Make a question required
Turn on Required and nobody can get past the question without answering it.
- Hover over the question in the builder and click Edit. A floating panel opens.
- Turn on Required. You'll see the change on the canvas right away.
You can also ask the AI chat to make a question required or optional.
A question you add by hand starts as optional. You can make any question that takes an answer required. CAPTCHA, AI Follow-up and Calculation elements don't have the switch.
What respondents see
A required question has a red asterisk (*) after its label.
Makeform checks the current page when a respondent presses Next or Submit. If they've left a required question empty, they stay on that page and a red message appears under the question.
For most questions the message is "This field is required." Some types have their own, such as "Email address is required." or "Please select an option." The messages are shown in your form's language.
Things that might surprise you
An answer made of spaces counts as empty.
On a short text question, the message can show up before the respondent presses Next. It appears as soon as they clear the field.
If your conditional logic hides a required question, it's skipped. It won't block anyone.
In a Matrix question, every row needs an answer.