Add help to a field label on a form

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title: Add help to a field label on a form
description: You can create field-level help in forms by placing help icons in individual fields and converting the field labels to links to external or internal URLs.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/t\_FieldLabelForm.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [User interface configuration, Working in Core UI, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Add help to a field label on a form

You can create field-level help in forms by placing help icons in individual fields and converting the field labels to links to external or internal URLs.

## Before you begin

Role required: personalize\_dictionary

## About this task

You can link to any type of file, document, or wiki, and open it in a separate browser window. The following is an example of a form with field label help enabled.

\[Omitted image "FieldLabelHelp.png"\] Alt text: Range field label help enabled

## Procedure

1.  Open the form.

2.  Right-click the label for the field and select **Configure Label**.

3.  Complete the form.

<table id="simpletable_ecc_mdn_np"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Input value

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Hint

</td><td>

Type text to use as a tooltip that appears when a user places the cursor on the field label.

</td></tr><tr><td>

URL

</td><td>

Enter the URL of the target file to open when the field label or icon is clicked. This can be a complete URL to a file outside the instance, or a relative URL to a target on the instance. **Note:** Links aren't supported in Workspace.

</td></tr><tr><td>

URL target

</td><td>

Not used. The help file opens in a new tab regardless of the **URL target** value.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>4.  Click **Update**.


**Parent Topic:**[User interface configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/p_NavigationAndUIConfiguration.md)