# How do i make it so an answer is required for a text input **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [June 6, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531 "2020-06-06T00:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thetealwalrusf4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@thetealwalrusf4](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thetealwalrusf4)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/1 "2020-06-06T00:40:07Z")
i have it all set up but I don’t want them to be able to go on without writing something in ---
**Author:** ![choi\_beomgyu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/choi_beomgyu/32/105994_2.png) [@choi\_beomgyu](https://community.thunkable.com/u/choi_beomgyu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/2 "2020-06-06T00:47:57Z")
sure so what is wrong with your app ---
**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/3 "2020-06-06T01:42:27Z")
Hey @thetealwalrusf4, welcome to the Community! 👋 Could you provide either a project link or blocks (or both) as well as a little bit more information on the problem. I think you are trying to use the [Text Input](https://docs.thunkable.com/text-input) component and you don’t want them to proceed to the next step of the app without filling in something? If so you can create a simple IF statement to check if the text input contains any text. It would look something like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/b/6b7179b9fe81bcc58c74db4429024b9f690bc247.png) ---
**Author:** ![thetealwalrusf4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@thetealwalrusf4](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thetealwalrusf4)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/4 "2020-06-06T14:54:40Z")
THANK YOU!! yes that was what i was trying to do ---
**Author:** ![thetealwalrusf4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@thetealwalrusf4](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thetealwalrusf4)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/5 "2020-06-06T15:02:20Z")
nvm i tried it it didnt work ---
**Author:** ![thetealwalrusf4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@thetealwalrusf4](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thetealwalrusf4)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/6 "2020-06-06T15:04:40Z")
i dont want people to be able to click continue without writing in something ---
**Author:** ![thetealwalrusf4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@thetealwalrusf4](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thetealwalrusf4)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/7 "2020-06-06T15:05:51Z")
[https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5edac4187a2a65150b995ff2/9270ed4a-7c49-432e-b6ea-cffd7b49f92e/blocks](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5edac4187a2a65150b995ff2/9270ed4a-7c49-432e-b6ea-cffd7b49f92e/blocks) ---
**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/8 "2020-06-06T15:09:52Z")
These blocks are what I should have posted in the first place, I misread your question. If the text input doesn’t contain any text, nothing happens. The **not** block here reverses the **is empty** block, making the statement **IF text input is not empty**. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/7/77b37de0a28872068553d2d88f65584af50ca825.png) ---
**Author:** ![thetealwalrusf4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@thetealwalrusf4](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thetealwalrusf4)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/9 "2020-06-06T15:19:46Z")
> [@eoinparkinson](#): > > are what I should have posted in the first place, I misread your question. If the text input doesn’t contain any text, nothing happens. The **not** block here reverses the **is emp** thank you it worked for 1 text input. how do i do it for more than 1 ---
**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/10 "2020-06-06T15:43:27Z")
You could use the **AND** block. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/5/e564b50e0a7e6bc7f5193eb0dc3263eeb74ec2c0.png) ---
**Author:** ![thetealwalrusf4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@thetealwalrusf4](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thetealwalrusf4)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/11 "2020-06-06T16:35:22Z")
thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![thetealwalrusf4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb9ed0/32.png) [@thetealwalrusf4](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thetealwalrusf4)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/12 "2020-06-06T16:36:00Z")
and is their a way to overlap text and animations? ---
**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/13 "2020-06-06T17:27:03Z")
I don’t understand what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-i-make-it-so-an-answer-is-required-for-a-text-input/596531/14 "2024-11-08T11:28:03Z")