diff --git a/src/gui/filedetails/NCInputTextField.qml b/src/gui/filedetails/NCInputTextField.qml
index 37a7d23dc8b6f..fa4bef0bfc8a2 100644
--- a/src/gui/filedetails/NCInputTextField.qml
+++ b/src/gui/filedetails/NCInputTextField.qml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ TextField {
     readonly property color accentColor: Style.ncBlue
     readonly property color secondaryColor: palette.dark
     readonly property alias submitButton: submitButton
+    property bool validInput: true
 
     implicitHeight: Style.talkReplyTextFieldPreferredHeight
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ TextField {
         id: textFieldBorder
         radius: Style.slightlyRoundedButtonRadius
         border.width: Style.normalBorderWidth
-        border.color: root.activeFocus ? root.accentColor : root.secondaryColor
+        border.color: root.activeFocus ? root.validInput ? root.accentColor : Style.errorBoxBackgroundColor : root.secondaryColor
         color: palette.base
     }
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ TextField {
         icon.source: "image://svgimage-custom-color/confirm.svg" + "/" + root.secondaryColor
         icon.color: hovered && enabled ? UserModel.currentUser.accentColor : root.secondaryColor
 
-        enabled: root.text !== ""
+        enabled: root.text !== "" && root.validInput
 
         onClicked: root.accepted()
     }