# Suggestion regarding Required Fields and Hint Text **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [June 8, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestion-regarding-required-fields-and-hint-text/10537 "2020-06-08T18:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![osxzxso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/osxzxso/32/7356_2.png) [@osxzxso](https://community.glideapps.com/u/osxzxso)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestion-regarding-required-fields-and-hint-text/10537/1 "2020-06-08T18:45:57Z")
In most cases, when I am asking the user to submit data (via forms, input components, add/edit screens, etc…) I place Hint Text in each component. However, some of those components I need to check as Required. My issue is that when I do that, it “replaces/hides” the Hint Text. @Mark, is there any other way that you/Glide can implement showing the user that a field is Required, without hiding the Hint Text? This would be a nice update if possible. One suggestion could be the use of an \* at the beginning or end of the Title when a component is checked as Required. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestion-regarding-required-fields-and-hint-text/10537/2 "2020-06-09T00:20:44Z")
At the moment the workaround is to input the asterisk yourself at each required input, then make a text component at the start/end of the form saying “\*”: required. But of course it would be nice to have it handled natively. +1. ---
**Author:** ![Yasin\_Hassanien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/yasin_hassanien/32/9042_2.png) [@Yasin\_Hassanien](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Yasin_Hassanien)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestion-regarding-required-fields-and-hint-text/10537/3 "2020-06-20T04:43:12Z")
But this will allow the user to submit the form ---
**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:** [June 20, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestion-regarding-required-fields-and-hint-text/10537/4 "2020-06-20T04:51:55Z")
We are mentioning the asterisk at the name of the entry, which would not affect the “required” status of that form. ---
**Author:** ![osxzxso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/osxzxso/32/7356_2.png) [@osxzxso](https://community.glideapps.com/u/osxzxso)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestion-regarding-required-fields-and-hint-text/10537/5 "2020-06-24T03:28:53Z")
@Yasin_Hassanien Exactly, that’s the other part of the issue that I forgot to mention in my original post. Essentially I want to add Hint Text to a component, then check that component as Required (so that a user truly has to fill it out in order to submit a form or select Done inside an edit screen, etc…), but I do not want it to replace the Hint Text with the text “Required”. ---
**Author:** ![osxzxso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/osxzxso/32/7356_2.png) [@osxzxso](https://community.glideapps.com/u/osxzxso)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestion-regarding-required-fields-and-hint-text/10537/6 "2020-07-28T17:24:37Z")
@Mark Just wanted to see what your thoughts are on this suggestion. I tend to run into this scenario quite a bit and curious if a solution is possible on Glide’s end. ---
**Author:** ![osxzxso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/osxzxso/32/7356_2.png) [@osxzxso](https://community.glideapps.com/u/osxzxso)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/suggestion-regarding-required-fields-and-hint-text/10537/7 "2020-08-04T07:54:09Z")
I saw another post that mentions the same suggestion as my post, so I figured I’d link to it as a solution. [https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-required-overrules-placeholder-text](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-required-overrules-placeholder-text)