Form Field Types

Form Field Types

When creating a form or survey, you can use the drag-and-drop Form Editor to design flexible, customized forms. Each field type serves a specific purpose, helping you collect the right information from respondents.

From Components

  • Best for short, open-ended responses (e.g., names, single words, short notes).
  • Single line entry.
  • Best for longer, detailed answers (e.g., comments, descriptions, explanations).
  • Multi-line entry.
  • Validates input to ensure a proper email format.
  • Useful for capturing respondent contact information.
  • Standardizes input for phone numbers.
  • Helps ensure consistency across responses.
  • Choose a date and a time of day.
  • Perfect for scheduling, appointments or availability. 
  • Capture a day, month and year
  • Use for Date of Birth
  • Respondents can select only one option
  • Perfect for Yes/No questions
  • Respondents select one option from a predefined list.
  • Ideal for standardized choices like locations, categories, or departments.
  • Display all options visibly on the form. 
  • Respondents can select one, several, or all options.
  • Best for “select all that apply” questions.
  • Display all options visibly on the form.
  • Respondents can select only one option.
  • Best for short lists of mutually exclusive choices.
  • Captures amounts in a currency format.
  • Great for costs, budgets, or financial entries.
  • Adds an interactive button to the form.
  • Can be used for navigation (e.g., Next, Submit) or custom actions.
  • Allows respondents to attach documents, images, or files.
  • Ideal for forms requiring supporting documentation.
  • Captures a digital signature.
  • Used for consent, compliance, or approvals.

Layout Sections

Let’s you add custom HTML code to a form. Useful for adding:

  • Images or logos 
  • Links
  • Custom styles
  • Instructions with formatting (bold, lists, etc.)

Gives maximum flexibility to tailor the look and feel of your form.

Adds plain text or formatted instructions without needing to use HTML. Ideal for:

 

  • Section introductions
  • Help text or disclaimers
  • Simple headings

Allows you to arrange fields into side-by-side layouts instead of stacking everything vertically. Useful for:

 

  • Shorter forms that should fit more on one screen
  • Grouping related questions together visually
  • Improving readability and reducing scrolling

Group multiple fields into a single structured block.

 

  • Often used to organize related inputs (e.g., “Patient Information” with Name, DOB, and Address).
  • May include a legend (title) for clarity.

Creates a boxed section with a header. Great for:

  • Highlighting an important set of questions
  • Separating sections of a longer form
  • Making the form visually cleaner and more structured

Lets you arrange questions or inputs in a row-and-column format. Useful for:

 

  • Repeated data (e.g., entering multiple items with the same set of fields)
    Side-by-side comparisons
  • Collecting structured, grid-like responses

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