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Form View allows you to arrange fields in a form to input data.

1010-2 Form

Form View Builder​

Form view builder layout can be divided into 4 sections:

  1. Form Area - This is the area where fields added to the form are listed. This area also acts as a preview of the form.
  2. Form Fields - This area lists all the fields available in the table. You can drag and drop fields for re-ordering and toggle the hide switch to remove fields from the form.
  3. Appearance Settings - This is the area where you can configure the form view appearance settings like Background Color, Banner & Branding.
  4. Post Form Submission Settings - This is the area where you can configure the form view to perform various actions after a form is submitted.

Form Builder

Form View Actions​

  1. Create a New Form View
  2. Rename an Existing Form View
  3. Duplicate a Form View
  4. Remove a Form View
  5. Share a Form View
  6. Lock Form View for Edits

Form View Operations​

Add Form Title & Description​

In the Form View area, click on in input boxes provided for Title & Description to add/update title & description to the form.

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Formatting options are supported for the description field. You can also use Markdown to format the text.

Form Title & Description

Add/Remove Fields​

To add/remove a field

  • Use toggle switch next to the field name in the Form Fields to add/remove a field from the form.

Form Appearance Settings​

Form appearance

Change Background Color​

To change the background color of the form, select the required color from the color picker in the Appearance Settings panel.

Hide Branding​

To hide NocoDB branding from the form, toggle the Hide NocoDB Branding switch in the Appearance Settings panel.

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This feature is available only in the paid plans.

Hide Form Banner​

To hide the form banner, toggle the Hide Banner switch in the Appearance Settings panel.

Rearrange Fields Within the Form​

To rearrange fields within the form, drag and drop the field to the required position. This can be done in both the Form Area and Form Fields panel.

Add a New Field to the Table​

To add a new field to the table,

  • Click on the + Add field in the Form Fields panel
  • Select the field name & type from the dropdown.
  • Click on Save Field

Add Field

Post Form Submission Settings​

NocoDB allows you to configure the form view to perform various actions after a form is submitted. These actions can be configured in the Post Form Submission Settings panel.

  1. Show Submit Another Form Button: This option when enabled, will display a Submit Another Form button after the form is submitted.
  2. Show a Blank form: This option when enabled, will display a new blank form 5 seconds after the form is submitted.
  3. Email me: Enable this option to receive an Email after the form is submitted.
  4. After Submit Message: You can configure a message to display on successful submission of the form.

Form View Settings

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Formatting options are supported for the After Submit Message field. You can also use Markdown to format the text.

Field configuration​

To change the field label displayed on the form & add help-text, click on the required field in the Form Area and on the right side configuration panel, configure

  1. Label Optional : Defaults to the field name. This doesn't affect the field name in the table.
  2. Help Text Optional
  3. Required : Toggle to mark the field as required

Field Label & Help Text

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Formatting options are supported for the Help Text field. You can also use Markdown to format the text.

Field Type Specific Settings​

For select based field types (Single-Select, Multi-Select, User), you can configure the following additional settings:

Limit Options​

Limit the number of options displayed in the dropdown or list of shared form. This is useful when you have a large number of options & want to limit the number of options displayed in the dropdown or list for the user to select from.

  • Use Hide button next to the option to hide the option from the dropdown or list.
  • Use Reorder button associated with a field to reorder the options.

Limit options

Options Layout​

For select based field types, you can configure the options layout to be displayed as a Dropdown or an inline expanded List.

Options Layout

Prefill Form Fields​

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Pre-Filling Form Fields​

NocoDB offers a convenient feature that allows pre-filling form fields with specific values by setting URL parameters. This functionality enables the creation of custom URLs with desired field values, streamlining data entry and enhancing user experience.

To construct a pre-filled form URL manually, ensure that the URL parameters are appropriately encoded in the following format: ?key1=value1&key2=value2.

For instance, the URL https://wh8s5w.noco.to/#/nc/form/66da06-f074-47af-ace7-fde46df55?Status=Qualification&Priority=Very+high pre-fills the Status field with Qualification and the Priority field with Very high.

NocoDB provides an intuitive alternative approach to generate pre-filled URLs through the form builder.

  1. Open the form builder and pre-fill the required form fields with the desired values.
  2. Click on the Share button located in the top right corner.
  3. Toggle the Enable Public Viewing button to enable sharing.
  4. Toggle the Enable Prefill button to enable pre-filling.
  5. Click on the Copy Link button to copy the pre-filled URL.

Prefill Prefill share

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  • Prefilled fields override the default values if any were set for this field in the table
  • Maximum length of the URL is 8000 characters.

Prefill modes​

  1. Default: Standard mode. This mode will prefill the form fields with the values set in the shared form URL. Users can edit the prefilled fields in the form. In the image below, the Number field is prefilled with the value 1234, Currency field is prefilled with the value 1000 and Year field is prefilled with value 2023.

    Prefill default

  2. Hide prefilled fields: This mode will prefill the form fields with the values set in the shared form URL but will hide the prefilled fields in the form from the user. In the image below, the Number field is prefilled with the value 1234, Currency field is prefilled with the value 1000 and Year field is prefilled with value 2023.

Prefill hide

  1. Lock prefilled fields as read-only: This mode will prefill the form fields with the values set in the shared form URL and will lock the prefilled fields as read-only. In the image below, the Number field is prefilled with the value 1234, Currency field is prefilled with the value 1000 and Year field is prefilled with value 2023.

Prefill lock

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In any of the modes, the user can still change the prefilled fields by editing the URL.

Survey Form View​

NocoDB supports a special type of form view called Survey Form View. This view is ideal for creating surveys & questionnaires. This view can be enabled by toggling the Survey Mode switch when creating shared form view.

When enabled,

  • Form input fields will be displayed one at a time.
  • Users can navigate between fields using the < & > buttons.

Survey Form View

Attaching a file from mobile device​

To attach a file from mobile device,

  • Click on the Add File(s) button in attach field
  • Sample options could be (varies from device to device)
    • Camera : use this if you wish to take a picture
    • Files : use this if you wish to attach a file from your device

Attach file from mobile

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