Single Select, Multiple Select, and Status fields can now render on forms as Radio Buttons or Checkboxes instead of the dropdown default, with a configurable 1, 2, or 3-column layout. Service desk forms exposing all priority options at once, GRC attestation forms showing every compliance answer side by side, and HR forms surfacing role choices without a dropdown click all benefit from a more scannable submission experience.
Key Highlights
- New Display Format: Single Select and Status fields can render as Radio Buttons; Multiple Select fields can render as Checkboxes. Dropdown remains the default.
- Column Layout Control: When the new format is selected, choose 1, 2 (default), or 3 columns. Choices flow left-to-right, top-to-bottom across the selected number of columns.
- Per-Form Configuration: The display format is set per-field per-form, so the same Single Select field can be Dropdown on one form and Radio Buttons on another without changing the underlying field definition.
- Unselectable Radio for Non-Required Fields: If a Single Select Radio Button group is not marked as required, clicking the currently-selected option unselects it, leaving the field unanswered. Matches the standard radio button affordance on web forms.
- Status Field Supported: The new format applies to Status fields in addition to Single Select and Multiple Select, so workflow-stage selections (Open, In Progress, Resolved, etc.) can also render fully exposed on the form.
How It Works
- Open a form in the designer and click any Single Select, Multiple Select, or Status field to enter its edit mode.
- Find the Display Format toggle in the field's edit controls and switch from Dropdown to Radio Buttons (for Single Select / Status) or Checkboxes (for Multiple Select).
- Pick a Number of Columns: 1 for stacked, 2 for a two-column layout (default), or 3 for a denser three-column layout.
- The canvas updates in real time to show how submitters will see the field.
- Save the form. Submitters see the new layout on the live form; the underlying field definition is unchanged, so the same field on another form can keep using Dropdown.
Pair this with the rest of the Forms 2.0 work shipping this year, especially the new Layout and Appearance options and the Enhanced Submission Page.