6.5. Common Field Types

Overview of Commonly Used Field Types

There are a lot of different types of fields you can use. You've probably seen many of those types of fields around on forms you've already used on other sites on the internet such as text boxes,  selection lists and radio buttons, checkboxes, and so on.

Let's start with the field types you'll likely use most often.

Navigate to your Form Folder and click on the Add Item drop-down. A long list of items - most of them field types- will appear. There are a lot of choices. The most commonly used field types are:

Field icon selection	Field name	What it does
	string field	This is the most common field type. Just a 1-line input box.
	text field	Also known as a "text area" field. These are multi-line input fields.
	selection field	Can be either radio buttons or a drop-down list.
	boolean field	Checkboxes

And, here's what these basic field types look like:

Field icon selection	Field name	examples
	string field	string:
	text field	Text field (textarea):
	selection field	Large:    Small: or... large med Fiat HUGE
	boolean field	I like pie:

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