# Text Entry Question - Saving or Editing data

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-question-saving-or-editing-data/59917>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-question-saving-or-editing-data/59917 "2023-03-30T22:49:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![daniel30aguilar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/daniel30aguilar/32/54343_2.png) [@daniel30aguilar](https://community.glideapps.com/u/daniel30aguilar)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-question-saving-or-editing-data/59917/1 "2023-03-30T22:49:58Z")

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Hello, community,  
I need some help or enlightenment here:

The users enter the information in the field, and it goes straight to the Google sheet/database or Glid Database without notifying the user data is saved o has been edited; how to show the users that data is being saved or modified in the database with a notification. Or how to improve this, or maybe once they hit enter or move to the following field and see a message that data is saving.  
Since there are several input fields, how to simplify this and not create a save button for each field? Ideally, a notification or icon appears when they edit or hit enter.

 ![Text Entry - Glide](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/2/528c921fca6ab45cecb2db5351a9454f04b24f1e.png)

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**Author:** ![daniel30aguilar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/daniel30aguilar/32/54343_2.png) [@daniel30aguilar](https://community.glideapps.com/u/daniel30aguilar)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-question-saving-or-editing-data/59917/2 "2023-03-30T22:51:07Z")

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@Darren_Murphy, if I can have your observations here would be appreciated; thank you in advance.

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**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:** [March 31, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-question-saving-or-editing-data/59917/3 "2023-03-31T00:46:01Z")

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If you’re using an entry component on top of a details screen, then the information is always edited directly into your database. Maybe you can just add a hint component at the top that this is the behaviour.

Is there a reason you don’t use a normal add/edit screen?

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**Author:** ![daniel30aguilar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/daniel30aguilar/32/54343_2.png) [@daniel30aguilar](https://community.glideapps.com/u/daniel30aguilar)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-question-saving-or-editing-data/59917/4 "2023-03-31T00:57:03Z")

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Hello @ThinhDinh, thank you for your message; I thought I used a standard add/edit screen with the text entry input field. Could you show me, if possible, the “normal add/edit screen”? It will help a lot.

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**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:** [March 31, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/text-entry-question-saving-or-editing-data/59917/5 "2023-03-31T00:59:44Z")

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In your actions, “Show form screen” would open a normal add screen, “Show edit screen” would open an edit screen.