# Make required entry red when not filled **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [December 13, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818 "2020-12-13T22:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/1 "2020-12-13T22:33:09Z")
make required entry red when not filled, it would make easer to see what answer is missing specially when form have a lots of questions. Also please fix the problem that date pickers are not showing “Required” under. users can’t find why submit is not changing color. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/2 "2020-12-14T13:57:36Z")
What you say is very useful. The solution I have for that is creating two buttons, so when not all the required fields are filled, the button says"please fill all required fields" and when all of them are filled it says “ready” or something similar. I use this when creating profiles. So I have a details page with all the entry fields. I create an “if-then column” so I know when the profile is ready or not. If it’s not ready you show one button and if its ready show the other button. Then in the “ready” button, I have an increment action, to increment by 1. When the number column equals 1, the sign-in screen “disappears” and then the profile shows. I hope its clear enough and hope it helps. If not, let me know and I’ll make a video ---
**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/3 "2020-12-14T14:32:12Z")
yes, but when list of entry fields is long, these buttons will be out of sight and user will need to scroll to check if they changed. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/4 "2020-12-14T15:07:31Z")
I guess you are right, but it works well as a temporary solution ---
**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/5 "2020-12-14T15:16:51Z")
what i do now is to put first required fields first and then add separator and text “OPTIONAL Fields” and put all not required, but many times it make more sense to pair fields like “NAME” required, “LAST NAME” optional… and it would be good if these are together. Thats why perfect solution would be that required fields are red and once filled out it would change color to mach optional fields. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/6 "2020-12-14T15:52:40Z")
Something like what they have to notify the limit of characters or out-of-range numbers would be nice. +1 for this. ---
**Author:** ![kingzy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kingzy/32/15690_2.png) [@kingzy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kingzy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/7 "2021-08-10T15:28:58Z")
Any update for this feature request? ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Gabriele](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/joe_gabriele/32/57595_2.png) [@Joe\_Gabriele](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Joe_Gabriele)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/8 "2021-08-10T16:08:52Z")
Could add a Warning Hint component to display when text field is empty and disappear when not empty. ---
**Author:** ![kingzy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kingzy/32/15690_2.png) [@kingzy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kingzy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/9 "2021-08-10T16:26:32Z")
It could work but it’s also extra work! Thanks for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/10 "2021-08-10T16:35:05Z")
You can do that with little CSS and 1 if else column ---
**Author:** ![ShantanuIyengar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shantanuiyengar/32/35546_2.png) [@ShantanuIyengar](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ShantanuIyengar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/11 "2021-12-07T08:21:16Z")
You can try something like this > [@Required Highlight in Forms](https://community.glideapps.com/t/required-highlight-in-forms/35538): > > So, I created a form-type detail screen using CSS where in Required fields are marked in Red and once you start typing into the field, The red border and required things go back to normal. [Custom Functionality](https://www.loom.com/share/a733981ece8e415bb35a3a3c16526d24) Thanks and joint work with @Harsh_Ganatra ---
**Author:** ![Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ramya_venkatesh/32/88271_2.png) [@Ramya\_Venkatesh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ramya_Venkatesh)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-required-entry-red-when-not-filled/19818/12 "2025-06-13T07:35:48Z")
This is still not possible, I’m surprised! Seems like a basic functionality for a form.