# Saving edits on user preferences page with required custom fields is unclear

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [4. Oktober 2016 um 20:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090 "2016-10-04T20:15:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [4. Oktober 2016 um 21:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090/2 "2016-10-04T21:32:56Z")

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So the problem is that saving changes on the user page isn’t clear enough about the required field not being filled on the user page?

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