# Visual alert for pause and input
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-alert-for-pause-and-input/3807
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [January 11, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-alert-for-pause-and-input/3807 "2007-01-11T03:35:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-alert-for-pause-and-input/3807/1 "2007-01-11T03:35:54Z")
I like the big watermark-style visual alert that appears when a build has completed or failed. Could this alert also be given if the build has paused, or is requesting input? It’s frustrating to think your build is working in the background and only to discover much later that you’d forgotten to remove a breakpoint…Steve
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-alert-for-pause-and-input/3807/2 "2007-01-11T04:54:12Z")
“watermark-style” - do you mean the window that pops up above the system tray?
It’s not possible for us to pop it up when an action is requesting input, as the FinalBuilder engine doesn’t get notification of this from the action. All FB knows is that the action is still running. And by when you say “if the build has paused”, do you mean if it hits a breakpoint?
.t8
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### Author:  [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/visual-alert-for-pause-and-input/3807/3 "2007-01-11T06:19:35Z")
Yep, I mean that window.
What if the action is Input Variables, Messagebox or similar? Granted, you couldn’t do it for custom actions or random messageboxes popped up by executed programs, but maybe for those common action types…
And yes, paused as in, it hit a breakpoint.
Steve