Question This question comes from a poster in the Formidable Slack Community: How can I change the inline datepicker field to start on Saturday by default? Solution You cannot change the datepicker to start on a different day of the week by default through the Formidable build screen. However, Formidable uses the ubiquitous jQuery UI [Read More…]
How to Provide Instant Feedback on Forms
Quiz Building Anyone? Are you using Formidable to build quizzes? Many people are and Formidable allows you to build really nice quizzes right out of the box. But, what if you have special requirements like this poster in Formidable’s Slack Community. The Requirements Have a ‘check answer’ button after each multiple choice question. If all [Read More…]
Populate Form B with Form A Values via Email Link
The Requirement A client engaged us to create a method by which an automotive service department would receive a scheduling request via a Formidable form. The email that is sent with each new entry must have buttons to accept either the primary requested date or an alternate requested date. Clicking the acceptance button then triggers [Read More…]
Understanding Formidable’s Star Rating Field
Overview A question posed in the Formidable Slack community regards the display of a Star Rating field that was added to a Custom Post Type (CPT). The poster wants to understand why the CPT doesn’t display the star icons, specifically as it relates to this source code as rendered in the CPT when shown in [Read More…]
Change Input Background Color Based on Other Field Value
Question: How do I change the background of a field based on another field’s value? Example, if Num field = 1 then change the other field’s background to red? Michael Thomas, Formidable slack community member Answer: This is best handled by jQuery so you can see the result in real time. Essentially what you need [Read More…]
Form Transients
This Mastermind tip is contributed by Rob Levine (@RobL) from the Formidable Slack Community. Thank you Rob! Rob was experiencing a caching issue when programmatically adding an option to a checkbox. In the Slack community’s General channel, he posted: …I’m using a filter to update the Formidable fields table (frm_fields). I’m manually adding an option [Read More…]
Return to Previous Page
Problem One request we receive frequently is: How can I include a link on a page to return to the previous page? Solution If you view any of the codex detail pages, at the top of the page, you’ll see one of the following links: Return to Actions List or: Return to Previous Page or: [Read More…]
Disable Formidable’s Inbox
To disable the display of inbox messages, use this code snippet to keep the inbox empty: View the code on Gist. To completely remove the inbox from the Formidable menu, use this snippet: View the code on Gist.