Understanding the editor
Where everything is in the form editor, and what each part does.
Layout
The editor works like a document: you type, add blocks, and move them around. It has four areas.
The top bar switches between Edit, Translate, and Preview. On the right are Publish history, Integrations, Settings, the issue indicator, and Publish.
- The canvas, in the center, shows your form as respondents see it.
The side panel, on the right, has four tabs. See Side panel.
AI chat opens from the button at the bottom right. See AI chat.
More on the top bar:
Translate: Multilingual forms
Preview lets you fill in the form as a respondent would, with logic working. Nothing is saved, and uploads and payments are simulated.
Publish history: Publish history
Settings: Form settings. Integrations: Integrations
The issue indicator and Publish: Publish checks
Inbox, once the form is published, opens the form's own page with its requests and submissions. See the submission inbox.
Side panel
Click an icon on the rail to open a tab, and click it again to close the panel. On a wide screen, drag the panel's left edge to resize it.
| Tab | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Blocks | Every block you can add, with a search box. Click a block to add it below the cursor, or drag it onto the canvas. See Question types |
| Fields | The field keys automations read and prefill your answers by. Click a name to jump to its question. See Field keys |
| Logic | Every logic rule in plain words. Click a rule to go to it, or add one. See Conditional logic |
| Theme | Colors, fonts, presets, and dark mode. See Appearance & theming, which also covers the cover and logo |
On a narrow window, the panel opens from the bottom. On a phone, Fields and Theme are in the top bar's ⋯ menu, and you add blocks by typing /.
Slash menu
To add a block from the keyboard, type / on an empty line, or press ⌘+/ (
Ctrl+/), and keep typing to filter. The menu shows only the blocks that fit where the cursor is.
To change a block you added, click its drag handle (⋮⋮). See Form structure and Question settings.
AI chat
The AI mascot at the bottom right opens AI chat, and a second click closes it. It can write, check, and edit your form: say “add a phone number and a date picker” and it adds them. It uses your AI credits. See Use AI chat.
Keyboard shortcuts
On a Mac use Cmd; on Windows and Linux use Ctrl.
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cmd + / | Open the block menu at the cursor |
| Cmd + B / I / U / S | Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough |
| Cmd + K | On the canvas: link the selected text. Anywhere else: search for any form, folder, workspace, or setting |
| Cmd + A | Once: the current block's text. Again: every block |
| Shift + Enter | Line break inside the block, instead of a new block |
| Cmd + Enter | Leave the block and start a new paragraph below |
| Tab / Shift + Tab | Indent or outdent a list item |