# Ability to display text formulas on a form **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Tags:** text-formulas, forms\ **Created:** [September 12, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/ability-to-display-text-formulas-on-a-form/9396 "2017-09-12T11:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie24782](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Charlie24782](https://forums.knack.com/u/Charlie24782)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/ability-to-display-text-formulas-on-a-form/9396/1 "2017-09-12T11:50:00Z")
It would be nice to have text formulas display on a form. ---
**Author:** ![TomGerry06515](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/tomgerry06515/32/26_2.png) [@TomGerry06515](https://forums.knack.com/u/TomGerry06515)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/ability-to-display-text-formulas-on-a-form/9396/2 "2021-05-03T18:38:18Z")
I use text formulas in child records to get text data from parent objects. If I cannot use that data where needed on a form, I am faced with **breaking one of the fundamental rules of relational data bases** - inputting redundant data in a child object field that is otherwise readily available from the connection to the parent object. ---
**Author:** ![AlvinOng65156](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@AlvinOng65156](https://forums.knack.com/u/AlvinOng65156)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/ability-to-display-text-formulas-on-a-form/9396/3 "2018-10-23T03:02:26Z")
YES I AGREE... it would be most helpful to have (A) Fields with conditional rules,  and (B) Text formula fields to be able to be displayed (non-editable) on FORMS.  Information that cannot be displayed or printed is quite useless. ---
**Author:** ![MacMcCraw05532](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@MacMcCraw05532](https://forums.knack.com/u/MacMcCraw05532)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/ability-to-display-text-formulas-on-a-form/9396/4 "2018-01-12T14:43:29Z")
I tried added a conditional rule and it still did not allow me.  :( ---
**Author:** ![KeithSterl25609](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee59a6/32.png) [@KeithSterl25609](https://forums.knack.com/u/KeithSterl25609)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/ability-to-display-text-formulas-on-a-form/9396/5 "2017-09-24T18:47:48Z")
A workaround would be to make short text field and use conditional rules to set it to the value of the text formula. ---
**Author:** ![JamieDanjo10966](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/jamiedanjo10966/32/206_2.png) [@JamieDanjo10966](https://forums.knack.com/u/JamieDanjo10966)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/ability-to-display-text-formulas-on-a-form/9396/6 "2017-09-18T14:32:03Z")
Agreed!!! ---
**Author:** ![DennisVlas28529](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DennisVlas28529](https://forums.knack.com/u/DennisVlas28529)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/ability-to-display-text-formulas-on-a-form/9396/7 "2021-11-19T21:06:00Z")
The ability to display a Text Formula field on a form (as read-only) would be hugely helpful. However, the real issue is _when_ the field(s) get populated. As soon as a connected field record is entered on the form, the data from that connected record should be accessible. If there are other field values from that connected record elsewhere on the form, they should populate.