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Episerver forms - share form elements

Nicola Ayan

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Hi,

Is it possible to create a standalone form element that is stored in a folder that can be dragged and dropped into several forms?

We have a lot of forms that use fields such as FirstName, LastName, Email, PostCode, all with the same text and validation. Currently, we have to repeat the steps for creating the same element in each and every form we have.

Any help / recommendation would be appreciated!

Kind regards,

Nicola

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Mar 17, 2017 4:00

David Knipe

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I've not tried but it should be possible. Select the form you want > Blocks tab > "For this form" folder > Move the form element out into a shared folder and reuse as you wish.

David

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Mar 18, 2017 0:57

Nicola Ayan

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Thanks for the reply David. That's the feature I have been looking for but unfortunately there's no way currently to move form elements from a form to another folder. You also can't currently create a standalone form element inside a shared folder like how you can for blocks.

#176439

Mar 20, 2017 4:07

David Knipe

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I've just tried it and the following should work:

Browse to the form you want to share elements from
Click the blocks tab
Scroll down and find the "For this form" folder
Pick the form field you want to share and move it into one of the block folders (maybe a new folder called "Shared form elements"
Create a new form
Browse to the blocks tab
Drag the form element from that folder

David

#176491

Edited, Mar 20, 2017 13:20

David Knipe

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Also this is a picture of the sharing form elements in action:

#176503

Mar 20, 2017 14:06

Nicola Ayan

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Thank you David! I didn't realise there a "For this form" folder under the Blocks tab. Working now :)

#176536

Mar 20, 2017 23:51