# Per-item edits

> Give every item in a repeated list its own look or behavior — "make each card a different color."

Source: https://knowledge.estage.com/capabilities/per-item-edits/
Part of the ESTAGE knowledge base (https://knowledge.estage.com). Full corpus: https://knowledge.estage.com/llms-full.txt

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The sibling of [Make this unique](/capabilities/make-unique/): instead of splitting out *one*
item, this unrolls a repeated list so **every** item is independently editable.

## How to trigger it

Select an item in a repeated list, then ask for per-item differences:

- *"make each card a different color"*
- *"different links for each item"*
- *"edit each card separately"*
- *"a different link for each one"*

## What happens

Genesis replaces the single template with separate copies — one per item, identical to what
was rendered before. From then on:

- Each item can be styled individually in the [visual editor](/visual-editor/).
- Each can get its own link, click behavior, or content.

You'll see *"Unrolled the list into separate editable items"* and the page refreshes looking
exactly the same — until you start differentiating.

## When it can't work

Same constraint as Make this unique: lists fed by **runtime data** can't be unrolled into
fixed copies. Genesis tells you and proposes the workable alternative.

## Trade-off worth knowing

After unrolling, the items no longer share a template — a later "restyle all the cards"
becomes several edits instead of one. Unroll when items genuinely need to differ.