Hello,
Is it possible to have a Single Select include an option for “other” that contacts can customize? So if their choice is not in the drop-down menu, they would choose “other” and an input box would appear for them to enter their response.
Thanks!
No, unfortunately that is a sort of dynamic functionality that Airtable does not currently support.
An ugly, and potentially confusing and error-prone workaround is to have that “Other” option in your Single Select field, followed by a text field called “Other - Explanation”, with help-text explaining to your form users to only fill out that field if they selected “Other” in the Single Select.
Another option is to use a third-part form service and a third-party automation service to create custom forms that behave the way you are wanting, and feed into your Airtable base in the way you need.
No, unfortunately that is a sort of dynamic functionality that Airtable does not currently support.
An ugly, and potentially confusing and error-prone workaround is to have that “Other” option in your Single Select field, followed by a text field called “Other - Explanation”, with help-text explaining to your form users to only fill out that field if they selected “Other” in the Single Select.
Another option is to use a third-part form service and a third-party automation service to create custom forms that behave the way you are wanting, and feed into your Airtable base in the way you need.
Okay, thanks very much for confirming that for me.
Another workaround is to create a conditional question next that users only see if they select the “Other” option.
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That is not available in Airtable's forms, but you can get that feature with Fillout’s advanced forms for Airtable.
Fillout is 100% free and offers hundreds of features that Airtable’s native forms don’t offer, including the ability to add new options to single-select fields, update Airtable records from a form, display Airtable lookup fields & Airtable rollup fields & Airtable attachments & formulas on forms, dynamically & conditionally filter linked record fields by any values that you would like, perform math or other live calculations on your forms, accept payments on forms, create multi-page forms with conditional paths, create new linked records on a form, display as many fields as you want to see in a linked record selection list (including attachments), connect a single form to dozens of external apps simultaneously, limit the number of linked records that can be chosen, set advanced field validations & limitations, upload an unlimited amount of attachments simultaneously, add CAPTCHAs to your form, add choice matrixes to your forms, direct integration with hundreds of apps like Calendly & Google Maps on your forms, and so much more.
Hope this helps! If you’d like to hire an expert Airtable consultant to help you with anything Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld
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