Have you ever wanted your forms to feel more like a conversation and less like an interrogation? With the magic of placeholders, your forms become dynamic, personal, and engaging.
What exactly is a placeholder?
A placeholder is some specially-formatted text you add to your Form using the Editor. When the Form is filled out, the placeholder magically transforms to the value the placeholder represents. Still confused?
Here's a screen that comes after the screen requesting the patient's name in a Form:
Now here's what it looks like during Form filling:
Adding a placeholder to a Form
Adding a placeholder is done while adding text — just type the @ symbol. A list of fields will pop up which you can use in that particular place in the Form. Only fields defined above / prior / earlier to the placeholder can be used.
☝️ If the @ symbol isn't triggering the drop down, make sure there's a space before the @ symbol.
Here's the video version: