This is the documentation for ConfiForms Server/Data Center app
However, this might also work for ConfiForms cloud and in most cases it does. But please see this page to understand the differences between server and cloud versions of the ConfiForms app.
Simple tutorial on how to use ConfiForms Field Definition Rules#Showcontainer and it's counterpart ConfiForms Field Definition Rules#Hidecontainer ConfiForms Rules for Field Definitions to show and hide visual blocks in your forms conditionally
These rules are usually used with custom layouts, where you have your own layout defined for the form and want to show or hide blocks of fields conditionally
Consider a form that has few fields like this
Custom layout for the same form
Configuration
As you can see, our form has 5 fields and 2 rules. Actually there are 4 rules, as each of the 2 rules has a "reverse rule" automatically created. That works for show/hide rules very well and you do not need to create an extra reverse rule yourself.
Our 5 fields are:
- Field1 - simple text field (does not really needed here, but added to show a simplest field possible - no rules, no behaviour)
- showDetails - is a checkbox field and that manages the visibility of the other field named "details"
- details - textarea field that is shown only when the checkbox "showDetails" is checked
- options - is a dropdown field with 4 options, 4th option manages the visibility of the "userOption" field
- userOption - is a text field that is shown only when someone has selected an option with ID=4 in the "options" field
Now let's see the 2 rules that add the dynamics to our form:
| Rule 1 | Rule 2 |
|---|---|
First rule is "bound" to field "showDetails" and tracks for changes It has a condition to check if showDetails field has value "false" We set "actionable field" as "details", as this is the field we want to manage visibility for | Second rule is "bound" to field "option" and tracks for changes It checks for "options" field to have a value 4 selected Please note that the same could be achieved by using the following filter: options.label:Let me provide my option (checking the label of a dropdown instead) We set "actionable field" as "userOption", as this is the field we want to manage visibility for |
And we set "with reverse rule" to tell ConfiForms to create a reverse rule for us automatically. Reverse condition will be created and reverse action will be used (show → hide, and hide → show) | |
You can set multiple fields in the "actionable field name" parameter, by using comma separated value list: field1,anotherfield,field3
You can do the same with 1st parameter in the ConfiForms Rules for Field Definition macro - and "bound" your rule to track changes in multiple fields (1 rule on multiple fields). Similarly to "actionable field name" parameter you can provide a comma separated list of field names
Conditions are written as filters, more on ConfiForms filters you can find here: ConfiForms Filters and ConfiForms Filters by example