Required Fields

Required fields are fields that must be filled out before the form can be submitted. Use them to ensure you get the essential information you need from every respondent.

When to Use Required Fields

Make fields required when:

• The information is essential (email for follow-up)
• You need it for the form to make sense
• Legal or compliance requirements apply
• The field is critical for your workflow

How to Make Fields Required

Ask the AI in the chat panel:

Example prompts:

• "Make the email field required"
• "Set name and email as required fields"
• "All fields should be required"
• "Make the phone field optional"

Manual Editor

In Edit mode, select a field and toggle the Required switch in the properties panel:

Required Field Indicators

Required fields are typically marked with:

• An asterisk (*) next to the label
• Red highlighting if left empty

Best Practices

Do Require

• Contact information you need (usually email)
• Key form purpose fields (message, feedback, etc.)
• Legal acknowledgments (terms acceptance)
• Fields needed for calculations or logic

Don't Require

• Nice-to-have information (company size, referral source)
• Sensitive information users may not want to share
• Fields with obvious defaults
• Optional contact methods (phone if you have email)

Validation Messages

When users try to submit without filling required fields:

"Please fill in this field"

Conditionally Required

Make fields required only in certain situations:

"Make 'Company Name' required only if 'Account Type' is 'Business'"

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