# How to ask for custom text in an Action
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-ask-for-custom-text-in-an-action/27405
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [May 29, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-ask-for-custom-text-in-an-action/27405 "2021-05-29T19:01:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Morgan\_Pixley](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Morgan_Pixley)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-ask-for-custom-text-in-an-action/27405/1 "2021-05-29T19:01:36Z")
_ **Context** _
Hi, I’m building a custom CRM for my company. I have a table for People and a table for Notes. On the Notes table I have columns ‘NoteText’, ‘Date and Time’, and ‘Related People’.
_ **What I Want** _
I want to relate Notes to People, so on the Details page for a Person I have created a Button for “Add New Note”. I want to be able to tap this button, enter text, and then have it add a row to the Notes table.
_ **Problem I Need to Solve** _
When I am setting up the Action for what the Button does, **I cannot figure out how to tell Glide to let me type text** that will then be entered as the ‘NoteText’. If I set the Action to “Add Row” it simply adds a row with the current date and time to the Notes table, leaving the ‘NoteText’ empty.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-ask-for-custom-text-in-an-action/27405/2 "2021-05-29T19:46:26Z")
What you want is the [Show Form](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/actions/single-actions/navigation/show-form) action.
This will open a new screen where you can add the input components that you need, and then when the user submits a new row will be created.
A slightly more complicated way to do this (but one that gives you more control over the user experience) is to use a Link to Screen → This Item action, and then build a custom form. An example of how this can be done is available [here](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-custom-form/25014).
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### Author:  [@Morgan\_Pixley](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Morgan_Pixley)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-ask-for-custom-text-in-an-action/27405/3 "2021-05-29T22:58:26Z")
Thank you, Darren. I appreciate your help.