Question types you can use
The builder's list on the left has two groups: Form fields (questions people answer) and Design elements (headings, text and layout). Drag any of them onto your form.
Form fields
- Short answer: one line of text, like a name.
- Long answer: a bigger box for details.
- Email: an email address.
- Phone: a phone number. It accepts numbers with spaces, +, brackets and dashes.
- Number: numbers only.
- Calculation: works out a total from other answers. See Calculations.
- Date: a date picker, shown as dd/mm/yyyy. Under More options you can tick Ask for a time as well or Fill in today's date automatically.
- Booking: people pick a day and time. See Bookings and time slots.
- Dropdown, Choose one, Choose several: lists of options. See Lists of options.
- Tick box: one box to tick, like "I agree".
- Yes / No: a Yes and No choice side by side.
- Address: street, suburb, state, postcode and country. It can suggest Australian addresses as people type.
- Country: a list of countries, with Australia first.
- File upload: people attach a file, such as a licence or certificate.
- Signature: people sign with a finger or mouse.
- Choice matrix: several questions with the same answers in columns, like a rating table.
- Payment: takes a card payment. See Take card payments in a form.
- Check work rights: checks a visa with Home Affairs. See Add a work rights check to a form.
Design elements
- Heading: a title inside your form.
- Section bar: a coloured bar with a section title.
- Formatted text: instructions or notes, with bold, sizes, colours and lists.
- Image or logo: a picture, in small, medium, large or full width.
- Divider: a line across the form.
- Box / page: groups questions under a title. See Pages and sections.
- Repeat group: a set of questions people can fill in more than once, with an Add another button. Handy for work history or referees.
Good to know
- Every question can be made Mandatory, given help text, and shown or hidden by an earlier answer. See Add and edit questions and Show or hide questions.
- For File upload, More options lets you allow several files, choose the allowed file types and set the largest file size.
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