Designing Forms – Text Field

Megan Jackson

Text Field Tutorial Video

Watch Forms On Fire’s latest tutorial video in the Designing Forms series! In this video you will learn everything you need to know about the text field!! You’re designing your mobile forms using the Forms On Fire form designer, great! That’s your first step to success :)

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The text field is one of the most common fields used when building mobile forms. The text field is the lowercase “a” icon on the left-hand side of the form designer. To add the field to your form, just click on the “a” icon and a new field will appear at the bottom of the form designer. You can also drag-and-drop the field as well into the form designer.

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Click on your newly added field to display the properties on the right-hand side of the screen. You can completely customize the look and feel of your new field!

There are many reason you may want to use a text field. You can choose to enforce certain validation rules for email, general text, phone numbers, and even web address so that your data comes through properly. Depending on the format of your field, the corresponding keyboard will appear on your mobile device.

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Now you know how to use the text field on the Forms On Fire form designer! Call our technical support if you have any questions about this tutorial. Comment below with what you’d like to see next! Join me for our next tutorial video. Mobile Forms That Work. Beautifully!