# Make Switch/Checkbox component "required" possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [April 1, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-switch-checkbox-component-required-possible/59999 "2023-04-01T22:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**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:** [April 2, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-switch-checkbox-component-required-possible/59999/6 "2023-04-02T10:23:01Z")
Do you understand how a custom form works, and how it is different from a native form? Have a read of the below: > [@Multi-step form](https://community.glideapps.com/t/multi-step-form/34556/4): > > A custom form is just a detail screen that’s designed to act like a form and uses entry components linked to user specific columns as the temporary placeholders for the data. Once you are done filling out the form, you can have a button with a custom action that will first have an Add Row action that will take those user specific column values and write them to a different table. You can then follow that action with a Set Column action that will clear the user specific columns so it’s ready fo… > [@How do I create a custom form?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-custom-form/25014): > > I’m just dropping this here so I have something to refer people to when they ask. This is a simple concept app (copyable), that demonstrates the following techniques: Building custom forms for adding and editing list items (as an alternative to the native forms provided by Glide) Preventing duplicate new entries using [User Specific Columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/user-specific-columns) and [Relations](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/computed-columns/relation-column) Enforcing mandatory input items The use of visibility conditions and user specific booleans to control user flow There is nothing particula… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/make-switch-checkbox-component-required-possible/59999)._