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Lane_Smith
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Why do forms have to be only one column? I need to develop forms that are more complex than all the fields in one column. Any suggestions?

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You should send your feature requests to support@airtable.com.

You should also note that Airtable RARELY — and I mean RARELY — listens to user feedback, so I wouldn’t hold your breath for ANY improvements to ever come to forms. You might be holding your breath for 5 years or longer. Airtable’s entire business strategy is to roll out half-baked, basic, very simple features that are “good enough” for them to “check the box” that they have added that particular feature, and then they move onto something else. Airtable is a “wide but shallow” product, which makes it incredibly frustrating to work with sometimes.

In the meantime, your only option is to use JotForm or some other external form software.

Well, we’ll have to agree to agree then! :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:

Thanks for the suggestion. I will that. Do you have ideas?

Thanks. I’ll try Bill.French’s suggestion and try the Product Suggestions section. Hope springs eternal!

CristianCG
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

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