# Form requiring action before submit button is active **URL:** \ **Category:** Report a Bug\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295 "2020-06-23T00:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![esaghir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/esaghir/32/2331_2.png) [@esaghir](https://community.glideapps.com/u/esaghir)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/1 "2020-06-23T00:34:00Z")
My app’s URL: [https://iminapp.glideapp.io/](https://iminapp.glideapp.io/) I have a form that does not require any user input but provides optional input for one field. It has 2 hidden fields that do get sent during submission. For whatever reason, the ‘submit’ button is inactive unless the user modifies the optional field. What I want is for the user to pull up the form and submit it immediately as there are no user-input required fields. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/2 "2020-06-23T03:28:58Z")
Hey @esaghir, welcome! Can you share some screenshots? ---
**Author:** ![esaghir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/esaghir/32/2331_2.png) [@esaghir](https://community.glideapps.com/u/esaghir)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/3 "2020-06-23T04:08:03Z")
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/4 "2020-06-23T09:23:34Z")
You haven’t set a date in you Date/Time component. That’s why Once is blank, it won’t be able to submit ---
**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:** [June 23, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/5 "2020-06-23T12:05:48Z")
Can you try hiding or removing your date entry component temporarily? I would think you could submit since you are including column values. I’m just wondering if it’s being thrown off because you have a single entry component. If it works, maybe you’ll need to add some workaround with another column to hold a checkbox value and use the checkbox to show or hide the date component, or use as a confirmation checkbox. I’m pretty sure you can submit forms with no entry components and only column values, so I would think this should work. Just to be sure… You do not have the ‘required’ checkbox selected for the date, correct? ---
**Author:** ![esaghir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/esaghir/32/2331_2.png) [@esaghir](https://community.glideapps.com/u/esaghir)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/6 "2020-06-24T01:13:38Z")
That doesn’t seem like intuitive design, that field is optional. ---
**Author:** ![esaghir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/esaghir/32/2331_2.png) [@esaghir](https://community.glideapps.com/u/esaghir)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/7 "2020-06-24T01:14:38Z")
Jeff - Yes, the ‘required’ checkbox is indeed unchecked. Thanks for the workaround tip, I’ll try the visibility approach. I do think this is a bug and not acting as intended. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/8 "2020-06-24T01:25:10Z")
Thats why I’d try @Jeff_Hager suggestion ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/9 "2020-06-24T01:54:59Z")
I’d agree with you. I’ll need to go back and find it, but I noticed that in one of my apps, a form wouldn’t be able to be submitted unless I filled an optional field. I’ll post when I find it. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-requiring-action-before-submit-button-is-active/11295/10 "2024-01-25T07:37:05Z")