I noticed that at this time we do not have a way to be able to formulate the values in the Description files found on the Ragic form pages!
So, pls include a Basic Formula or some other variable Input feature for writing the title of the Description Fields!
One that simply controls the text present in the description fields.
The feature and icon I guess could be included with the other feature icons currently available for the description fields, such as the “URL to open when clicked on” feature icon, found in the field settings, for instance.
Though not absolutely essential, seeing that I had not yet considered this possibility before, I do feel that this feature would open up a while new world of possibilities for me at this time…
I guess the developers would consider many different ways as to how such a feature will work in the end!
Though we may tend to think that it is simply the Description Field, in some form page applications, such as with surveys and questionaries, this capability, though it may not the most popular, it may still prove on the rare occasion to be quite valuable indeed! Where the other alternative could seem, rightly, not to be able to do the same thing as well, or “at all” in fact i.e. if it is that you prefer not to be coding, I guess!
Best wishes!
PS_ Pls if anyone at this time has a JavaScript for including title variables into a description field, it would be most welcomed! Thks!
Actually, at the moment I am creating a Property Inquiry form, that in fact made me think of this. You see the form works fundamentally in two distinct ways. It serves to be a REQUEST TO VIEW any property listed, or as an INQUIRY about any property listed. Depending in which of two action buttons a customer uses when viewing a property listing’s form page, in the "customer view’’ of the Property Listing’s sheet.
I would therefore like to hide the information pertaining to either one of the two aforementioned purposes that my Property Inquiry form serves, such that depending in which of the two action buttons is being used, only the relevant corresponding information would subsequently appear in the form. And it would therefore be useful if the title/information present in the description field, could be made to vary/change depending on which action button is used, and what purpose the form is intendance to serve.
I am aware that functionality already exists in Ragic, to be able to include Conditional Formatting for regular none-description fields though, such that the information in the title field can be “hidden” or background and text could can be altered based on a specified condition/s. And for me, this could therefore be useful in creating the new form…
Also, I am now thinking here, this feature, could in fact also be extended to be used similarly in the TITLE part of the ordinary none-description fields as well!
And I in fact can see myself even using it in this additional way in the same my new Property Inquiry form that I am working on at this time, to similarly further facilitate the form intentionally having two separate uses, as superfluously indicated…
As for now what I might try doing is instead of creating a new Property Inquiry sheet, is use my existing ACTIVITIES sheet, make other versions/ duplicates of the sheet, one for a VIEWING REQUEST, and another for a PROPERTY INQUIRY. Then modify them to include only the relevant information for each. And then direct each of the two action buttons to the appropriate one of either of these two newly created duplicate sheets.
In fact, as we can see, this feature request is clearly not entirely necessary, seeing that there would mostly like, almost always, in my opinion, now, be a suitable workaround for this, that one could instead use!
So, in other words, as nifty as it may seem to get this "entirely new feature’', it may in fact turn out to simply be virtually, if not entirely, unnecessary. Where it at best, turns out to only mildly be considered to be a new useful feature to have…
On the other hand, "So, maybe this is not the greatest idea you ever hear! But it’s still a pretty cool one! I think! And it may even still prove to at times be a useful one!
Thanks for sharing! Based on your Property Inquiry scenario, the approach you’re already leaning toward is actually quite close to the cleanest solution available in Ragic right now:
Since Action Buttons support opening a URL, creating two separate Multiple Version sheets — one for Viewing Requests, one for Property Inquiries — lets you configure each sheet’s Description Fields and Field Titles independently, while all entries remain in the same underlying dataset. Field type changes and link settings for shared fields will also sync across both versions, so you’re not maintaining two separate structures.
If you’d like the two flows to be distinguishable in your data, you can add a field like “Form Type” and set a different default value on each version — “Viewing Request” on one, “Property Inquiry” on the other — then mark it read-only or hidden so submitters can’t change it. From there, a fixed filter on each version will keep the two streams visually separated when you’re reviewing entries.
If that doesn’t cover your case, let us know the specific part that doesn’t fit and we’ll go from there!