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Changing field types instead of starting over

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  1. davidrothwell
    Member

    Firstly - thanks for a wonderful product!

    I find I'm sometimes building forms using particular fields then needing to alter them afterwards which causes me to delete a field and re-enter it with the same text but using a different type e.g single-line text instead of paragraph.

    It would be great to be able to dynamically change the field type on the page as I'm designing it if I find I've made a mistake or changed my mind part way through.

    Common changes might be:
    single line << >> paragraph
    check box << >> multiple choice

    etc...

    Can you help? Thanks!

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday July 22, 2011 | Permalink

  2. Carl Hancock
    Administrator

    This isn't currently possible. It used to be a feature, but it was removed.

    We can look at adding the ability to change field types in situations where the fields are similar in how they function and store the data.

    The reason why the ability to change the Field Type was removed is because a lot of the fields are very different in how they function and store data so they weren't compatible with each other once data existed for a field.

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday July 22, 2011 | Permalink

  3. davidrothwell
    Member

    Hi Carl, thanks for your quick reply.

    I suspected there might be these kinds of issues, and would offer the following responses:

    - in my case since its a new form with no data it doesn't matter about compatibility
    - I illustrated what I thought might be similar kinds of fields (single line v paragraph)
    - you could put a disclaimer that changing a field would cause it to lose any existing data and that would empower users with their own decision about how to proceed

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday July 22, 2011 | Permalink

  4. Carl Hancock
    Administrator

    We'll take it into consideration and see how it could be re-introduced. Last time it was a feature, even with alert disclaimers that you would lose your data, it still posed issues with users who don't read what they should be reading and just click buttons. Thanks for the suggestions!

    Posted 13 years ago on Friday July 22, 2011 | Permalink

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