# Is there any way to show a star rating but un-editable? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [March 8, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951 "2021-03-08T13:58:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aerimescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@aerimescu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/aerimescu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/1 "2021-03-08T13:58:17Z")
If I link a star rating control to a “rating” field, the user could change the rating. Is there any way to make it read only? Thanks ---
**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:** [March 8, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/2 "2021-03-08T14:14:46Z")
I’ve never used the rating component, but my immediate thought would be to use an if-then-else column to create a read-only copy, and display this in its place. Something like this: ![Screen Shot 2021-03-08 at 10.14.02 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/3/93e7b65e3a1d47bf0b1a73958b8fb779a446d080.png) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/3 "2021-03-08T14:20:37Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/a/ba767add847b12fed07cf1b0af03c9c1cd176a65.jpeg "Glide: Display Average Star Ratings") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiBejwlsl0w) ---
**Author:** ![aerimescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@aerimescu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/aerimescu)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/4 "2021-03-08T14:31:31Z")
Cool, thanks! ---
**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:** [March 8, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/5 "2021-03-08T14:44:28Z")
Just watched that the whole way through. It’s so good for teaching so many basic techniques. Really, really good 👍 ---
**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:** [March 8, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/6 "2021-03-08T16:33:40Z")
Thanks @Darren_Murphy ! ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/7 "2021-03-08T16:53:28Z")
Nicely explained (as always) this will certainly help the community understand how to implement star ratings ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ---
**Author:** ![koeapps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/koeapps/32/17127_2.png) [@koeapps](https://community.glideapps.com/u/koeapps)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/8 "2021-07-02T19:38:21Z")
Hi Robert, I don’t have the option to select Average on my Glide app, just count and unique count from the rollup dropdown. Any idea why? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/9 "2021-07-02T22:34:57Z")
Probably because your rating column isn’t formatted as a number column, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![PabloMFalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pablomfalero/32/31166_2.png) [@PabloMFalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/PabloMFalero)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-a-star-rating-but-un-editable/23951/10 "2021-07-03T11:14:12Z")
This is where you see that he’s a teacher!😀