# Why is there 3 collection item in collection list

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/why-is-there-3-collection-item-in-collection-list/1115>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/why-is-there-3-collection-item-in-collection-list/1115 "2022-09-13T14:59:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![stagiaire](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/stagiaire/32/1199_2.png) [@stagiaire](https://community.weweb.io/u/stagiaire)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/why-is-there-3-collection-item-in-collection-list/1115/1 "2022-09-13T14:59:32Z")

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Hi,  
I was wondering why was there 3 destinct collection items in the collection liste while only the first one is shown. What are the 2 other collection item container used for ? Even [documentation](https://docs.weweb.io/collection-list/) mention that only the first child element will appear. I tried to find the answer in the [github repo](https://github.com/weweb-assets/) but couldn’t find the collection item.

Collection in navigator element tree (with 3 collection items, just dragged out of the element list) :

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/1/144bc764afc4415bcae9bd7946ab579116210eb8.png)

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**Author:** ![hsatl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@hsatl](https://community.weweb.io/u/hsatl)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/why-is-there-3-collection-item-in-collection-list/1115/2 "2022-09-13T18:11:00Z")

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@stagiaire I do not know for sure but I think it’s simply informative. Probably to showcase that there will be multiple rows, as soon as someone drags and drops the element. In almost all videos when @Joyce or @Quentin are doing a live session, they end up deleting the other two. Similarly if you drag and drop a Table or Datagrid, it comes pre-populated with fake data.

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**Author:** ![aurelie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/aurelie/32/13249_2.png) [@aurelie](https://community.weweb.io/u/aurelie)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/why-is-there-3-collection-item-in-collection-list/1115/3 "2022-09-14T08:23:13Z")

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Hi, it’s probably due to the fact that you had 3 elements before binding the items.  
We always keep these elements in case you unbind, even if we only use the first one.  
I agree this can be missleading, and that we should probably fix the display.