Use previous form answers through answer piping
Base logic in form fields on previous answers or use them to personalize your Fillout form with answer piping. Display read only fields.
Overview
In many places in Fillout, you may notice a blue
+ button. This lets you reference:- Previous form inputs
- URL parameters
- Dates (e.g. today, a month from now, etc.)
Referencing from the blue + buttons
Whenever you see this blue
+, you can reference a previous form input by clicking the same button followed by Continue on the page you'd like to reference from.
Then, we can click
Insert on any of the fields we'd like to reference.
Referencing in field logic
To base show/hide logic for fields on previous form inputs, we can click the Logic section on a field and Set conditional logic. Here, every time we click
Pick reference, the same menu or dropdown as above will be visible. Click here for more details.Referencing in headings/field labels
To reference previous form inputs in plain text in the form, we can type
@ in a form field to show the reference menu similar to the example above.
Once inserted, you can always hover over the blue tag to see a the full description of what you inserted.
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