How to Create a Text Field in Your Form

Overview: This guide will explain how text box properties function.

What is Required for a Text Box:

Note: Red Fields below are mandatory for successfully saving your new fields.

A. Label* (First field) sometimes already filled out as "Untitled'. This is the title of the field that will display on the users end.

B. Default Value - This is a prefilled or preselected value that appears in a form filed when the form loads, before the user interacts with it. It serves as a starting point or suggestion to guide the user or streamline data entry.

C. Placeholder - A placeholder is temporary text displayed in the text field to provide a hint or example of the expected input.

D. Sub Label - This is a secondary piece of text that provides additional context, instructions, or clarification for a specific form field.

E. Hover Over - The enables you to include insight into a field once the user moves their mouse over a that specific field. Used to help users better understand a request.

F. Top - Gives you the option to customize Field Title placement In relation to the text field. 

G. Validation Type - This dropdown option allows you to convert a standard text field into multiple options as displayed below.

• Email - This will only allow the user to apply an email address
  
  
• Telephone - This will only allow the user to apply a phone number.
  
  
• URL - This will only allow the user to apply a URL/web link.
  
  
• Date Number - This will only allow the user to submit a date from a calendar pop up.
  
  
• Password - This feature will allow a user to input a password which will appears in dot format for privacy.
  
  
• Time - This will configure the text field to allow the user to select and specify a time.

H. Name*: This field is VERY IMPORTANT. This field will be what is displayed on your email notification/form submission internally. This gives you the ability to have an outward and inward facing field title for a field. 

Important Note:  If this field is not filled out, you will receive an ERROR when saving the form. 

Example: 

• What you may want the guest to see (Label/Outward Title): What time of date is best to reach you?
  
  
• What you may want to see (Name/Inward Title): Call Time
  

I. ID: You can apply an ID to this field, but this field more for advanced use.

Once you have applied your properties to your text field, you can select the "Save" button to save the form to the system. This is located at the top right hand side of the window.

Note: This is only saving the form, but does not post to your website until you add it in the visual builder portion of your back end.