Form Header Add-On
Applies To Version(s): 3, 3.5, 3.7
Overview
Headers can help to identify your form content into sections.
To Add Form Headers to Forms
You must have purchased this add-on.
You must be an administrator of the site.
Form Header
The column name is not displayed on the page and instead is used to identify that it is a “header” when viewing list columns on the list settings page.
- Use single line of text columns (fields).
Under Additional Column Settings, the “Description” field is the critical piece that turns the “default value text” into a header; it must contain exact text as explained below.
The Default Value – must be “text” and this is the text that will display as the Form Header text within your form.
A web search for ‘Hex colour’ will supply you with sources of colour codes. You can also use the link below:
https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp
How to Add a Form Header
- Go to the list that needs the Form header (Site Actions > View All Site Content > your list) then to the list settings.
- Click "Add new column".
- Column Name: not used/displayed in form – name could contain "Header – (your choice)" (or some text to identify within the columns listed in the list settings page).
- Type of Column: Single line of text
- Description: This field must contain the text “Header Section” (the system is looking for this exact phrase), a dash (hyphen) and your chosen colour (in hexadecimal code)
Example: Header Section - #CCD8FF. Using only the required text 'Header Section' (i.e. no specified colour) will mean the default colour will be used. You can set the Default Colour when setting up this add-on for the first time. - Default Value: Text
- Default Text: The text that will be displayed in the form.
- Click OK to save the new Column (form Header).
- Go into Content Type settings, under Columns and choose Column Order.
- Order the new Column in the desired position for your Form.
* Please note if you do not put in a hex colour code the system will use a “default colour” (see example below)
Example using default colour:
Example using a hex colour code:
Results in a display form:
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