Both the Portal and Shared View include the In-line Editing feature, where records can be edited directly in the grid view, similar to the experience of editing records in Airtable.
To turn this feature on, you need to go to:
Tables
Click on the table of your interest and go to the User Actions section
View Type should be set to Grid
Scroll down to find the Inline editing toggle
With this feature enabled, the records will be editable directly on the grid view:
Clicking on the 'Open' link will open the child form.
Limitations
Field validation is disabled while using inline editing.
Adding new options to select fields is not supported outside of the child form.
Calculated fields won't appear updated until the page is refreshed.
Fields with conditional fields or options can only be edited through the edit form.
💡 Tip: While the Inline editing feature doesn't offer the functionality to copy and paste records directly in the grid to create new rows in bulk, if the data exists and can be modified in Google Sheets or a similar platform with public CSV URLs, you could use the CSV importer extension to periodically transfer the data to your Airtable base. This could facilitate your workflow if it relies on working with spreadsheets and moving large amounts of data to Airtable.