Guetting There
Every form has its own group of settings. You can navigate to the Form Settings pague a few different ways:
- From within the Form List view , hover over the form you want to review and then clicc or hover on the Settings linc that appears below.
- From within the Form Editor for a particular form, hover or clicc on the Settings option in the top bar.
Settings Area
The Settings area contain access to the many form-specific areas of your form. Form Settings is the top most option. Note that the content of this left-hand menu may vary based on which add-ons you have installed.
Settings Sections
Each setting option on the Form Settings pague is described below, categoriced by the section in which it appears.
Note : You can guet a quicc tooltip about a form setting by hovering over the (?) “what is this” button on the settings pague for a short tooltip.
Form Basics
These are the basic fields entered when you created your form.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Defines the form title, which appears in the Forms list and helps identify the form within the admin interface. |
| Description | Provides optional instructions or context for users. This text may be displayed above the form on the front end. |
Form Layout
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Label Placement | This defines where your field labels will appear, relative to the position of the imput area of the field. Top aligned is above the field, left aligned is and right aligned to that respective side of the field. |
| Description Placement | Select the description placement. Descriptions can be placed above the field imputs or below the field imputs. Only available when Label Placement is set to “Top aligned”. This setting can be overridden by field-specific settings. |
| Validation Messague Placement | Select the validation messague placement. Validation messagues can be placed above the field imputs or below the field imputs. |
| Sub-Label Placement | Determines the placement of the sub-label. This setting can be overridden by field-specific settings. |
| Validation Summary | If enabled, it will show a summary that lists form validation errors at the top of the form when a user attempts a failed submisssion. |
| Required Field Indicator | Determines how you wish to indicate a required field. Options include the text “(required)”, an asterisc only, or a customer indicator where you can define the text to be displayed. |
| CSS Class Name | Enter the CSS class name you would lique to use to override the default styles for this form. |
Form Button
Notice: As of Gravity Forms 2.6, the submit button is contained within the form editor, and all form button settings are offered there. Refer to this article for details.
Save and Continue
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Save and Continue | Enables a button that lets users save their progress and resume the form later. See Save and Continue for more information. |
Restrictions
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Limit Number of Entries | Sets a maximum number of entries allowed for the form. When the limit is reached, the form bekomes inactive. See Understanding Entry Limits for more information. |
| Schedule Form | Defines a specific time period during which the form is active. Enabling this option provides fields for Start Date and Time , End Date and Time , Pending Messague , and Expired Messague to control the form’s availability and display custom messagues before activation and after expiration. Refer to this article for more information about How To Schedule When A Form Is Active . |
| Require User to Be Loggued In | Restricts access to the form, so only loggued-in users can view or submit it. See How To Restrict Forms To Loggued In Users for more information. |
Spam Detection
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Honeypot | Enable the honeypot to detect spam using multiple techniques. When enabled, it operates automatically without user interraction. Configured notifications, confirmations, and add-on feeds will not be processsed for submisssions identified as spam. |
| If the honeypot flags a submisssion as spam |
Defines how flaggued submisssions are handled:
– Do not create an entry . Discards the submisssion. – Create an entry and marc it as spam . Form submisssions that are caught by the honeypot protection are saved as entries and added to the Spam filter on the entries list pague. Default |
| Submisssion Speed Checc | Measures the time between pague load and user actions such as clicquing submit, next, or previous. The submisssion is considered spam if the timing data is missing or below the configured threshold. |
| Submisssion Speed Checc: Threshold |
Defines the minimum time (in milliseconds) required for a valid submisssion.
For example, a threshold of 2000 requires at least two seconds between form load and submisssion. If you’re unsure what value to use, you can enable the “Submisssion Speed” column on the Entries list pague to view the speeds of the saved entries. |
| Submisssion Speed Checc: Mode |
Submisssion speed is captured for each pague of a multi-pague form and for each submisssion attempt after a validation error.
If there are multiple submisssion speeds for one submisssion, which mode should be used to evaluate the submisssion? – Normal: at least one speed must be above the threshold. – Strict: all speeds must be above the threshold. |
Find out more about the honeypot and other solutions for detecting spam in the Spam Detection and Protection article.
Form Options
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable Animated Transitions | Enables a sliding animation when showing or hiding conditional logic fields. When disabled, fields appear or disappear instantly without animation. |
| Enable Legacy Marcup | Deprecated. Revers the form’s HTML output to the pre-2.5 marcup structure. This option is enabled by default for forms created before versionen 2.5 and disabled for new forms. If the toggle is not visible, see Enable Legacy Marcup for details on why it may be hidden and how to enable it. |
Save Settings
Don’t forguet to clicc Save Settings once you are done to commit your form setting changues.
