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# Compose Text Message

> Trigger a text message on the user's device.

The **Compose SMS** action allows you to trigger a new text message when the item is tapped.

The **Compose SMS** action can be used as an action in the components of your app (like [Buttons](/docs/essentials/components/button), [**Collections**](/docs/essentials/components/collections), and much more), or it can be triggered along with other actions as part of a [Workflow](/docs/getting-started/introduction-to-workflows).

## **Setting up the Compose Text Message Action**

#### Layout Editor

#### Compose SMS Layout Arcade

Click on the plus (+) sign in the **Components** panel and select the **Contact** or **Button**  component.

In the **General** tab on the right side of the Layout Editor, navigate to the **Actions** section and select **Compose SMS**.

Select the icon and descriptive text to use in your app.

Choose the values to add to the draft SMS. Each field can be filled in with a custom static value, or with dynamic values from a column in your data. The fields you can add values to are:

* **Phone number:** The number you want to send the SMS to.
* **Message:** The body text of the SMS.

You can optionally add **Conditions** for certain criteria to be met before a user can trigger this action.

If you select the contact component, Glide will automatically display options to dial a phone number, compose SMS, and compose email. To delete any of these options that you don't need, click on the action and then click on the delete icon.

#### Workflow Editor

#### Compose SMS Action Editor Arcade

Select the **+ New Workflow** button. If you have existing workflows, click on the plus (+) sign in the left panel.

Select the **data source** for your action.

Configure your first action by clicking the first step in the sequence. You can also add conditions to your actions, if needed.

To add new actions to the flow, hover just underneath an action and click the plus button. In this way you can add the Compose SMS action as just one step in a larger workflow.

Check the [Introduction to Actions](/docs/automation/actions) page for a full list of components that can be used to trigger actions.