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Form Widget

Written by Tyler Shuck | Sep 23, 2025 7:39:55 PM

Form Widget

 

Purpose

Display selected form on the page so it can be used and filled out by the user.

 

Features

    • Allows for the creation of custom forms
    • Custom fields and properties that help gather data through user engagement
    • Can allow for one or multiple submissions
    • The widget properties can control whether a post back message or summary pie chart displays when a form is submitted.

Details

    • Widget Name: FormWidget
    • Available With:  Release 4.1 and above
    • Content App Type: N/A
    • Content Type: N/A
    • Content App Name: Associated with Forms Manager (management app)
    • List Name: List is generated upon creation of Form
    • Recommended Images Sizes: N/A
    • Dependencies:  SharePoint

Content

N/A

Properties

instructionset Forms_AK.(#) this number corresponds to form being used
formtype Determines what type of form it is option "survey" or blank
chartfield If "formtype" = survey, enter a form column that is of type radio-group, that will be used to gather results.  The chartfield is acquired via the AppManager > Management App > Form Manager, from the value set in the "Name" input column of the item,  in this example radio-group-1594836764863
displaynonmodal Checkbox to Display form on page or popup modal
Displayed Title Title to be displayed on widget in certain views
formdescription N/A
postback N/A
referencelist N/A
columnorder N/A
siteid N/A
formdefinition N/A
actionbuttontext N/A
charttitle N/A
charttitlesize N/A
Function to call before binding the UI events OOTB -Blank (used for widget expansion):  Name of the function called after the UI has been rendered to the screen
Function to call after fetching data OOTB -Blank (used for widget expansion):  Name of the function called after data has been fetched by the widget.
Site Collection URL Site collection that the form originates from
Display chart results upon submission The result for the field defined in the "chartfield" widget property, will display in a chart format.  If this is unchecked then the "Post Back" defined on the form definition will display.

Views

View Name:  Form - Hive (5.5 Hive Install)

View Description:  Displays the form with the Title and header together

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