# 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:** [2016 年 10 月 4 日午後 8:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090 "2016-10-04T20:15:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 9

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\
**Post date:** [2017 年 6 月 12 日午後 3:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090/9 "2017-06-12T15:49:38Z")

</div>

> [@shadowbrush](#):
>
> With an invitation, the account is created and the custom field is left blank.

This will not be an issue anymore as per:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b9c94aa234fb6198a163ca2e990a3e0b209fbf90](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b9c94aa234fb6198a163ca2e990a3e0b209fbf90)

Demo:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/2/62dba7c3a949fe4313e0a444b5dfc7e80587420a.png)

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saving-edits-on-user-preferences-page-with-required-custom-fields-is-unclear/51090)._