Making a user field not editable when ‘for all users’ is selected

Support
1

Hello

Is there a way to make a User Field not editable after signup when the Field Requirement is set to “For all users”?

Thanks

3

I don’t think so. The checkbox cannot be unchecked.
You can use the ‘On signup’ instead, but existing users won’t be affected.

4 Likes
4

Thanks for your response @NateDhaliwal. I wonder what was the rational behind the current design decision. There are many usecases where one wants User Fields to be un-editable and set to For all users.

6

I’m not sure about what you’re asking, but if you’re thinking of modifying Discourse’s code to prevent user fields from being editable, it would require a plugin, and chatGPT is very, very bad at creating Discourse plugins. I would not rely on what chatGPT outputs.

7

I think it has to be editable so the users who have already signed up before you implement it can fill it in?

Are you thinking of a use case along the lines of ‘not editable once entered’?