https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer Gravity Support Forums Topic: Conditional statement in form depending on field answer en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:34:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6454 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:27:46 +0000 RichardBest 6454@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi again - I'm now trying this but am having trouble getting the javascript file (init.js) into the right place. I've called the script in my header.php but doubt that's the right place for it. Can someone help please?</p> <p>Many thanks<br /> Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6375 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:58:56 +0000 David Smith 6375@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Richard,</p> <p>(1) This would ideally go in an external javascript file. If you view the source the demo page you'll see that I include an external js file called "init.js":</p> <p><code>&lt;script type=&#39;text/javascript&#39; src=&#39;http://ounceoftalent.com/wp-content/themes/ounce/javascript/init.js?ver=2.9.2&#39;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</code></p> <p>I try to put any code that should be run after the DOM is ready in that file. Just helps to keep things organized.</p> <p>(2) Pretty much. Specifically, it is the ID of the field you would like to target. This ID is automatically generated by Gravity Forms based on the logic you deducted: "input_3_3" is form 3 field 3. The best way to get the ID of the field you want to target is to just view the source on the form you are working with and find the field and corresponding ID that way.</p> <p>Glad this is going to work for you. :) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6374 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:53:31 +0000 RichardBest 6374@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>That's superb. Thanks so much. Very much appreciated David.</p> <p>If I could just clarify a couple of points please:</p> <p>(1) does the code go in the functions.php file?<br /> (2) does "input 3_3" mean form 3 field 3 (excuse the ignorance, I should know this one...)</p> <p>Many thanks. Superb.</p> <p>Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6367 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:44:06 +0000 David Smith 6367@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Richard,</p> <p>I believe this might do the trick for you:</p> <p><a href="http://ounceoftalent.com/form-testing/" rel="nofollow">http://ounceoftalent.com/form-testing/</a></p> <p>To create a similar effect, you can use the following code as a base:</p> <p><a href="http://pastie.org/1006288" rel="nofollow">http://pastie.org/1006288</a></p> <p>That little bit of code would read something along the lines of: Whenever the value of this specified field changes, check if the new selected value is equal to this specified value. If it is, let's display an error message. If not, let's remove any error messages that might be showing.</p> <p>There is probably more optimal way given that you are going to having many questions and each would require it's own block of code like the one provide with the field id and specified value updated for each, but this will at least get you started.</p> <p>Hope this helps! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6339 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:19:01 +0000 RichardBest 6339@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Spivurno</p> <p>Yes, I think it is only when a non-proceeding answer is selected that I want the warning text to appear. As regards your second question, I think I could use GF's existing conditional logic to hide the remaining fields (or sections of fields) on the form when a person selects a non-proceeding answer within a field.</p> <p>Perhaps I should also clarify that I'm hoping to have multiple non-proceeding answers, across different fields, within the single form. So the single form might be quite complex, with up to 20 or 30 questions. Along the way, there'd be a handful of non-proceeding answers for some answers to some of the fields.</p> <p>Come to think of it, it would also be excellent if I could disable the submit button when a person selects a non-proceeding answer.</p> <p>I hope this makes sense.</p> <p>Thanks in advance if you're able to provide some help on this. Much appreciated.</p> <p>Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6321 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:01:47 +0000 David Smith 6321@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Richard,</p> <p>To clarify, are you only interested in having text appear if a non-proceeding answer is selected? Also, if a non-proceeding answer is selected should the other fields on the form be inaccessible/grayed out/hidden completely? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6319 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:06:49 +0000 RichardBest 6319@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Carl. I'm afraid the jQuery code you mention is beyond me. I understand entirely if this isn't a runner, but is there any chance one of the team could post some sample code to show how this would work in practice please?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.</p> <p>Cheers<br /> Richard </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6301 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:12:59 +0000 Carl Hancock 6301@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It may be possible to do this using jQuery. Attach an action to a specific field so that if it is selected the jQuery could fire a javascript alert box/warning. There isn't any built in functionality to do this so it would have to be via custom jQuery code that interacts with the form.</p> <p>When we add a free form HTML box/field it would be possible to show/hide this field based on a selection and you could display some sort of message that way. But this won't be introduced until v1.4 at the earliest. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/conditional-statement-in-form-depending-on-field-answer#post-6272 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:34:30 +0000 RichardBest 6272@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi there - I'm thinking of using Gravity Forms for a completed set-of-forms set-up. To make it work, I need to be able to implement this scenario:</p> <p>A person is filling in a form. One or more fields in the form need to be answered in a certain way for it to make any sense to continue with the form. For example, let's say there's an A, B or C multichoice field. It only makes sense to continue if the user answers A. I can use conditional logic to hide all subsequent questions if the user doesn't answer A (i.e, if s/he answers B or C), but I'd like a warning box to appear when the user answers B or C. Ideally a red extension to the current field would show, which would contain customised wording I set, basically informing the user that she cannot continue unless she answers in a certain way. This is not the same as setting a field to "Required status". It's more refined than that. The user needs to be able to answer in different ways (as opposed to answer or not answering at all) but I need the option for a warning to appear if s/he answers B or C (in this example).</p> <p>Is this sort of thing possible with Gravity Forms? Or will it only be possible when you add the forthcoming text option (which presumably will enable one to let that text appear by reference to conditional logic)?</p> <p>Many thanks<br /> Richard </p>