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Rendering Fields#

You can render a specific field completely on its own, outside a <form> element context. This can be useful if you want complete control over your form layout. Due to this, you are required to provide your own template code for the <form> element, in order for submissions to actually work.

The renderField() requires both a Form object and a Field object.

{% set form = craft.formie.forms({ handle: 'contactForm' }).one() %}

<form id="{{ form.formId }}" method="post" data-config="{{ form.configJson }}">
    {{ csrfInput() }}
    {{ actionInput('formie/submissions/submit') }}
    {{ hiddenInput('handle', form.handle) }}

    {% for field in form.getFields() %}
        {{ craft.formie.renderField(form, field) }}
    {% endfor %}
</form>

Let's run through a few things of note:

  • The id attribute is required, and Formie's JavaScript relies on this to initialise this form.
  • The data-config attribute is required, and Formie's JavaScript relies on this to initialise this form.
  • Some additional Twig content in the <form> element, such as csrfInput(), actionInput(). This is to ensure Formie can process the content of the form and create a submission from it.

Make sure to use {{ form.formId }} for the id attribute, and {{ form.configJson }} for the data-config attribute. These are the only two things Formie needs to hook up the JavaScript used to handle forms, and are required if you're writing the <form> element in your templates.

You can also use the handle of the field, for direct-access to the field you require.

{% set form = craft.formie.forms({ handle: 'contactForm' }).one() %}

<form id="{{ form.formId }}" method="post" data-config="{{ form.configJson }}">
    {{ csrfInput() }}
    {{ actionInput('formie/submissions/submit') }}
    {{ hiddenInput('handle', form.handle) }}

    {# Render the field with the handle `firstName` #}
    {{ craft.formie.renderField(form, 'firstName') }}
</form>

If you are using custom templates, you can also pass in a number of options to the rendering function. These don't have any effect on the default templates, but provide a means to pass additional data to your templates.

{% set options = {
    someOption: 'someValue',
} %}

{% set form = craft.formie.forms({ handle: 'contactForm' }).one() %}

{% for field in form.getFields() %}
    {{ craft.formie.renderField(form, field, options) }}
{% endfor %}

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Rendering Layout#

You can also render fields in the layout you build in the form builder, with pages, rows and columns. To do this, we'll need to loop through each page, loop through each row, then finally loop through each field.

{% set form = craft.formie.forms({ handle: 'contactForm' }).one() %}

<form id="{{ form.formId }}" method="post" data-config="{{ form.configJson }}">
    {{ csrfInput() }}
    {{ actionInput('formie/submissions/submit') }}
    {{ hiddenInput('handle', form.handle) }}

    {% for page in form.getPages() %}
        <div class="page" data-page-id="{{ page.id }}">
            {% for row in page.getRows() %}
                <div class="row">
                    {% for field in row.fields %}
                        <div class="col">
                            {{ craft.formie.renderField(form, field) }}
                        </div>
                    {% endfor %}
               </div>
            {% endfor %}
       </div>
    {% endfor %}
</form>

Here we have a completely custom layout, with Formie handling the rendering of the field. For more information on what properties are available, consult the Page, Row and Field docs.

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Override Field Settings#

You can also dynamically override any settings for the field.

{% set form = craft.formie.forms.handle('contactForm').one() %}

{% do form.setFieldSettings('plainText', {
    {# Override the name (label) for the field #}
    name: 'Overridden Label',
}) %}

{{ craft.formie.renderForm(form) }}

The above would override the name (label) setting for the field with a handle of plainText, regardless of what is defined in the field's settings.

You can also override a number of other settings, each different depending on the field.

{% do form.setFieldSettings('plainText', {
    {# Set the placeholder #}
    placeholder: 'Overridden placeholder',

    {# Change the visibility #}
    visibility: 'hidden',
}) %}

{{ craft.formie.renderForm(form) }}

Or, you could override the options available for a Dropdown field.

{% do form.setFieldSettings('dropdownField', {
    {# Override the options for the field #}
    options: [
        { label: 'Override One', value: 'override-one', isDefault: false },
        { label: 'Override Two', value: 'override-two', isDefault: false },
    ],
}) %}

Be warned of the implications of this. When adding new options dynamically to fields with options, such as Dropdown, Radio Buttons and Checkboxes, you'll allow values to be changed on an inconsistent basis. Because you're changing the options for users to be able to pick from on a per-submission basis, not every submission will have the same values, as defined by the options when you create the field. This data inconsistency across submissions is something to be aware of.

See the Field Settings docs for a full list of available settings to override.

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