Palette Controls

The frevvo palette offers a rich variety of controls that let you create virtually any form. All controls provide functionality as soon as you drop them into your form and can be customized to suit the form you are designing. The purpose of each control is described below.

Palette Controls Chart

Control

Description

Control 

Description

Control

Description

Control 

Description

Selection Controls (View this short video on Selection Controls.)

Input Controls (View this short video on Input Controls.)

Dropdown

A single-select options list displayed in dropdown format.

Text

Allows users to type any text and is intended for short, one-line entries.

Radio

A single-select options list displayed in radio button format.

TextArea

Lets users type any text and is intended for longer, multi-line submissions.

Checkbox

A multi-select options list displayed as checkboxes.

Date

Can be used as a date, time or date plus time control with customizable date and/or time formats, and optional date picker.

Group Controls (View this short video on Group Controls)

Email

Requires a valid email (user@domain format).

Section

A group of controls with a border and label that can be expanded or collapsed; may also be set up as "Signed Section" for authenticated users.

Money

Allows users to enter U.S. currency

Repeat

Allows user to add (or remove) controls to enter additional information as needed.

Phone

Used for entering a phone number, and allows several 10-digit phone number formats.

Tabs

Displays controls in a tab layout.

Quantity

Used for entering quantities or any whole numbers (integers).

Panel

A group of controls without a border or label; often used to create vertical alignment or tab order.

Number

Used for entering decimal numbers. Users may enter any number of digits after the decimal place.

Table

Displays a set of controls in a grid/table layout with ability to add/remove rows as needed.

 

 

Miscellaneous (View this short video on Miscellaneous Controls)

Message

A read-only control that accepts rich text to display information to users. Can also be used as a spacer.

T/F

Use a T/F (Boolean) control for situations where the values will only be Yes or No.

Link

Display a clickable link to users.

Image

Include an image (picture, logo, etc.) in your form.

Trigger

Displays a clickable button that can trigger some event set up in business rules, such as a search.

Submit

Adds a button to your form that, when clicked, will submit the form. (Note that forms include a submit button by default.)

Upload

Allows users to upload files as attachments in your form/workflow.

PageBreak

Adds a page break for phone and/or tablet views.

Signature

An electronic wet signature that allows the user to sign with mouse, trackpad, or touch screen.

ComboBox

A special type of selection control that supports three types of data retrieval: frevvoUsers, frevvoRoles and Web Service. Also supports typeahead and entering values not in the options list.

Form Viewer

Displays a mapped PDF you have uploaded/mapped in Forms Generated for this Form dialogue.