Customize your form fields
Collect richer information with your form by customizing how fields will appear. How to add fields to your form.
Edit form field name
You can rename each of the field names to suit your form’s purpose.
To rename a form field:
Drag and drop the field you’d like to include in your form.
Hover over the field you want to rename.
Select the current field name.
Enter a new name for the field.
Press enter or select the confirmation icon ().
The new field name will be displayed on the form when shared with other people.
The original field name will remain visible only to you when editing the form. It will also be used in any work items that are created based on responses to the form.
The field will revert to its original name if you drag it back to the Fields section or use it in another form.
Edit form field description
You can add and edit field descriptions to add more instructional details to your form.
To add a form field description:
Select Add a description in the field you want to add.
Enter a description in text.
Press enter or select the confirmation icon ().
The new field description will be visible on the form when shared with other people. This will not change the field description in your project settings.
Make form fields required
To make fields required or optional for people submitting responses to the form:
Select the field you’d like to update. Options to edit the field will appear.
Select the toggle to switch between Required or Optional. Next to the field name, a red asterisk will appear if required, and disappear if optional.
You can also make fields required from issue type > project settings. If a field is required for the issue type, it must be added to a form. If a field is optional for the issue type, you can make it required from the form builder.
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