PloneFormGen Form Fields

Following are the basic form field content types that PloneFormGen provides:

Boolean Field

A true/false field, which will be rendered as a checkbox widget.

Date/Time Field

A field to store date/time values.  Will render with the standard Plone date/time widget.

File Field

Allows you to upload a file. Files will be e-mailed as attachments by the mail adapter.

Fixed-Point Field

Use this when you want a numeric response that might include a decimal point.

Integer Field

A field for storing a normal integer.  This is the best field to use for simple numerical responses.

Label Field

A simple label and help text with no data-entry field.

Lines Field

A field that allows the user to submit multiple lines of text.  The save-data adapter will separate lines with newline codes.

Multi-Select Field

A field that allows the user to choose one or more values from a list.  Can render using a multi-select box or as a list of checkboxes.  (The latter is generally more usable.)

Password Field

A field that displays "*" when the user types; good for submitting passwords or other sensitive data.

Rich Label Field

A field with no input, just a HTML-formatted label.  Useful for adding descriptive text to your form.

Selection Field

A field that lets a user choose a single value from a list.  Can render as a selection list, a dropdown menu or as a list of radio buttons.

String Field

A field that lets a user input a single line of text.  This is the standard general-purpose text field.

Text Field

A field that lets a user submit a longer chunk of text.  Renders as a multi-line text box.