Common field properties

This article describes common properties available to all fields, which you can edit in the web editor’s UI, but also shows how the same properties can be used dynamically with JavaScript.

General
- Title
- Name
- Hint
- Description
- Required
- Layout
- Class
- Style
Title
- Width
- Font Size
- Font Style
- Font Weight
- Font Color
- Wrap
Control
- Width
- Font Size
- Font Style
- Font Weight
- Font Color

General

Title

Specify text of the title that will appear next to the field.

Field's title

Can also toggle Title’s visibility on/off:

Hide Field's title

Title can be changed directly on the form after a double click:

Edit Field's title

JavaScript

This code will allow you to get or set the field’s title dynamically:

//returns the field's title as a string
fd.field('Text1').title

//sets the field's title
fd.field('Text1').title = 'Last Name'

Name

A unique identifier for the field.

Field's name

This will be used in JavaScript to select a specific field, as well as for storing submissions, and in Power Automate or Zapier automations.

Field's name

Important

Do not change field’s Name after the form has been in use, or you might lose saved data or break your automation.

JavaScript

The Name property allows to work with the field via JavaScript code, like this:

fd.rendered(function(){
    //can access the field using its Name:
    fd.field('Surname').value = 'John Doe';
 });

Hint

Defines a placeholder text that appears in the input before a user starts typing:

Hint property

This property is available for Single-line Text, Multi-line Text, Number, Drop Down, Date, Date and Time fields.

JavaScript

This code will allow you to get or set the field’s placeholder text dynamically:

//sets the field's Hint
fd.field('FieldName').placeholder = "Enter your name";

Description

Add a description to the field.

Field's description

It would appear as small text right under the field.

Field's description on the form

JavaScript

This code will allow you to get or set the field’s description dynamically:

//returns the field's description as a string
fd.field('Text1').description

//sets the field's description
fd.field('Text1').description = 'New description'

Required

Select if the field will be required to submit the form or not.

Field's required status

Required status can also be changed directly on the form via the Asterisk button:

Field's required status button on the form

JavaScript

This code will allow you to get and set field’s required status

//returns the field's required status as true/false
fd.field('Text1').required;

//sets the field's required status
fd.field('Text1').required = true;

Layout

Select if the title will appear to the left of the field, or right above it.

Field's orientation

Layout can also be changed directly in the context menu of the selected field:

Field's orientation button on the form

Class

Add a CSS class to the field, which comes in handy with CSS or even JavaScript code. This will work like class attribute for an HTML tag.

Field's class

Same class can be applied to multiple fields, and then you can use CSS to modify the appearance of these fields. For example, here we’ve used the following CSS code in CSS editor to give fields with my-class a blue background, white text and rounded corners, with a little bit of padding:

.my-class {
    color: #FFFFFF;
    padding: 10px;
    background-color: #1E90FF;
    border-radius: 30px;
}

Field's class with CSS on the form

Style

Add custom CSS style to the field. This will work like style attribute for an HTML tag.

Field's style

This style will allow you to hide the field, making it invisible to user (but still usable with JavaScript):

display: none;

You can also apply different styles to it. For example, the following style will allow you to add a thin gray border around the field:

padding: 10px;
border: 1px solid #CED4DA;

Field's style applied on the form