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title: "Provide field help"
slug: "provide-field-help"
updated: 2026-04-29T17:00:23Z
published: 2026-04-29T17:00:23Z
canonical: "help.quickbase.com/provide-field-help"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.quickbase.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Provide field help

You can provide guidance by attaching help to any field. When you do so, Quickbase displays a question mark icon next to the field. When a user hovers over the question mark, a yellow tooltip appears, containing whatever text you want.

To add help to a field:

1. Open the table you want to customize from the sidebar. Select **Settings** from the table card in the page bar, then select **Fields**.
2. Select the field that you want.
3. Select the **Properties** tab.
4. In the **Field help text** box, type whatever text you want to appear when you move the mouse over the **i** (![](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/19008617800724.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-26T18%3A40%3A28Z&se=2026-10-26T19%3A40%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=aJGUFG3Fe7%2F26A8LVlahxgbDd8R2HC6A%2BwbROoqZPbc%3D)) icon.
5. Select **Save**.

> [!NOTE]
> Note: Field-level help appears on forms.