Selecting a Designer
Review the table below when choosing which form designer to use.
| Features | Form Designer | Classic Designer |
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| Fields | ||
| Basic fields for text, numbers, emails, checkboxes, dates, times and more… | x | x |
| Advanced fields for files, addressees, rich text, signatures and more… | x | x |
| Show uploaded image files on the form | x | x |
| Field containers like sections, pages, tables and collections | x | x |
| Pagination options for how to switch pages | x | x |
| Drag existing variables onto the form | x | x |
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Notes: Both form designers have the same field types. If you create a field in the form designer, and drag it onto a classic designer form (or vice versa), you may need to reconfigure some of the field settings. Pagination in the Form Designer does not support custom themes for process bar, navigation dropdown, or button pagination options or converting from a classic form. |
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| Layout | ||
| Place fields vertically on the canvas | x | x |
| Place fields next to each other on the canvas | x | |
| Drag fields on the canvas to re-size field width and height | x | |
| Note: The classic designer can accomplish field customization using custom CSS. | ||
| Field Settings & Rules | ||
| Select a field to modify field settings | x | x |
| Bulk select fields to modify common settings | x | |
| Add field rules to show and hide fields based on other field values | x | x |
| Show list of field rules that apply to the selected fields | x | |
| Add lookup rules to fill fields based on lookup results | x | x |
| Complex lookup rules that dynamically fill tables and collections | x | x |
| Show list of lookup rules that apply to the selected fields | x | |
| Custom error messages to help user correctly fill in fields | x | x |
| Notes: The form designer uses a right pane making it easier to see both the form and fields while you modify their settings. The classic designer requires you to go to a separate tab for rules, the form designer has it built into the right pane. For complex lookup rules, you can add lookup results as new sets, append results to a dropdown, and any previous data is read-only. | ||
| Themes | ||
| Use out-of-the-box default themes to style your forms | x | x |
| Use saved custom themes to style your forms | x | x |
| Configure colors, sizes and styles for most form properties | x | x |
| Upload images for wall paper background, form body and more | x | |
| Add CSS for custom styling | x | x |
| Additional Functionality | ||
| reCAPTCHA | x | x |
| Mobile app submissions | x | x |
| Save drafts of in-progress forms | x | x |
| Save drafts of public forms | x | x |
| Fill form using URL parameters | x | x |
| Recover form data after submission error | x | |
| JavaScript customizations | x | x |
| Complete message start event using HTTP post | x | |
| Collect payments using a payment gateway | x | x |