# Require Edit Reason

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-edit-reason/124593
**Category:** Theme component
**Created:** [August 1, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-edit-reason/124593 "2019-08-01T09:50:25Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-edit-reason/124593/17 "2025-02-10T15:42:52Z")

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I’ve refactored this component to get it working again, and have made is use more of the native composer behavior rather than relying on a popup

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-require-edit-reason/pull/2](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-require-edit-reason/pull/2)

If you’re required to add a reason you’ll see this on edit:

 ![The image shows a text editor with partially written text and added text in red, indicating that the user is currently editing. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/2/0/720209643b5436c9833f0bfc96f689123d6e15af.png)

The save button will become active once the edit reason is added:

 ![The image displays a cursor in a text editor window with highlighted and underlined phrases for spelling correction, along with a "Save Edit" button. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/d/a/6da45a5b83aa6a96807b0028b5c2112a15eadef4.png)

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