PRODUCT SUGGESTION FOR FORMS: Hidden fields & hidden prefill fields that actually submit

I strongly agree with that request. Most of the times It makes no sense to prefill and let user mess with the prefill value.

Not a native Airtable form but On2Air Forms by @openside can do this with JotForms.

A new, upgraded version of On2Air Forms is also in the works.

One of the features that we’ve added recently to our form builder is the ability to prefill hidden fields!

Wow! This is awesome, @Moe! Thanks for creating this!

100% agree. It’s the most glaring missing feature on Forms, and the one big thing that really stops it from being a viable non-anonymized collection tool for almost every customer-facing business. It’s just not feasible to prefill a company name on a form if the recipient can ‘x’ out their company and then look at a list of every single other customer I have.

Won’t be able to use Airtable without this tbh. missing a trick.

The lack of this feature is a huge blocker. I’m sure it’s pretty simple to implement and the value of this is enormous.

Everyone, please be sure to email support@airtable.com about this. I emailed them, and they didn’t understand why it was such a big deal to me. :man_shrugging:t2: :man_facepalming:t2: Perhaps they’ll understand if they receive more emails from different people with different needs for this feature.

Also emailed, this is a major blocker for me too. :crossed_fingers:

This is a must for us too!

And for me too! This feature so easy to implement and so important!

I can’t find any reasons, why AirTables do not do this:(

agreed! thanks for posting this @ScottWorld

I found a work around for this! BUT, it would still be awesome if Airtable implemented this suggestion

Using the new Airtable automations feature, you can create a new Airtable record with whatever fields you need pre-filled, separate from what info the client submits in a separate form… So upon submitting a Google Form, I can populate fields in Airtable with info from the Google Form and whatever else I need in Airtable, determined by me.

Hey Airtable, can we please please please have this feature?

Agreed @ScottWorld. As I noted here, in addition to setting hidden form values via query argument, it would also be convenient to be able to define values for hidden form fields by view

Yep, please keep bugging support@airtable.com about this minor but very important change to forms.

In the meantime, we all need to use a professional form building tool like JotForm or MiniExtensions.

Can we please get this feature?!

so they have done something that will help. you can now use the 'when a form is submitted trigger so you could run an automation to update the record when it is submitted

How this is not a feature already is beyond me. Please add this soon

Can you elaborate pls? When the form is submitted the contents of the hidden field or URL parameter will be gone so how do you grab them for the automation?

well. usually if youre hiding it from the user its something that the user isn’t changing. if that’s the case you just write an automation that says when a form is submitted update it with this info.

youre the one who put the prefill things in there, just prefill it after instead of before. but it depends on the usecase

This feature is a must. Been looking for that for a long time

Yes, this is a must! This thread started in July 2020, I don’t understand why this feature has not been prioritized.

Generally, it’s one of a few things, Either because the underlying problem requires too much restructuring needed to accomplish it. That there is already a way that most people know that only a few people are missing. They built in a different feature that solves the issue. Or they’re already working on it and everyone needs to be patient. Not saying any of those are applicable here. I don’t know. but every time I ask these questions one of those is the answer. Ultimately what we need is transparency.