# Changing text for checkbox yes/no in form **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [December 16, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014 "2021-12-16T12:06:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/1 "2021-12-16T12:06:44Z")
I have a checkbox with some text. When selected the text says something. When it is not selected, it says the opposite. I tried doing this with an ITE column but it doesn’t work since the checkbox text is unique in the Design section. I guess it should be done differently. Maybe with a template column? Here is another interesting use-case … ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/2 "2021-12-16T12:12:33Z")
Like this? You had the right idea with an if-then-else column… ![Screen Shot 2021-12-16 at 8.11.06 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/2/a2b8edb1e816c2ef000bdfe46749d9d49aef68fe.png) … then use that as your Checkbox component Title. ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/3 "2021-12-16T12:17:41Z")
yes. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/4 "2021-12-16T12:31:59Z")
This is exactly what I did but I am missing that part: _ **… then use that as your Checkbox component Title.** _ ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/5 "2021-12-16T12:35:13Z")
![Capture d’écran (200)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/f/ff726f2c6aa85150997bf0cf0278c8642cc4c4ad.png) ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/6 "2021-12-16T12:58:13Z")
That seems odd. You should be able to select from a list of columns for your title. Have you tried deleting the component an adding again? ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/7 "2021-12-16T13:17:08Z")
yes. I did that three times. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/8 "2021-12-16T13:37:28Z")
The difference I see is that you’re using it in an Add Form screen. Looks like you can’t use dynamic labels for checkboxes there. I’m away from my computer right now, so can’t test to confirm that. ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/9 "2021-12-16T13:43:23Z")
ok. Waiting for when you check it… ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/10 "2021-12-16T13:46:49Z")
It should be there in a form. Getting it to actually function in a native form screen is above my pay grade though 😝 ![Screen Shot 2021-12-16 at 8.44.35 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/0/e0011103cd9848aca17c9a31cbcafea81e1e2e06.png) ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/11 "2021-12-16T13:48:07Z")
OH, yes it is working for you. It seems you are on Glide Pages, right ? ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/12 "2021-12-16T13:48:34Z")
No, I’m using Glide Apps. Maybe submit a support ticket but probably should wait for Darren hehe ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/13 "2021-12-16T13:50:14Z")
Ok, so yes it is odd ! I tried that one month ago with ITE and it never worked. Seems it is a bug. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/14 "2021-12-16T13:51:19Z")
I think you should still be able to choose a dynamic title in a form, can @jabid have a video to confirm that it’s not working? ---
**Author:** ![Mozza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozza/32/34362_2.png) [@Mozza](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozza)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/15 "2021-12-16T13:53:31Z")
Hi. Can confirm it too as @Eric_Penn already did. In both Details view as well as Form view. ![checkBox1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/c/0c256a3c11bf5cc5d41205f4c0834a88288c94da.jpeg) ![checkBox2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/d/9d27985b089f9a3a46d35d4c99c00a8ac231ddb6.jpeg) Also using Glide App. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/16 "2021-12-16T13:58:44Z")
This isn’t going to work in an Add screen because Add screens are not attached to to any rows and don’t have a parent row to pass values from. It also won’t work in a Form screen because no row has been written yet and you can’t change any data on the parent row while in a form. I think this would require two checkboxes, pointing to the same column, with different titles and visibility conditions to show each checkbox based on ‘true’ or ‘not true’. ---
**Author:** ![Mozza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozza/32/34362_2.png) [@Mozza](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozza)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/17 "2021-12-16T13:58:49Z")
I would try to clear browser cookies and restart it again. ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/18 "2021-12-16T14:01:08Z")
I tried that solution but it says that I cannot write on the same column. ---
**Author:** ![jabid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jabid/32/33391_2.png) [@jabid](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jabid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/19 "2021-12-16T14:01:33Z")
I will try first your solution. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014/20 "2021-12-16T14:01:54Z")
There’s nothing stopping you from having multiple components writing to the same column. It’s just a warning. I do it all the time. [Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-text-for-checkbox-yes-no-in-form/36014.md?page=2)