I hope to use Toolset for building online courses. All of my fields are User fields. I will have 50 courses, all with similar (but unique) fields. Currently, toolset is forcing me to have a different field "name" for each field. I'm happy to make these unique, but then I need an alternate way to present the field to the user. Is there a way to present the field description instead of the field name? This would solve the problem. If this is not possible, please help me figure out an alternate solution. Thank you!
COURSE 1
Field name: trait1
Field description: What is a personality trait that you value?
WHAT THE USER SEES CURRENTLY:
trait1
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WHAT I WANT THEM TO SEE:
What is a personality trait that you value?
_______________________
COURSE 2
Field name: trait2
Field description: What is a personality trait that you value?
WHAT THE USER SEES CURRENTLY:
trait2
_______________________
WHAT I WANT THEM TO SEE:
What is a personality trait that you value?
_______________________
(I'm happy to provide screenshots if this support thread is private. Please advise.)
Hello,
There isn't such a built-in feature, but it is possible with a custom shortcode, see similar thread here:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/add-custom-fields-descriptions-to-a-form-as-a-shortcode/#post-1076253
Thanks, I reviewed the post, but if I show the description to the user then I would not want to show the field name (which I would be using as a unique back-end reference instead of a user-friendly question).
1. Is there a way to also hide the name while showing the description?
OR...
2. Is there a safer way you can think of to meet my needs above? I hesitate to customize because that's when things seem to go wrong... I'd prefer to work with the tool as much as possible.
I just want to be able to have unique field names on the back-end that I can use for different courses, even though the actual phrase that I'm showing to the user to ask for their input is meaningful and I don't have to force it to fit a structure required by also using it as a back-end reference.
Thank you!
Hey, I think I figured out a super-simple way to do this... please confirm if this is the best way:
I can use any "Name" I want for a custom field (like 1-1-personality-trait), but then after I auto-generate the form including that field, I scroll down and just change what's inside the <Label> tags, no?
Let me know what you think.
Thank you!
Yes, you are right, in the Toolset forms. you can change the field labels to what you want. I agree it is is the simplest way.
