The rating input field in Fluent Forms allows users to provide feedback quickly. By default, the field includes five rating levels: Nice, Good, Very Good, Awesome, and Amazing. You can customize and add more rating options as needed.
This guide will walk you through adding and customizing the Rating Input Field in Fluent Forms for your WordPress site.
The Ratings Input field is an advanced feature of the Fluent Forms plugin. To use it, you require the Fluent Forms Pro Add-on.
Adding Ratings Input Field #
To learn how to add the Rating field to Fluent Forms, follow the steps below:
First, go to the Forms section from the Fluent Forms Navbar, choose a desired Form, and click the Edit Icon to open the Editor page of that form.
If you do not have any existing forms, read Create a Form from Scratch or Create a Form using Templates documentation to create a new one.
Once you are on the Editor page, click the Plus Icon in your form editor and open the Advanced Fields module. The Advanced Fields option is also in the right sidebar under the Input Fields tab.
Now, select the desired Ratings Input field by clicking on it or Dragging and Dropping it into your editor.
Customizing the Ratings Input Field #
A Rating field has been added. You can edit this field by hovering over it and clicking the Pencil Icon. It will take you to the Input Customization tab on the right side and offer you the following options for customizing the coupon field.
- Rating Input field options
- Advanced Options
Ratings Input field Options #
You will find various settings options for customizing the field. Located in the Input Customization Tab, these options allow you to configure essential aspects of the Ratings Input field.
A. Element Label: This is the field title the users will see when filling out the Ratings field in a form. You can enter any text here to help users understand the purpose of the field.
B. Label Placement: This option allows you to determine the position of the label title where the user will see it. The available options are Top, Left, Right, and Default. All of those are self-explanatory except the Default. If you select the Default option, it will represent your global label placement settings.
C. Admin Field Label: The admin field label is a field title displayed only to admin users. You can configure this option to show a different field label for your admin users when they view the form submissions.
D. Options: In this Options section, you can customize the rating options:
- Set a default rating.
- Rename rating levels.
- Rearrange options using drag & drop.
- Add new options by clicking the Plus (+) Icon.
- Remove options using the Minus (-) Icon.
- Check the Show Value option on the right side if you add more value.
Also, you can edit bulk by clicking the Bulk Edit options.
E. Show Text: Choose whether to display the rating option labels from the dropdown options.
F. Required: Decide whether users must select at least one option before submission.
Advanced Options #
Advanced settings allow further customization to meet specific use cases. All the Settings under the Advanced Options tab mentioned in the screenshot are briefly explained below –
A. Help Message: This option allows you to guide your user thoroughly. Add your text here, which will be shown as a help message to the user.
B. Name Attribute: The input field’s name attribute is the HTML equivalent of the same name. You don’t need to modify this.
C. Conditional Logic: This option allows you to create specific rules to dynamically hide/show the input field to function conditionally based on your submission values according to your set of conditional logics. To learn more, read this Documentation.
Embed the Form into the Front #
Once you have customized the rating input field, click the Save Form button to apply the changes.
To display the form on a specific page or post, Copy the Shortcode from the top-right corner and Paste it into your desired page or post.
To preview the form, click Preview & Design in the middle of the page.
Preview of Added Ratings Input Field #
Here is a preview of the form with the Ratings Input field:
Congratulations! You have successfully added rating input to your Fluent Forms form.
If you have any further questions, concerns, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact our support team. Thank you!
