Build Better Forms Fast with the New Formidable Form Builder

We've got a brand new Formidable Forms launch. You’re going to love your new form experience!

Are you looking for a way to simplify and speed up the way you build forms and even enjoy doing it? You're in luck. We’re excited to tell you about some big Formidable Forms changes. Version 4.0 comes with fantastic new ways to improve the way you build forms. Our overall aim, as ever, is to make form building enjoyable with a simple, straightforward experience, even when you have complex needs. All the changes are designed to improve your experience and make creating forms with Formidable faster. So, say goodbye to your form building worries with 4.0. Make sure you update your sites so you don't miss out. We're hope you enjoy our new form builder as much as we do. Keep on reading to find out exactly what has changed with Formidable Forms v4.0.

Save time with our brand new form builder!

Our main focus for v4.0 has been to improve the form builder and the overall user experience. Anything we can do to improve your user experience is a win all round. That's why no stone has been left unturned. The form builder has been completely redesigned to be clean, modern and user friendly. It's now full-screen, allowing a better use of the space with less clutter to help you find the settings you need. When you load a new form, you'll find a refreshingly simple interface. The sidebar position has been switched around to create a better flow with more space in both the builder and sidebar. The new sidebar now houses all the form options that used to be available in an accordion under each field. You can toggle between each field without anything moving around. Just click on the field you want to change, and the options will appear in the sidebar, ready at a glance. You can also change the order of radio, select, and checkbox options, with a quick drag and drop interface. This makes it much faster to add, change, and rearrange the choices. The process behind the scenes is also faster, making it much more enjoyable to build Formidable forms. Plus, you see it all happening live so you know what you'll get. All these changes are designed to make everything quicker and easier. With less clutter, you can find whatever you need in fewer clicks and speed up your form building process. That way, you can spend more time on other aspects of your business.

Edit longer forms in just a few clicks

Good news if you use long or multi-page forms. Those forms will be even easier to edit thanks to the new sidebar. Pages and sections can now be collapsed, to make long forms easier to manage. You only have to expand the bit you want, without the hassle of trying to go through everything all at once. This makes it much easier to find the field you want to change with mo more endless scrolling. Long forms have also been improved by only saving the fields you have clicked on. So, if you have a form with 100 fields, you click on 3 of them and update, only those 3 fields will be processed and re-saved.

Use placeholders alongside default values

We have made some important changes when it comes to placeholders. A new separate placeholder option has been added to make it more intuitive. Now you'll have the option to have both a placeholder and a default value. Existing placeholders will automatically be moved to this new setting. A placeholder has also been added for drop-down fields, which covers fields with auto-complete enabled. Just a heads up. This has changed the way that default values work in a confirmation field. These will no longer be allowed and instead will automatically be set as a placeholder. It simply didn’t make sense to have a default value when confirming. You can also toggle between the different ways of setting default values instead of seeing all the different settings at once. This makes it more clear that text default values, calculations, and watching lookup fields all get a value into the field that will override the other settings. You'll also see fewer settings until you need them.

Access add-ons without ever leaving the form builder

Speaking of making things easier and quicker, you can find another exciting change with our add-ons. If you've been enjoying using our range of handy add-ons and integrations with your favorite apps, it's about to become even easier. We recently added the option to install add-ons from the Formidable ? Add-ons page, but now we've eliminated steps to start using them. You can now find all integrations in the Form Actions section on your form builder, whether they are installed or not!   There's no need to leave the form builder and add more disruptions to your workflow to download an add-on. This way saves you time and you can get back to whatever you were working on. Why waste time with extra clicks when 4.0 makes this so much faster?

Features de-cluttered to improve user experience

While we were busy bringing you a new form builder, we've also de-cluttered to make everything more streamlined. That means cutting some of the excess in our new form builder design but also in settings that are mostly unused. We have removed the following:

• The option to disable HTML 5 didn't make the cut. This is a thing of the past and was only being used on 1% of Formidable sites.
• The option to load jQuery CSS on all the pages in Formidable Pro. We load this for you whenever Formidable needs it.

If you are using either of these settings, they will still appear for you. But once turned off, they will be gone forever.

Update to the best WordPress forms plugin

We hope you love the new Formidable Forms. Our redesign is all about saving you time to make your user experience simple and enjoyable with the best form building experience around. We have much more planned, with Formidable Views coming up next for a full redesign, followed by the form styler. Don't miss out on the chance to save yourself time and boost your efficiency. Update to v4.0! We're excited to see what you think of the new builder. Feel free to get in touch with any queries or feedback. For a full list of the changes we've made, visit our Changelog. We always keep this as up to date as possible with all the changes we make, big or small. If you're not already using Formidable Forms and are looking for a WordPress form builder plugin, take a look at our range of intuitive form builder features. Learn just how easy it is to create a simple contact form and complex WordPress forms. Building forms is easy and enjoyable with Formidable Forms.