{"id":11492,"date":"2009-11-02T16:43:56","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T20:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/web\/departments\/wordpress\/how-to\/create-online-forms\/adding-fields-to-forms\/"},"modified":"2013-04-11T13:54:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T17:54:57","slug":"adding-fields-to-forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/create-online-forms\/adding-fields-to-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Fields to Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Add Fields<\/strong> tool allows you to browse the types of fields you may want to add to your form. To add a field,\u00c2\u00a0 click on the field type would like to add. The new field will appear in the Form Editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Add a Field<\/p><\/div>\n

Click the Edit<\/strong> button to edit this field’s properties. The example below is of a Drop Down field. In the Drop Down field editor, you will see that you can edit the Field Label<\/strong> and add however many choices you want to appear in the Drop Down field.<\/p>\n

Gravity Forms has a list of predefined choices to help make your form creation easier. These choices will populate your field with common choices such as countries, states, levels of importance, and many more. You can also drag and drop these fields within the Form Editor<\/strong> to easily rearrange their order on the page.<\/p>\n

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The Edit button for the new field appears in the upper right-hand corner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Field Editor<\/p><\/div>\n

Gravity Forms breaks the available fields down into three categories as explained below:<\/p>\n

Standard Fields<\/h3>\n

Standard Fields provide basic form functionality. Use them to create a wide variety of flexible fields. They include:<\/p>\n