DotAdmin User Guide

Form Editor: Main Editor / Preview

The main form editor displays your form roughly as it will be displayed on your website, and allows you to alter the individual form elements.

The Form Editor / Preview.

To edit a form field, simply click on that area of the form, and the form field property editor will appear

The Form Field Property Editor.

Depending on the type of field you are editing, you will be able to edit the following settings:

Settings:

Name

The unique identifier of this particular form field. The name can only contain lower-case letters, numbers, and the underscore character: “_”.

Type

Text / Textarea / Select, etc. Different types of fields have different properties.

Required

When checked, this field becomes a required field of the fomr, meaning that the user must complete this field in order to submit the form.

Width

Numeric value - the width of this field.

Height

Numeric value - the height of this field.

Caption

The text label for this form element. Normally displayed to the left of the form field itself.

Default Value

This value will appear in the form when it is first viewed by the user.

Options Interface

Allows you to manage the available options for field types which require the user to choose from a number of predetermined choices.