Following a reference in views

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I have the following collections:

'Users': collection ['Username'] {
	'Username': text
	'First name': text
	'Last name': text
	/...
}

'Questions': collection ['Question id'] {
	'Question id': text
	'User asked': text -> ^ . 'Users'[] @default: user .'Username'
	'Question title': text
	'Question text': tex
	//...
}

Is there a way to follow the ‘User asked’ reference in the views? So if I have

'text dynamic.alan' {
	'text':: text 'User asked' { }
}

Is there a way to do something like this:

'text dynamic.alan' {
	'text':: text 'User asked' .'First name' { } // follow reference and get first name?
}
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Text, number and state group bindings do not support reference steps.

It is possible to this in widget attributes.

In the following snippet the text dynamic widget is embedded in a padded box.

'padded box.alan': widget {
	'widget': widget > 'User asked' 'text dynamic.alan' {
		'text':: text . 'First Name' { }
	}
}

see also:
https://alan-platform.com/pages/docs/webclient/uhura.3rc2/views/grammar.html#grammar-rule--widget-expression

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