How to use the text (single line) block
Learn everything you need to know to use the text (single line) block in your forms.
When to use
Use the text (single line) block to let your respondents enter a text answer that consists of one line. Mostly used for short text answers, like personal data.
You also can extend the text input with suggestions to let the respondent select from a list of suggestions you give them, while they are typing.

How to use
Add a new block to your form and then select the question type Text (single line)
. You can now customize this block to your needs with the following features.
Basic features
Each question block has basic features to present the block the way you need, for example Name
, Description
and Help text
. And most of the question blocks have common options, like the Required
and Exportability
options.
More information about these basic features can be found in the help article about our form builder.
Additional features
On top of those basic features, the text (single line) block has the following advanced options:
-
Character count
By enabling the
Character count
feature, you can control the amount of characters your respondents can enter. You can set theMinimum
andMaximum
character count. -
Autocomplete
By enabling the
Autocomplete
feature, you can use the autocomplete functionality of the respondent's browser to help the respondent to fill out the form as quickly as possible. You can select which autocomplete value you'd like to insert, like the name or address of the respondent. -
Suggestions
By enabling the
Suggestions
feature, you can extend your text input with suggestions that popup while the respondent types in your text input (more information). -
Transform
By enabling the
Transform
feature, you can determine how the answered text should be transformed. For example you can capitalize certain parts of the answer, or convert all characters to lowercase/uppercase. -
Prefill
By enabling the
Prefill
feature, you can set a fixed initial value of the text block (more information about prefilling).


Suggestions feature
You can extend your text input with suggestions that popup while the respondent types in your text input. The respondent can quickly select an item from your suggestions list. This way your text input can behave as a combination between a text input and a dropdown box.
To activate this, enable the Suggestions
feature. Now you can add/import your list of suggestions that you want your respondents to choose from.

Logic
Logic is important to make your forms smart and conversational. The text (single line) block can work with the following branch conditions to help you with that:
Block conditions
- Text matches
your filter
; - Text does not match
your filter
; - Text contains
your filter
; - Text does not contain
your filter
; - Text starts with
your filter
; - Text ends with
your filter
; - Text is empty;
- Text is not empty.
Filters
When we mention your filter(s)
above, there are some different filters that you can use to make the right comparison:
- Text - Compare with a fixed text that you enter;
- Value - Compare with another block value entered in the form by a respondent (more info).