From a7cd746613bf419553e9373e97545be0c81de426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Willison <swillison@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:48:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use label column in 'Inserted X' messages

---
 datasette/static/table.js | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/datasette/static/table.js b/datasette/static/table.js
index 53c4592b..7d8f591d 100644
--- a/datasette/static/table.js
+++ b/datasette/static/table.js
@@ -475,6 +475,14 @@ function rowTitleLabel(row) {
   return row.getAttribute("data-row-label") || "";
 }
 
+function insertedRowStatusMessage(rowId, rowLabel) {
+  var message = "Inserted row " + rowId;
+  if (rowLabel && rowLabel !== rowId) {
+    message += " (" + rowLabel + ")";
+  }
+  return message + ".";
+}
+
 function tableBaseUrl() {
   var tableUrl =
     window._datasetteTableData && window._datasetteTableData.tableUrl;
@@ -1201,8 +1209,6 @@ async function saveRowEditDialog(state) {
 
       state.currentRowId = insertedRowId;
       state.currentFragmentUrl = rowFragmentUrlById(insertedRowId);
-      var insertedStatusMessage =
-        "Inserted row " + tildeDecode(insertedRowId) + ".";
       var insertedRow = null;
       try {
         insertedRow = await fetchUpdatedRowElement(state);
@@ -1217,6 +1223,10 @@ async function saveRowEditDialog(state) {
         return;
       }
       if (insertedRow) {
+        var insertedStatusMessage = insertedRowStatusMessage(
+          tildeDecode(insertedRowId),
+          rowTitleLabel(insertedRow),
+        );
         var addedRow = addInsertedRowToPage(insertedRow);
         state.dialog.close();
         showRowMutationStatus(state.manager, insertedStatusMessage, false);