How to Add Instructions or Text Blocks in Airtable Interfaces

You’ve built a clean Airtable interface.

Everything looks great, the fields are working, and the layout is perfect.

But now you want to add some instructions between fields. Maybe it’s a quick reminder for teammates. Maybe it’s a link to documentation. Or maybe you just want to explain how a section should be used.

The problem is Airtable doesn’t make this easy.

In the old interface layouts, you could just drop in a Text element anywhere you wanted. And if you’re still working with a Blank interface or an Overview interface, that option is still available today.

But if you are using other modern interface pages such as Record Review, the Text element is no longer an option. Airtable removed it when they rolled out the newer interface styles.

So how do you add helpful text back into your interface?

With modern-style interfaces, you’ll need a small workaround. The idea is to use a Formula field as a placeholder, then turn its Help Text into your instructions.

Here’s how:

Step 1. Create a Formula field
Add a new Formula field in your table and paste "ㅤ" as the formula.

This is not a regular space. It is a special blank character that tricks Airtable into showing the field as truly empty instead of displaying the default placeholder dash.

Step 2. Add the field to your interface
Drop this field into your interface layout.

Step 3. Hide the label
Hover over the top-right corner of the field, click the blue ... menu, and choose Hide labels for this row.

Step 4. Turn on Help Text
In the side panel, toggle on Help Text for this field.

Step 5. Write your instructions
Type whatever text you want: descriptions, notes, links, or even lists.

The Help Text field supports the same formatting options you already get in Airtable’s long text fields, including bullet points, checklists, bold and italics, code formatting, and more. This makes it easy to write clear instructions, whether you are adding a quick reminder or a detailed guide.

That’s it. ​​​​​​​

Now you have a flexible way to add instructions, labels, or any other notes right inside your Airtable interface without losing your clean layout.