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  • Basic usage
  • Required
  • Function overview
  • Arguments
  • Parameters
  • Shared parameters
  • Choice input specific parameters
  • Examples
  • Choice input with value-label pairs
  • Horizontal choice input
  • Styled choice input with custom attributes
  • Conditional display

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Choice input

Create choice inputs in your forms.

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Use the choiceInput() function to create choice inputs in your forms. It allows users to select one or more options from a list of choices.


Basic usage

import { Composer } from "formsmd";

const composer = new Composer({
  id: "my-form"
});

composer.choiceInput("interest", {
  question: "What is your interest?",
  choices: ["Programming", "Design", "Marketing"]
});

Generates the following Markdown-like syntax:

#! id = my-form

interest = ChoiceInput(
  | question = What is your interest?
  | choices = Programming, Design, Marketing
)

Required

Add the required parameter to make the field mandatory:

composer.choiceInput("interest", {
  question: "What is your interest?",
  choices: ["Programming", "Design", "Marketing"],
  required: true
});

Generates the following Markdown-like syntax:

interest* = ChoiceInput(
  | question = What is your interest?
  | choices = Programming, Design, Marketing
  | required
)

Function overview

The following is the overview of the function:

choiceInput(name: string, params: object)

Arguments

Name
Type
Description

name

string

A unique name for your form field that you'll use to identify the user's response.*

params

object


Parameters

Shared parameters

These parameters are common to all form fields:

Name
Type
Description

question (required)

string

The main question or label of the form field.

required

true (boolean)

When set, the field becomes required.

description

string

Any extra information that the user may need to fill out the form. Appears right below the question.

fieldSize

"sm"

When set to "sm", the font sizes of the question, description, and answer are made smaller.

labelStyle

"classic"

When set to "classic", the question and description of the form field are made smaller.

subfield

true (boolean)

When set, the question and description of the form field are made smaller. Functionally the same as setting labelStyle to "classic".

disabled

true (boolean)

When set, the input is disabled.

autofocus

true (boolean)

When set, the input will be automatically focused when the parent slide becomes active, or immediately after page load.

id

string

The id attribute of the form field container.

classNames

string[]

attrs

Array<{ name: string, value: string }>

Other HTML attributes of the form field. Each attribute has a name and value property.

displayCondition

{ dependencies: string[], condition: string }

Choice input specific parameters

Name
Type
Description

choices (required)

Array<string | { label: string, value?: string }>

Array of choices that can be either strings (e.g., ["Choice 1", "Choice 2"]) or objects with a label for display text and an optional value (e.g., [{ label: "Choice 1", value: "c1" }]). When using objects, if value is not provided, label is used as the value.

multiple

true (boolean)

Allow multiple selections.

horizontal

true (boolean)

Display choices horizontally.

hideFormText

true (boolean)

For multiple selections, when set, the form text "Choose as many as you like" is hidden.

checked

string[]

Array of pre-checked choice values.


Examples

Choice input with value-label pairs

Value-label pairs allow different values to be stored than what's shown to users. The label appears for users to select, while the value is stored in the form data. This pattern is particularly useful for storing concise identifiers in a database while displaying more descriptive text in the interface. Please note, for checked to work with value-label pairs, it must contain the value, not the label.

composer.choiceInput("experience", {
  question: "Select levels you've completed",
  choices: [
    { label: "Beginner (0-1 years)", value: "beginner" },
    { label: "Intermediate (2-4 years)", value: "intermediate" },
    { label: "Advanced (5+ years)", value: "advanced" }
  ],
  checked: ["beginner", "intermediate"],
  multiple: true,
  required: true
});

Generates the following Markdown-like syntax:

experience* = ChoiceInput(
  | question = Select levels you've completed
  | choices = "beginner" Beginner (0-1 years), "intermediate" Intermediate (2-4 years), "advanced" Advanced (5+ years)
  | checked = begineer, intermediate
  | multiple
)

Horizontal choice input

Create a horizontally aligned choice input using the horizontal parameter:

composer.choiceInput("subscription", {
  question: "Choose your subscription plan",
  choices: ["Basic", "Pro", "Enterprise"],
  horizontal: true
});

Generates the following Markdown-like syntax:

subscription = ChoiceInput(
  | question = Choose your subscription plan
  | choices = Basic, Pro, Enterprise
  | horizontal
)

Styled choice input with custom attributes

Add CSS classes and other HTML attributes using the classNames and attrs parameters:

composer.choiceInput("preferences", {
  question: "Select your preferences",
  choices: ["Email notifications", "SMS alerts", "Push notifications"],
  multiple: true,
  classNames: ["col-6", "xs:col-6"],
  attrs: [
    { name: "style", value: "margin-top: 1rem;" }
  ]
});

Generates the following Markdown-like syntax:

[.col-6 .xs:col-6 style="margin-top: 1rem;"]
preferences = ChoiceInput(
  | question = Select your preferences
  | choices = Email notifications, SMS alerts, Push notifications
  | multiple
)

Conditional display

Conditionally show or hide a choice input using the displayCondition parameter. It works as follows:

  • dependencies lists the fields to watch.

For instance, in the example below, the programming languages choice will only show up if the user indicates they are a developer.

composer.choiceInput("position", {
  question: "What is your position?",
  choices: ["Developer", "Designer", "Manager"],
  required: true
});

composer.choiceInput("languages", {
  question: "Which programming languages do you use?",
  choices: ["JavaScript", "Python", "Java", "C++"],
  multiple: true,
  displayCondition: {
    dependencies: ["position"],
    condition: "position == 'Developer'"
  }
});

Generates the following Markdown-like syntax:

position* = ChoiceInput(
  | question = What is your position?
  | choices = Developer, Designer, Manager
)

::: [{$ position $}]
{% if position == "Developer" %}
languages = ChoiceInput(
  | question = Which programming languages do you use?
  | choices = JavaScript, Python, Java, C++
  | multiple
)
{% endif %}
:::

An object containing all the configuration parameters for your choice input field (see the below for the full list of options).

*Avoid values for the name argument which may be the names of HTML attributes, such as "name", "role", "id", etc. This is because by default, the form's template string is first sanitized using , and these values may be removed to prevent DOM clobbering.

The CSS class names of the form field. .

Controls when the field is shown. The dependencies lists the fields to watch, and condition is the expression that must be true to show the field. The condition must be a valid expression. .

Please .

condition is the expression that must be true to show the field. This must be a valid expression.

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