Text, Date-Time, and Label Fields
Learn how to add and customize other field types like date/time, multi-select, and text boxes.
Now that you're comfortable adding a string field to your web form, you may be interested to learn about some of the other field types.
Text Field
Text field is like a string field except that it's a large box instead of a single line. You can change the size of the field with these controls:
Rows controls the vertical height of the text box. Max Length
controls the number of characters the site visitor can input at a time.
If you want to limit a Comments text box to short comments, you might
choose 300 characters as the limit.
A text box that is 3 rows high looks like this:
Date/Time Field
This is a very straightforward field that is easy to set up. Basically all you need to provide is a Field Label such as "Date" or "Enter Your Preferred Date". Field Help is optional, but it gives you a place to add special instructions. Here's an example of what the Date/Time Field looks like in practice:
Label Field
A label field isn't really a field per se, but a way for you to add some text to your form in between fields. You might have to change the order of the fields to get the layout you are after.
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