# Show read-only text in pills

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-read-only-text-in-pills/71511
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [March 7, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-read-only-text-in-pills/71511 "2024-03-07T20:28:05Z")
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### Author: ![lmshupp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lmshupp/32/71440_2.png) [@lmshupp](https://community.glideapps.com/u/lmshupp)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-read-only-text-in-pills/71511/1 "2024-03-07T20:28:05Z")

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I want to be able to show read-only text with a pill-shaped background and an icon. In my case, to display tags / categories. Kind of like the Choice component, but read only.

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### 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: [March 7, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-read-only-text-in-pills/71511/2 "2024-03-07T21:20:55Z")

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> [@Show Items in Detail View as Pills](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-items-in-detail-view-as-pills/66428/9):
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> I just threw the question at ChatGPT to create javascript. This is untested, but just looking at the code, I believe it should work. Pass your comma delimited list as the p1 parameter. The result should be html that you can use in a rich text component. function createBluePillsList(input) { // Split the input string into an array of words const words = input.split(','); // Create an empty string to store the HTML let html = ''; // Loop through each word and create a blue pill for…