbb9bdf5cb75"
+  integrity sha512-2+Q0C5g951OlYlJz6yu5/M33IcsESLlLfsyIaLJaG4FA2r4yP8MvVMJUUP/fVBkSpbbbZlS5gynbEWLipiiXiQ==
+  dependencies:
+    define-properties "^1.1.3"
+    es-abstract "^1.17.0-next.1"
+
+regexparam@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/regexparam/-/regexparam-1.3.0.tgz#2fe42c93e32a40eff6235d635e0ffa344b92965f"
+  integrity sha512-6IQpFBv6e5vz1QAqI+V4k8P2e/3gRrqfCJ9FI+O1FLQTO+Uz6RXZEZOPmTJ6hlGj7gkERzY5BRCv09whKP96/g==
+
 regexpu-core@^4.7.0:
  version "4.7.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/regexpu-core/-/regexpu-core-4.7.0.tgz#fcbf458c50431b0bb7b45d6967b8192d91f3d938"
@ -5452,12 +5651,21 @@ shellwords@^0.1.1:
  version "0.1.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shellwords/-/shellwords-0.1.1.tgz#d6b9181c1a48d397324c84871efbcfc73fc0654b"

-shortid@^2.2.15:
+shortid@^2.2.15, shortid@^2.2.8:
  version "2.2.15"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shortid/-/shortid-2.2.15.tgz#2b902eaa93a69b11120373cd42a1f1fe4437c122"
+  integrity sha512-5EaCy2mx2Jgc/Fdn9uuDuNIIfWBpzY4XIlhoqtXF6qsf+/+SGZ+FxDdX/ZsMZiWupIWNqAEmiNY4RC+LSmCeOw==
  dependencies:
    nanoid "^2.1.0"

+side-channel@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/side-channel/-/side-channel-1.0.3.tgz#cdc46b057550bbab63706210838df5d4c19519c3"
+  integrity sha512-A6+ByhlLkksFoUepsGxfj5x1gTSrs+OydsRptUxeNCabQpCFUvcwIczgOigI8vhY/OJCnPnyE9rGiwgvr9cS1g==
+  dependencies:
+    es-abstract "^1.18.0-next.0"
+    object-inspect "^1.8.0"
+
 signal-exit@^3.0.0, signal-exit@^3.0.2:
  version "3.0.3"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/signal-exit/-/signal-exit-3.0.3.tgz#a1410c2edd8f077b08b4e253c8eacfcaf057461c"
@ -5684,7 +5892,7 @@ string-width@^4.2.0:
    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
    strip-ansi "^6.0.0"

-string.prototype.trimend@^1.0.0:
+string.prototype.trimend@^1.0.0, string.prototype.trimend@^1.0.1:
  version "1.0.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string.prototype.trimend/-/string.prototype.trimend-1.0.1.tgz#85812a6b847ac002270f5808146064c995fb6913"
  dependencies:
@ -5707,7 +5915,7 @@ string.prototype.trimright@^2.1.1:
    es-abstract "^1.17.5"
    string.prototype.trimend "^1.0.0"

-string.prototype.trimstart@^1.0.0:
+string.prototype.trimstart@^1.0.0, string.prototype.trimstart@^1.0.1:
  version "1.0.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string.prototype.trimstart/-/string.prototype.trimstart-1.0.1.tgz#14af6d9f34b053f7cfc89b72f8f2ee14b9039a54"
  dependencies:
@ -5822,6 +6030,11 @@ svelte@3.23.x:
  version "3.23.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/svelte/-/svelte-3.23.0.tgz#bbcd6887cf588c24a975b14467455abfff9acd3f"

+svelte@^3.9.2:
+  version "3.25.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/svelte/-/svelte-3.25.0.tgz#e7f89d11a2223ac02d29f75f82b2a9cca7fd7a54"
+  integrity sha512-CUfq+YTC5Q0tBg7Q9X/QxNutdEYp7ogdbcTZF3mrowOlp3+OF1ZexHwI0Io2VqFSDxht7TlA2lTIQC4RnhR1MQ==
+
 symbol-observable@^1.1.0:
  version "1.2.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/symbol-observable/-/symbol-observable-1.2.0.tgz#c22688aed4eab3cdc2dfeacbb561660560a00804"
@ -6153,10 +6366,43 @@ whatwg-url@^8.0.0:
    tr46 "^2.0.2"
    webidl-conversions "^5.0.0"

+which-boxed-primitive@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which-boxed-primitive/-/which-boxed-primitive-1.0.1.tgz#cbe8f838ebe91ba2471bb69e9edbda67ab5a5ec1"
+  integrity sha512-7BT4TwISdDGBgaemWU0N0OU7FeAEJ9Oo2P1PHRm/FCWoEi2VLWC9b6xvxAA3C/NMpxg3HXVgi0sMmGbNUbNepQ==
+  dependencies:
+    is-bigint "^1.0.0"
+    is-boolean-object "^1.0.0"
+    is-number-object "^1.0.3"
+    is-string "^1.0.4"
+    is-symbol "^1.0.2"
+
+which-collection@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which-collection/-/which-collection-1.0.1.tgz#70eab71ebbbd2aefaf32f917082fc62cdcb70906"
+  integrity sha512-W8xeTUwaln8i3K/cY1nGXzdnVZlidBcagyNFtBdD5kxnb4TvGKR7FfSIS3mYpwWS1QUCutfKz8IY8RjftB0+1A==
+  dependencies:
+    is-map "^2.0.1"
+    is-set "^2.0.1"
+    is-weakmap "^2.0.1"
+    is-weakset "^2.0.1"
+
 which-module@^2.0.0:
  version "2.0.0"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which-module/-/which-module-2.0.0.tgz#d9ef07dce77b9902b8a3a8fa4b31c3e3f7e6e87a"

+which-typed-array@^1.1.2:
+  version "1.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which-typed-array/-/which-typed-array-1.1.2.tgz#e5f98e56bda93e3dac196b01d47c1156679c00b2"
+  integrity sha512-KT6okrd1tE6JdZAy3o2VhMoYPh3+J6EMZLyrxBQsZflI1QCZIxMrIYLkosd8Twf+YfknVIHmYQPgJt238p8dnQ==
+  dependencies:
+    available-typed-arrays "^1.0.2"
+    es-abstract "^1.17.5"
+    foreach "^2.0.5"
+    function-bind "^1.1.1"
+    has-symbols "^1.0.1"
+    is-typed-array "^1.1.3"
+
 which@^1.2.9, which@^1.3.0:
  version "1.3.1"
  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which/-/which-1.3.1.tgz#a45043d54f5805316da8d62f9f50918d3da70b0a"
--- a/packages/client/src/api/index.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/api/index.js
@ -53,7 +53,50 @@ const apiOpts = {
  delete: del,
 }

+const createRecord = async params =>
+  await post({
+    url: `/api/${params.modelId}/records`,
+    body: makeRecordRequestBody(params),
+  })
+
+const updateRecord = async params => {
+  const record = makeRecordRequestBody(params)
+  record._id = params._id
+  await patch({
+    url: `/api/${params.modelId}/records/${params._id}`,
+    body: record,
+  })
+}
+
+const makeRecordRequestBody = parameters => {
+  const body = {}
+  for (let fieldName in parameters.fields) {
+    const field = parameters.fields[fieldName]
+
+    // ensure fields sent are of the correct type
+    if (field.type === "boolean") {
+      if (field.value === "true") body[fieldName] = true
+      if (field.value === "false") body[fieldName] = false
+    } else if (field.type === "number") {
+      const val = parseFloat(field.value)
+      if (!isNaN(val)) {
+        body[fieldName] = val
+      }
+    } else if (field.type === "datetime") {
+      const date = new Date(field.value)
+      if (!isNaN(date.getTime())) {
+        body[fieldName] = date.toISOString()
+      }
+    } else {
+      body[fieldName] = field.value
+    }
+  }
+  return body
+}
+
 export default {
  authenticate: authenticate(apiOpts),
  triggerWorkflow: triggerWorkflow(apiOpts),
+  createRecord,
+  updateRecord,
 }
--- a/packages/client/src/createApp.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/createApp.js
@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export const createApp = ({
      treeNode,
      onScreenSlotRendered,
      setupState: stateManager.setup,
-      getCurrentState: stateManager.getCurrentState,
    })

    return getInitialiseParams
--- a/packages/client/src/state/bbComponentApi.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/state/bbComponentApi.js
@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import setBindableComponentProp from "./setBindableComponentProp"
 import { attachChildren } from "../render/attachChildren"
+import store from "../state/store"

 export const trimSlash = str => str.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, "")

 export const bbFactory = ({
  componentLibraries,
  onScreenSlotRendered,
-  getCurrentState,
+  runEventActions,
 }) => {
  const apiCall = method => (url, body) => {
    return fetch(url, {
@ -26,13 +27,6 @@ export const bbFactory = ({
    delete: apiCall("DELETE"),
  }

-  const safeCallEvent = (event, context) => {
-    const isFunction = obj =>
-      !!(obj && obj.constructor && obj.call && obj.apply)
-
-    if (isFunction(event)) event(context)
-  }
-
  return (treeNode, setupState) => {
    const attachParams = {
      componentLibraries,
@ -44,12 +38,17 @@ export const bbFactory = ({
    return {
      attachChildren: attachChildren(attachParams),
      props: treeNode.props,
-      call: safeCallEvent,
+      call: async eventName =>
+        eventName &&
+        (await runEventActions(
+          treeNode.props[eventName],
+          store.getState(treeNode.contextStoreKey)
+        )),
      setBinding: setBindableComponentProp(treeNode),
      api,
      parent,
      // these parameters are populated by screenRouter
-      routeParams: () => getCurrentState()["##routeParams"],
+      routeParams: () => store.getState()["##routeParams"],
    }
  }
 }
--- a/packages/client/src/state/eventHandlers.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/state/eventHandlers.js
@ -1,20 +1,42 @@
 import api from "../api"
+import renderTemplateString from "./renderTemplateString"

 export const EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME = "##eventHandlerType"

 export const eventHandlers = routeTo => {
-  const handler = (parameters, execute) => ({
-    execute,
-    parameters,
-  })
-
-  return {
-    "Navigate To": handler(["url"], param => routeTo(param && param.url)),
-    "Trigger Workflow": handler(["workflow"], api.triggerWorkflow),
+  const handlers = {
+    "Navigate To": param => routeTo(param && param.url),
+    "Create Record": api.createRecord,
+    "Update Record": api.updateRecord,
+    "Trigger Workflow": api.triggerWorkflow,
  }
+
+  // when an event is called, this is what gets run
+  const runEventActions = async (actions, state) => {
+    if (!actions) return
+    // calls event handlers sequentially
+    for (let action of actions) {
+      const handler = handlers[action[EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME]]
+      const parameters = createParameters(action.parameters, state)
+      if (handler) {
+        await handler(parameters)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return runEventActions
 }

-export const isEventType = prop =>
-  Array.isArray(prop) &&
-  prop.length > 0 &&
-  !prop[0][EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME] === undefined
+// this will take a parameters obj, iterate all keys, and do a mustache render
+// for every string. It will work recursively if it encounnters an {}
+const createParameters = (parameterTemplateObj, state) => {
+  const parameters = {}
+  for (let key in parameterTemplateObj) {
+    if (typeof parameterTemplateObj[key] === "string") {
+      parameters[key] = renderTemplateString(parameterTemplateObj[key], state)
+    } else if (typeof parameterTemplateObj[key] === "object") {
+      parameters[key] = createParameters(parameterTemplateObj[key], state)
+    }
+  }
+  return parameters
+}
--- a/packages/client/src/state/runEventHandler.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/state/runEventHandler.js
--- a/packages/client/src/state/stateManager.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/state/stateManager.js
@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  isEventType,
-  eventHandlers,
-  EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME,
-} from "./eventHandlers"
+import { eventHandlers } from "./eventHandlers"
 import { bbFactory } from "./bbComponentApi"
 import renderTemplateString from "./renderTemplateString"
 import appStore from "./store"
@ -25,33 +21,23 @@ export const createStateManager = ({
  onScreenSlotRendered,
  routeTo,
 }) => {
-  let handlerTypes = eventHandlers(routeTo)
-
-  // creating a reference to the current state
-  // this avoids doing store.get() ... which is expensive on
-  // hot paths, according to the svelte docs.
-  // the state object reference never changes (although it's internals do)
-  // so this should work fine for us
-  let currentState
-  appStore.subscribe(s => (currentState = s))
-  const getCurrentState = () => currentState
+  let runEventActions = eventHandlers(routeTo)

  const bb = bbFactory({
-    getCurrentState,
    componentLibraries,
    onScreenSlotRendered,
+    runEventActions,
  })

-  const setup = _setup({ handlerTypes, getCurrentState, bb })
+  const setup = _setup(bb)

  return {
    setup,
    destroy: () => {},
-    getCurrentState,
  }
 }

-const _setup = ({ handlerTypes, getCurrentState, bb }) => node => {
+const _setup = bb => node => {
  const props = node.props
  const initialProps = { ...props }

@ -70,53 +56,10 @@ const _setup = ({ handlerTypes, getCurrentState, bb }) => node => {
        node.stateBound = true
      }
    }
-
-    if (isEventType(propValue)) {
-      const state = appStore.getState(node.contextStoreKey)
-      const handlersInfos = []
-      for (let event of propValue) {
-        const handlerInfo = {
-          handlerType: event[EVENT_TYPE_MEMBER_NAME],
-          parameters: event.parameters,
-        }
-
-        const resolvedParams = {}
-        for (let paramName in handlerInfo.parameters) {
-          const paramValue = handlerInfo.parameters[paramName]
-          resolvedParams[paramName] = () =>
-            renderTemplateString(paramValue, state)
-        }
-
-        handlerInfo.parameters = resolvedParams
-        handlersInfos.push(handlerInfo)
-      }
-
-      if (handlersInfos.length === 0) {
-        initialProps[propName] = doNothing
-      } else {
-        initialProps[propName] = async context => {
-          for (let handlerInfo of handlersInfos) {
-            const handler = makeHandler(handlerTypes, handlerInfo)
-            await handler(context)
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
  }

-  const setup = _setup({ handlerTypes, getCurrentState, bb })
+  const setup = _setup(bb)
  initialProps._bb = bb(node, setup)

  return initialProps
 }
-
-const makeHandler = (handlerTypes, handlerInfo) => {
-  const handlerType = handlerTypes[handlerInfo.handlerType]
-  return async context => {
-    const parameters = {}
-    for (let paramName in handlerInfo.parameters) {
-      parameters[paramName] = handlerInfo.parameters[paramName](context)
-    }
-    await handlerType.execute(parameters)
-  }
-}
--- a/packages/client/tests/testAppDef.js
+++ b/packages/client/tests/testAppDef.js
@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ const maketestlib = window => ({
      currentProps = Object.assign(currentProps, props)
      if (currentProps.onClick) {
        node.addEventListener("click", () => {
-          const testText = currentProps.testText || "hello"
-          currentProps._bb.call(props.onClick, { testText })
+          currentProps._bb.call("onClick")
        })
      }
    }
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js
@ -12,6 +12,40 @@ validateJs.extend(validateJs.validators.datetime, {
  },
 })

+exports.patch = async function(ctx) {
+  const db = new CouchDB(ctx.user.instanceId)
+  const record = await db.get(ctx.params.id)
+  const model = await db.get(record.modelId)
+  const patchfields = ctx.request.body
+
+  for (let key in patchfields) {
+    if (!model.schema[key]) continue
+    record[key] = patchfields[key]
+  }
+
+  const validateResult = await validate({
+    record,
+    model,
+  })
+
+  if (!validateResult.valid) {
+    ctx.status = 400
+    ctx.body = {
+      status: 400,
+      errors: validateResult.errors,
+    }
+    return
+  }
+
+  const response = await db.put(record)
+  record._rev = response.rev
+  record.type = "record"
+  ctx.body = record
+  ctx.status = 200
+  ctx.message = `${model.name} updated successfully.`
+  return
+}
+
 exports.save = async function(ctx) {
  const db = new CouchDB(ctx.user.instanceId)
  const record = ctx.request.body
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/record.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/record.js
@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ router
    authorized(WRITE_MODEL, ctx => ctx.params.modelId),
    recordController.save
  )
+  .patch(
+    "/api/:modelId/records/:id",
+    authorized(WRITE_MODEL, ctx => ctx.params.modelId),
+    recordController.patch
+  )
  .post(
    "/api/:modelId/records/validate",
    authorized(WRITE_MODEL, ctx => ctx.params.modelId),
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js
@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ exports.createModel = async (request, appId, instanceId, model) => {
          type: "string",
        },
      },
+      description: {
+        type: "text",
+        constraints: {
+          type: "string",
+        },
+      },
    },
  }

--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/record.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/record.spec.js
@ -30,20 +30,30 @@ describe("/records", () => {
    model = await createModel(request, app._id, instance._id)
    record = {
      name: "Test Contact",
+      description: "original description",
      status: "new",
      modelId: model._id
    }
  })

+  const createRecord = async r => 
+    await request
+      .post(`/api/${model._id}/records`)
+      .send(r || record)
+      .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(200)
+
+  const loadRecord = async id => 
+    await request
+      .get(`/api/${model._id}/records/${id}`)
+      .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(200)
+
+
  describe("save, load, update, delete", () => {

-    const createRecord = async r => 
-      await request
-        .post(`/api/${model._id}/records`)
-        .send(r || record)
-        .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
-        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-        .expect(200)

    it("returns a success message when the record is created", async () => {
      const res = await createRecord()
@ -144,6 +154,35 @@ describe("/records", () => {
    })
  })

+  describe("patch", () => {
+    it("should update only the fields that are supplied", async () => {
+      const rec = await createRecord()
+      const existing = rec.body
+
+      const res = await request
+        .patch(`/api/${model._id}/records/${existing._id}`)
+        .send({
+          _id: existing._id,
+          _rev: existing._rev,
+          modelId: model._id,
+          name: "Updated Name",
+        })
+        .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(200)
+      
+      expect(res.res.statusMessage).toEqual(`${model.name} updated successfully.`)
+      expect(res.body.name).toEqual("Updated Name")
+      expect(res.body.description).toEqual(existing.description)
+
+      const savedRecord = await loadRecord(res.body._id)
+
+      expect(savedRecord.body.description).toEqual(existing.description)
+      expect(savedRecord.body.name).toEqual("Updated Name")
+        
+    })
+  })
+
  describe("validate", () => {
    it("should return no errors on valid record", async () => {
      const result = await request
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/view.spec.js
@ -72,8 +72,14 @@ describe("/views", () => {
              type: "text",
              constraints: {
                type: "string" 
-              }
-            }
+              },
+            },
+            description: {
+              type: "text",
+              constraints: {
+                type: "string" 
+              },
+            },
          }
        }
      });
--- a/packages/standard-components/components.json
+++ b/packages/standard-components/components.json
@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 	},
 	"list": {
 		"description": "A configurable data list that attaches to your backend models.",
-		"context": "model",
+		"context": "datasource",
 		"children": true,
 		"data": true,
 		"props": {
--- a/packages/standard-components/dist/index.js.map
+++ b/packages/standard-components/dist/index.js.map
--- a/packages/standard-components/src/Button.svelte
+++ b/packages/standard-components/src/Button.svelte
@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  export let className = "default"
  export let disabled = false
  export let text
-  export let onClick

  export let _bb
  let theButton
@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
    theButton && _bb.attachChildren(theButton)

  const clickHandler = () => {
-    _bb.call(onClick)
+    _bb.call("onClick")
  }
 </script>

--- a/packages/standard-components/src/Container.svelte
+++ b/packages/standard-components/src/Container.svelte
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    if (containerElement) {
      _bb.attachChildren(containerElement)
      if (!hasLoaded) {
-        _bb.call(onLoad)
+        _bb.call("onLoad")
        hasLoaded = true
      }
    }
--- a/packages/standard-components/src/Navigation.svelte
+++ b/packages/standard-components/src/Navigation.svelte
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
    if (itemContainer) {
      _bb.attachChildren(itemContainer)
      if (!hasLoaded) {
-        _bb.call(onLoad)
+        _bb.call("onLoad")
        hasLoaded = true
      }
    }
--- a/packages/standard-components/src/Table.svelte
+++ b/packages/standard-components/src/Table.svelte
@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
  export let _bb

  const rowClickHandler = row => () => {
-    _bb.call(onRowClick, row)
+    // call currently only accepts one argument, so passing row does nothing
+    // however, we do not expose this event anyway. I am leaving this
+    // in for the future, as can and probably should hande this
+    _bb.call("onRowClick", row)
  }

  const cellValue = (colIndex, row) => {
				`@ -1 +0,0 @@`
				`export { default } from "./EventsEditor.svelte"`