Gravity Support Forums Topic: How to create a field based on data from another field?

Gravity Support Forums Topic: How to create a field based on data from another field? https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field Gravity Support Forums Topic: How to create a field based on data from another field? en-US Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:00:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php jacksonashton on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-53280 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:17:27 +0000 jacksonashton 53280@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ How about tricking the system. In my case i want categories (post type form) to be changed dynamically based on previous selection. so i though if we can create two category dropdowns and select the list of categories to show in each dropdown and accordingly when the user selects the previous checkbox i will show or hide the specific category dropdown Carl - What do you say, What are the cons of this approach if any. And i am talking in terms of technicalities. Will this be an accepted solution and will it work with your forms ? paulamaas on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-18392 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:15:14 +0000 paulamaas 18392@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ please do let me know a few people who can bid on this customization, thank you carl. paula Carl Hancock on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-18231 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:16:44 +0000 Carl Hancock 18231@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ This is possible, however it's not built in functionality. You would have to use available API hooks to tell Gravity Forms to do this. It probably wouldn't be overly complex from a customization standpoint but you would have to be familiar with Gravity Forms customization and how to use hooks in order to implement it. I can recommend a WordPress developer with Gravity Forms customization experience if you wanted to do this. paulamaas on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-18228 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:35:59 +0000 paulamaas 18228@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Thanks, Carl, I think we're getting close, and Gravity has been the one plug-in most people recommend for including drop-down menus in forms. But another tier? Here's a trivial example: What is your favorite color? first tier: drop-down menu offers choices of blue; red; green; yellow... user selects red, second drop down menu offers crimson; fire; cherry; brick... All of these colors would exist on our database. Also, we would like to offer the user the opportunity to write in their own hue at the second and third tier (blanks for user input that is then included as an option for the next users) Can Gravity offer this, if not, what would be needed to adapt it to do so? Thank you! Carl Hancock on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-18225 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:48:52 +0000 Carl Hancock 18225@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ I would have to see an example of what you are talking about. Your description is a bit confusing and I can't answer it based on what you provided. Gravity Forms has drop downs. It also lets you show/hide fields based on a drop down value. It also lets you set default values on fields. What it doesn't do is dynamic drop down population based on prior drop down selection. It can only show/hide another drop down which would have to already exist on the form. So you would have to add all your drop downs and then show/hide them using conditional logic. paulamaas on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-18221 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:55:53 +0000 paulamaas 18221@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Does Gravity doesn't support drop-down options within the fields of the forms we create? We're actually looking to have users not just enter data into blank fields, but have some fields with preset options, so users could: > select a field, > see options relating to that field (drop down menu, or link to a new table)(second tier) > select one of these options - for most fields 2 tiers is enough > for some fields user see a third tier of options relating to their second-tier option (again, a drop down menu, or link to a new different table) In other words, does your software allow multi-level forms to go with a multi-level db? Carl Hancock on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-17861 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:59:10 +0000 Carl Hancock 17861@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ I understand what you are describing, it's not currently a supported feature. I also know it's not a feature of any of the other WordPress forms plugins and don't think it's a feature in any of the standard Forms solutions out there. It's not typical to find this kind of functionality in a standard form application. It's more specialized functionality that is typically found in more custom applications. Fraudclosure on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-17858 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:43:27 +0000 Fraudclosure 17858@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Well the field already exists, it's the data displayed. So i would input something like Variable times X%. So if i had 3 choices it would 1%, 2%, 3%. If someone selected $1,000 dollars in the first field them the options would read $10, $20, $30. The code shouldn't be that difficult. I remember writing a cash register program back in high school that did the same thing. Carl Hancock on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-17841 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:34:57 +0000 Carl Hancock 17841@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ Gravity Forms cannot dynamically create fields on the fly based on user selections. All fields have to already exist on the form. You would have to create the fields and then use conditional logic to show/hide the fields that should be displayed based on user selections. Chris Hajer on "How to create a field based on data from another field?" https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-create-a-field-based-on-data-from-another-field#post-17822 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:45:04 +0000 Chris Hajer 17822@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ It has been requested before: <a href="http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-selection-based-on-previous-form-input#post-13955" rel="nofollow">http://forum.gravityhelp.com/topic/dropdown-selection-based-on-previous-form-input#post-13955</a> But I don't think I've seen a solution posted.