# 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 Ottobre 2016, 8:15pm 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:** ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Post date:** [26 Aprile 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090/8 "2017-04-26T20:27:54Z")

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This is something I’m trying to solve now. I’m breaking up the preferences into tabs. Then we can set preferences within each tab separately, and in the tab where there’s a custom field that needs to be set it should be easier to spot it.

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