Form Elements

DSPTCH has a first-class form feature with many possible ways to input data. This article will go over all types of inputs you might see when submitting a Form, as well as some other info about forms in DSPTCH.

Toggle Desktop Mode

Sometimes, a form might have an embedded diagram or a complex table that's somewhat difficult to normally see. While Editing a Form Submission or Viewing a Form Submissions, you can select the Toggle Desktop Mode to change the Form's layout.

In Toggle Desktop Mode, the Form will no longer automatically fit to your screen. Instead, the page of the form will appear as a smaller version in the center of the screen.

However, now you can pinch to zoom to see the Form's content at your preferred size.

To fit the Form back to your screen, press the Toggle Desktop Mode button again.

It might be hard to see the uploaded image on this Form Submission

In Desktop Mode, the form will shrink and not fit to the screen

Desktop Mode allows you to pinch and zoom

Pinch-to-Zoom

On both Default view and Desktop Mode view, you can Pinch-to-Zoom to increase the size of the text.

Conditional Logic

When filling out Form, there may be some questions that are dependent upon previous answers. Where these questions are entirely depends upon how the form was created. Just be sure to look out for new questions that pop up when filling out forms!

Depending upon the answer the question #9, the question #10 will be different

Auto-filled Field

DSPTCH will autofill information into the Form when it can. Some possible autofill fields are Name, Email, Submission Date, etc. The fields that will be auto-filled depends on the form setup.

You can still edit auto-filled fields if necessary.

Question Types

A Form can have multiple different types of inputs, such as Dropdowns, text fields, date pickers, photo uploads, etc. This section will go over each one of them and give examples of what they look like.

Date Fields

Date fields will bring up a calendar to select from. Choose the date and hit Done when you've selected the correct date.

Date selector

Radio Buttons

Also known as multiple choice, tap the correct option. You can only pick one!

Radio Button examples

Checkboxes

Similar to a Radio-Button, but can be multi-select. Choose all appropriate options by touching the checkbox.

Dropdown

When you touch a dropdown menu, it will bring up all available options. You can narrow down the list of choices by using the search menu at the top.

When your choice is selected, hit OK in the bottom right corner.

To clear all currently selected dropdown options, hit the eraser button.

Dropdowns will have a down arrow on the right of the field

Hit the eraser to clear all dropdown options

Tap the top search bar to filter dropdown optins

Hit OK in the bottom right to confirm your choice

Upload Pictures/Files

DSPTCH forms allows you to upload pictures from your phone. Questions like these will look like the picture below:

Picture example

Tap Select File to see your options for uploading.

You may need to allow DSPTCH access to photos on your phone.

Options to upload photos (iPhone)

After selecting your photo(s), you should see an item for each one like below:

Photos ready to upload - the preview may not show until submitted

To remove one photo, tap it to bring up a garbage can icon, and tap it again to delete it.

To remove all photos, hit the eraser button in the top right corner.

Tap a photo to bring up the garbage can icon - tap again to delete

Take Photo

Some Forms allow for capturing photos directly into the DSPTCH app. If allowed, A Form Question will have the Take Photo option.

DSPTCH recommends you use your phone's native camera app to capture photos, because you can take multiple, higher quality photos.

Take Photo option

To use the Take Photo feature, you will need to give DSPTCH permission to access your Camera app.

You will need to give DSPTCH access to your Camera

Each time you wish to take a photo, you will need to select Allow

iPhone Camera details:

Tap anywhere in the black bar to see the camera settings.

Tap the screen to "capture" the photo. If the settings are displayed, the ⏸️ button will switch to a ▶️ button.

Press the ✖️ button to save the photo.

If your phone has both a front and back facing camera, to switch the camera direction, press the 🔁 button in the top right corner of the Form Question.

Switch cameras

To delete the captured photo, press the ✖️ button in the top right corner of the Form Question.

Delete captured photo

To save the captured photo, press the red 📷 button in the bottom center of the Form Question.

Save captured photo

To add more photos directly from DSPTCH, click the grey 📷 button in between the Upload and Erase button in the top left corner of the Form Question.

Capture more photos for Form Question

Text

Free text, fill out by typing in your answer. Some text fields may have a character limit.

Text fields will bring up your phones keyboard

Signature

Some forms have a field that require a signature. The signee could either be yourself or an external party.

• Tap inside the signature box
• Draw your signature with your finger
• Click the Erase button to remove the signature

Tap inside the signature box

Next, draw your signature with your finger

If the signature is to your liking, continue with the form. Otherwise you can erase it to start over

Form Pages

Some Forms will have Pages, based on how the Form was created. Pages can sometimes make skipping or requiring certain parts of the form easier.

If you are required to submit a Form with Pages, You will see three possible options at the bottom of the page.

• Next
• Next / Previous
• Previous / Complete

These buttons allow you to navigation through the various pages of the Form, and submit the Form.

The first Page will display a Next button

Intermediate Pages will display Previous and Next buttons

The final Page will display Previous and Complete buttons

Submitting a Form

Once you are finished filling out your form, press the Blue Complete button at the bottom of the screen!

Press Complete to save and submit your Form

You will be able to see your submissions back on the main form page.

Required Fields

Sometimes a Form will have fields that must be filled out prior to submitting the form.

Required fields are marked with a red asterisk *

If you forget to complete a Required Field, upon Form Submission, the missing required fields will be highlighted in light red. You must fill out these fields to Complete the Form.

Missing Required fields turn Red