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Masks and controls for custom forms
Custom forms are extended with masks and controls.
With masks you can control how a field appears on a form. An example of a mask for memo text fields is that you can decide what editor should be used. Either no editor, a simple editor with bold, italic and a few other options, or a full blown editor with all possible layout option including font colors etc.
With controls you can add specific checks that make sure the input of the applicant is correct. Next to the existing mandatory option, you can also do other checks like for example valid date checks with date fields.
The new options are available when you add/edit an element to a custom form in setup. So far we have implemented a number of masks and controls that you had on your wish lists. Feel free to suggest more useful masks and controls through the community and we will add them !
The masks we introduced:
- Date fields: mask for date formats DD/MM/YYYY and other
- Memo fields: choose an editor, count the number of characters used while the applicant types!
- Picklist fields: toggle appearance between drop down box, horizontal or vertical aligned radio buttons
- Numeric fields: force the applicant to enter numeric characters while they type!
- Custom options: define your own custom mask by defining a Dutch postal code like "9999 AA" or a Danish by "9999"
- etc.
And controls:
- Date fields: check for a valid date, a future or past date, or a birth date (at least 15 years in the past)
- Memo fields: only allow clean text to be entered, and only text not longer than a specific length
- Picklist fields: checks that only values allowed for submitting can be entered
- Numeric fields: check for a range of allowed values
- Custom options: check for a valid email or URL (linkedin!) format
- etc.
There are a lot of options. To help you, only the masks and controls appropiate for the specific field type you are working on are shown on the screen. And as we said before, please let us know if you think an option is missing.
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(20 votes) improve matching
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(4 votes) Managers portal
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