# Suggestion for adding Query Settings to Component Properties **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests / Improvements\ **Tags:** feedback\ **Created:** [June 6, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/suggestion-for-adding-query-settings-to-component-properties/33036 "2025-06-06T13:44:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Maexxx](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Maexxx](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/u/Maexxx)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/suggestion-for-adding-query-settings-to-component-properties/33036/4 "2025-06-06T15:16:43Z")
No, you can’t do that with Bricks and that’s one of the major reasons why components in Bricks are “not usable” as some would say. You use the query loop tied to a component. I talk about a magic query loop element that has no code output itself and in which you can nest any element and it gets looped. The loops being tied to an element in Bricks now turn out to be a major drawback. > [@Loopable wrapper element with no HTML output](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/loopable-wrapper-element-with-no-html-output/29701): > > Background Create an [event listing with dynamically added month dividers](https://brickslabs.com/upcoming-events-grouped-by-month-year-in-bricks/)? Create a [post list grouped by publish year and month](https://brickslabs.com/posts-grouped-by-month-and-year-in-bricks/) For these cases nested query loops with custom PHP is needed, while pagination e.g. show 12 posts per page won’t work with multiple loops. A simple query loop sorted by date and conditinally enabling the heading would (almost) satisfy the same requests in an easy to understand and efficient way. Proposal Provide a loopable wrapper element with no code output. It sol… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/suggestion-for-adding-query-settings-to-component-properties/33036)._