miniExtensions Form to Edit and Create Airtable Records

Editing Records Setup

How to set up a form to edit records?

I want to email each user a personalized link. When they click on it, the form is automatically attached to the entry related to the user.

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After Submission

How to forward Airtable record parameters after form submission redirection?

We need to pass the {record_id} and other variables that were filled inside the form.

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How to customize what happens after the form is submitted?

I want to show a custom message or redirect users to a conditional page URL based on an Airtable field.

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How can I send an email after the form is submitted?

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How to redirect users to different URLs based on their form submission?

I want to send each user to their own unique page

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How to show the user the record they created after they submit the form?

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How to collect users' locations and IP addresses?

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How to reopen a new form after submitting it?

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Embed

How to get my form into the Apps window in Airtable?

It would be useful to have it embedded within Airtable rather than needing to pop my users out to another browser tab.

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How to embed the form into a website?

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I was hoping to embed this on my site, but it won’t allow javascript. Any way to get around this?

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We have a Wordpress website and we want to autofill the logged-in user data when they click on the form link.

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Prefill Form

How to prefill a checkbox as unchecked?

I want to uncheck a validation box via the URL I send my users, so they must always re-check it.

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How to update a record with just 1 click? or a webhook URL?

I want a field's value to change with the click of a button. I want the form to be prefilled and submitted automatically when opening a URL.

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How to prefill hidden fields?

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How to prefill a value in the form when it's embedded?

I'm trying to pass a prefill value through the page url to embedded form

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How to prefill miniExtensions Form?

How to prefill multiple fields in a form?

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Can I still display the prefilled field even if it is hidden?

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How to prefill a form from another form after redirecting?

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Why are my prefill fields not being saved to Airtable after submitting the form?

When I submit the form, the prefilled field is not saved to Airtable.

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Prefilling a value that has a comma in it (encoded into the URL as %2C) the prefill doesn't work, even when the linked record itself has the commas.

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Can I prefill a number field with zero?

I'm trying to set the field value to 0, but it comes up null.

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Linked Records Field

How to limit selections in the linked record finder?

I want the linked field to show only records connected to the logged-in user.

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How to show the linked records field as a calendar instead of a list?

I want to limit the records selection to certain days. Users see available slots during a specific date range and make reservations.

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How to allow expanding records, but not make them editable?

In the option to expand and edit, I want to expand the record only, not to make it editable.

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How to choose which fields show up on the linked records?

I want to customize the fields that the user sees to know the record's content without clicking on it.

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How to prevent users from being able to remove linked records?

We need to remove the little "X" that appears next to each linked record so they can't unselect them.

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How does read-only work for linked records fields?

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What are the limitations of the conditional filter?

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How to display a title other than the primary field for linked records?

The primary field is an autonumber. I want it to show a different value (something more readable).

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How to add data to different tables using one form?

How to add and edit linked records on the form? Where to find the line items option?

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How to add quantity to line items?

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How does the add-only mode work?

I want to allow users to create new records, but not see their previously submitted records.

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The linked records field is not "prefilled" in the child form, why?

The linked field in the child form is empty. I can choose any parent record. I want child records to only link to their parents.

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How to customize the button for creating linked records?

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How to limit the linked records field selection to only one record?

I'm not able to create another record. The "Create New" button does not show up.

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How to prefill child forms?

I want to prefill fields in the subform/nested form when I click on the + button to create a linked record.

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The linked records field is only showing the first 100 records in the dropdown?

Some records are missing even though they exist in Airtable.

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How to search for linked records using a non-primary field?

I want to look up records by another field.

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When do line items get linked if compute mode is enabled?

Compute mode and linked records line items.

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Linked Records Filter

How to force the user to first filter a linked records field before they can actually select a value from the dropdown?

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How to add the filter value to the submitted record?

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Can I prefill a lookup or formula field?

I'm trying to filter a linked record selection, but can't get the filter to prefill.

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How to filter and sort the linked records field?

The records seem to be sorted randomly. How is their order determined?

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How to use non-supported fields as an advanced filter?

The “Filter” section doesn’t let us choose some fields as filter fields.

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How to limit a linked records field's selection to a certain view?

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How to let users open a form that is pre-filtered for them?

How to prefill (or set default values) to filter linked records so users don’t need to select anything?

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How to create dependent drop-down menus using linked records fields?

Selecting an option from one dropdown should dictate the options available in the next field.

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Lookup Field

Why are my lookup fields not showing up on my form?

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Formula Field

Can I edit formula fields?

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How to show formula fields or buttons on the form?

I can't see the button fields on my form.

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How to require users to review their answers before submission?

A way to avoid mistakes and human errors

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Why the records are showing in Airtable when users click Compute?

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How to customize the label on the Compute button?

I need to use the word Calculate.

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Multiple Select Field

Can I allow users to add new options in multiple select or single select fields?

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How to limit the options in the single or multi-select fields?

I need to limit the Single Select field selections

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Attachment Field/Signature

How to add a signature to an existing record, not a new one?

The signature creates a new record entirely. It does not save to the original record.

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How to allow users to upload attachments via a URL?

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How to change the attachment thumbnail size?

I need to make the image larger.

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How to restrict the number of attachment uploads?

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How to allow users to add hand signatures?

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How to annotate an image attachment?

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How to set a file size limit on the attachment field?

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How to delete attachments?

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Can I have multiple signature fields in the form?

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How to upload multiple files at once in an attachment field in a form?

Does every file need to be uploaded separately?

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How to restrict my form to only accepting specific file types?

How to force the attachment field to only upload certain formats? (e.g allow images or PDFs only)

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Where do hand signatures on the form get saved?

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How can I display an image from my Airtable on a form?

Display the customer's specific photo (pulled from an Airtable field)

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Conditional Field Visibility

Can I use a lookup field as a condition for a conditional field?

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How to set up a field to show up only when certain conditions are met?

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How to use a Rollup field as a Conditional Field?

Can I make field visibility conditional based on other rollup fields?

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How to check if a record exists and only show the complete form if it doesn't?

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Can I have a condition that includes the operators "OR" & "AND" simultaneously?

A condition like this: or(and(x,y),and(x,z)).

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How to have "is any of" or "is none of" conditions?

I need to select multiple options for conditional fields.

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Which field types are supported as conditional fields?

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How to set a conditional field to show up if a record is one of two values?

I’ve tried using “Is Not” but it’s not working.

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How to hide a form field when it's empty?

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How to use formula fields as a conditional field in the form?

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Conditionally hidden fields are not being saved, why?

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Can some conditions be "and" and some "or" in one field?

When I change the and/or condition, it changes all of them.

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Barcode/QR Code

The scanner is not detecting barcodes properly.

It's not working as well as other mobile apps.

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How to scan barcodes in the form?

How to scan multiple QR codes faster?

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How to allow people to use a QR code scanner, but also add the value as text?

I need to have a fallback if the barcode is not detectable.

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How to Scan Barcodes to update quantity?

How to quickly add or subtract the number of products that I’m removing/adding to my stock by scanning barcodes?

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My embedded form is not showing me the barcode scanner. How can I fix this?

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Stripe Integration

How to enable Stripe integration in the form?

I can't find the Stripe option in my form - can you let me know why that would be?

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Stripe Error "The value for payment price is not a valid number '0'"

Payment on my form is optional, but it would not advance to the checkout page.

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Can I capture the full billing address when processing payment with Stripe Checkout?

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How to create a form that can take the amount the client owes and then process it through Stripe?

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Can the form from within a portal use Stripe so they don’t need to re-enter their email address?

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How to set up a Stripe payment form with a pre-defined product and quantity?

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How to support multiple items at Stripe Checkout with the order's total amount?

It works for purchasing a single item, but I need a checkout form with an add-to-cart option.

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Product quantity is not filled in Stripe Checkout page, why?

All other info is properly displaying on Stripe.

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We are getting an error log on Stripe “no payment method selected” after people get redirected to the payment page.

Stripe error: The PaymentIntent requires a payment method.

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Does Stripe integration support recurring payments?

Does it support monthly subscriptions?

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Does Stripe integration store cc info for easier payment in the future?

The credit card information is only stored in Stripe.

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Error "The value provided for quantity is not valid. Quantity must be a number without any text."

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I'm getting an error that the email field is invalid before loading the Stripe Checkout page.

Unknown error code: email_invalid.

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Calendly Integration

How do you use the form to work with Calendly?

I can't find the calendar integration on the form. Is a specific field necessary to be included for that setting to show?

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Date

How to set a limited date range for date fields?

We occasionally have students selecting dates in the past for their start date. How to block the selection of past dates?

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How to change the date field format?

My date field has different formatting than on Airtable.

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How to autofill date/time in a form?

I want users to click a link to record arrival time. Auto-fill and submit. We want to get the exact time that the field is updated.

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I'm auto-filling the date/time field, but it is not matching my local time?

The time field is behind the actual time.

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Form Header

How to set a dynamic header to my form?

I don't want to manually choose what the header says.

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What is the optimal size for the Form Header Cover Image?

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What's the logo size in the form header?

I uploaded my logo but it appears different

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Advanced Features

How to force email fields to only accept lowercase text?

First-letter of email addresses is getting capitalized due to mobile. It's causing duplicates of what should be the same email address

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How to prevent records with duplicate values on the form?

I want to limit users from creating duplicate submissions.

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How to allow the field to submit only if certain conditions are met?

I want the field to submit only if meeting certain criteria. (e.g. barcode value should always be 9 digits)

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How to add a custom footer to my form?

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How to password-protect my form or portal?

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How can I disable/enable creating or editing records on the form?

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How to disable editing a form conditionally?

How to make a form not available after a certain date? How to set a date for it to expire? How to hide the save button?

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How to show "Comments History" as you do in your example?

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How to change a checkbox field to a toggle switch?

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How to enable Comment Mode in long text fields?

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How to hide/display the delete button conditionally?

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How to embed an editable form with a dynamic record ID?

Can the form auto-magically detect my website users?

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How to customize the message shown when a form is disabled?

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How to mask the field's input as a password?

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How to add an image on the form?

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How to change the form button?

I need to customize the label and the color of the submit/save button.

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How to set characters limit on field's input?

I need to set a limit for my users so they can't cross a certain number of characters.

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How to add a section header in the form?

How to show a section divider?

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How to make a field read-only?

I need to make just one field editable so that users can edit only ONE field but view the rest.

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What does read-only mean?

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How to set a field as required?

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How does the login feature work for the form?

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Can I prefill the fields on the login page?

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How can the form login feature show multiple records?

Does it only show one record per login? We want to see every record that a user had submitted.

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How to track which employee filled out the form?

If they login on their device, will it save or will they have to sign in every time?

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How can I log the user out after saving the record?

After updating the record and closing it, the form link is still opening the previous record instead of the login page.

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Troubleshooting

My unique URLs per record are not working. I see the same record in my form even when I click on different unique URLs.

Different URLs are pulling the same record. Each URL should populate a unique URL to open a form with that specific record.

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Where can I find my form URL?

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Error "Unable to open popup"

I get this in the Airtable desktop app when trying to sign in the miniExtensions Form app.

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I added a field to my form, but it's not showing up.

I see it under Form Fields and I've synced the base, but it's still not there.

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How to prefill linked records fields with multiple values?

How to prefill more than one option in a multi-select field?

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The connection between the two table is missing when creating a record for the linked records field.

In the child form, I added the linked records field connecting to main table as read-only for informational use.

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"Insufficient permissions to create new select option"

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Error "Invalid conditional fields"

The fields have error, even if they don't have conditions

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How to set a custom title for form fields?

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How to use the form to edit non-synced fields in a synced table?

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How to add a consent checkbox on the form?

Users who have not clicked on the checkbox should not be able to submit the form.

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Error: "Could not find a record that matches the provided record ID"

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Can I create a multi-step form? Or group questions together under sections?

My form is too long. I was hoping for a multi-page survey (like Google Docs) instead of a single-page.

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A field on my form is not showing the existing attachments. Why?

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Can I set some fields to not be editable after the first submission, but still visible in the "update" form?

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FAQs

Is there a limit on how many forms I can create?

How many forms can I have per base and per table?

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How to show the full text of a linked records or a selection field?

When the linked records or selection field has a long text, the value is trimmed in the display.

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Can I have the same form show a different set of fields when editing records vs creating?

I want a field to be in the editing form but hidden when creating. And make its title show differently depending on the creating vs editing.

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Are the old extensions and forms still supported?

Will they be maintained indefinitely? Will they be phased out? Is there anything we need to know moving forward?

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Can I change font family and size?

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How to make a form that pulls fields from multiple tables?

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Do the form users need to have editing access in Airtable?

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Can I track who made the edits in the record's history?

Edits made through miniExtensions show up as "You edited via API." Can I get a more accurate history in the record "activity"?

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Can I use CSS to have additional styling?

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I need the "submitter" field to be auto-filled for the person that I send the form to.

Do I need a new form for each person like with Airtable's forms or is there a different flow for miniExtensions?

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Do you have any solution for an Address field?

My users input wrong syntax because it is long text. I would love to auto-populate the address which shows address as you type it

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How can my clients look up their records using the form?

I want a simple way for our team to update records. I want them to look up the contact by Client Name and then add/update fields.

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What are the specific improvements of the new form?

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Can I migrate my existing extensions to the new app?

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Can I use my custom domain for the form?

Can I set up the form on a custom domain?

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How to fill out fields from multiple tables within one form?

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