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Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

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Node Version Information
Node Version Information Liferay DXP uses Node (and NPM) for many different frontend components. Specifically, the Liferay Theme Generator and Liferay's JavaScript application tools require the use...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Creating and Managing Forms
Creating and Managing Forms Creating Forms Customizing Form Layouts Reusing Sets of Form Elements Providing Help Text and Predefined Values Building Forms with Conditional Fields Validation...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Process Automation
Process Automation
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Creating Forms
Creating Forms You can create multi-field forms with the Forms application. Only authenticated users with the requisite Process Automation Permissions can create forms. At minimum, they should have...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Forms
Forms
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Using the Bootstrap 3 Compatibility Layer in Liferay 7.4
Using the Bootstrap 3 Compatibility Layer in Liferay 7.4 As of Liferay DXP 7.4 GA1, the Bootstrap 3 compatibility layer is removed from the built-in packages in Liferay frontend applications. If...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Building Forms with Conditional Fields
Building Forms with Conditional Fields Forms can become dynamic forms where the answer to one question may allow the respondent to skip the next three questions, or require the respondent to answer...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Customizing Auto-Save Behavior
Customizing Auto-Save Behavior The Forms application automatically saves the form creation progress as you create a form. By default, a form's draft is auto-saved every minute. To change the...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Customizing Form Layouts
Customizing Form Layouts By default, new elements on your form are added to a new row and occupy the entire width of the form. Form with all elements occupying entire width of form. Sometimes it...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Customizing the Submit Button
Customizing the Submit Button Available 7.4+ When a User is finished entering data into a form, they must submit the form. By default a button that says Submit is displayed for this purpose. ...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:49 AM
Forms Configuration Reference
Forms Configuration Reference Here's an overview of all the Forms configurations so you can quickly find a configuration you need. Forms Options You can export and import forms between sites. To...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:49 AM
Field Autocompletion
Field Autocompletion You can configure form field autocompletion in the Forms application: Autocompletion TypeConfigurationField Types ManualType a list of autocompletion optionsText Data...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:49 AM
Exporting and Importing Forms
Exporting and Importing Forms You can export all your forms as a LAR file and then import them into a different Site for reuse. See Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content to learn about the...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Translating Forms
Translating Forms Forms can be translated and presented in any language that is currently enabled on the current site. To add a translation: Begin by viewing an existing form (e.g., Guest...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:49 AM
Using Storage Adapters
Using Storage Adapters When a User adds a form record, Liferay routes the processing of the request through a storage adapter API. The same is true for the other CRUD operations performed on form...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:49 AM
Forms Field Types Reference
Forms Field Types Reference The Liferay Forms application contains lots of field types and elements to add to your forms. To discover the available elements, Open the Product Menu (Product Menu)...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Reusing Sets of Form Elements
Reusing Sets of Form Elements Forms often request the same sets of information, such as name, birthday, and address. Rather than adding these fields for every new form, you can group elements as a...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Using the Search Location Field
Using the Search Location Field Use a Search Location field so a user can interact with Google's Maps JavaScript API and Google Places API, selecting a location and getting these fields autofilled...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Validation and Masking
Validation and Masking Certain Forms fields can be validated (Text, Date, and Numeric fields) and masked (Numeric fields) to ensure User input is valid. Date Fields can be validated beginning in...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Forms Permissions Reference
Forms Permissions Reference This article serves as a guide for all permissions associated with the Forms application. Form Widget Permissions Navigate to the site page where the Form widget has...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:49 AM
Providing Help Text and Predefined Values
Providing Help Text and Predefined Values Form fields can be configured to have help text, placeholder text, and predefined values that assist users in understanding and filling out a form. Help...
Published Date: Jan 18, 25, 2:49 AM
Validation Conditions Reference
Validation Conditions Reference There are several out-of-the-box validation conditions that can be used to validate form responses before they are submitted. Text Field Validation Conditions...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Writing a Custom Data Provider
Writing a Custom Data Provider Liferay Forms fields can be populated using a Data Provider. Out of the box, there's a REST Data Provider that provides a flexible way to consume data from most REST...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Developing a Custom Form Field for Liferay 7.2
Developing a Custom Form Field for Liferay 7.2 React-based custom form fields can be developed for Liferay 7.3 and Liferay 7.4. See Writing Custom Form Field Types to learn how. Liferay 7.2 used a...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Data Providers Overview
Data Providers Overview Data providers serve data that can be consumed by the Forms application. The REST Data Provider is included with the Forms application. With it, you can consume data from...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Data Providers
Data Providers Data Providers Overview Using the REST Data Provider to Populate Form Options
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Understanding Form Storage Adapters
Understanding Form Storage Adapters Available: Liferay DXP 7.3 and Liferay DXP 7.2 versions that include the fix for LPS-97208 (planned for Liferay DXP 7.2 SP3). When a user adds a form record,...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Writing a Custom Form Field Type
Writing a Custom Form Field Type The Forms application contains many highly configurable field types out-of-the-box. Most use cases are met with one of the existing field types. If your use case...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Using the REST Data Provider to Populate Form Options
Using the REST Data Provider to Populate Form Options Select from List fields can hold many options. Those options can be automatically supplied by using the JSON web services registered in Liferay...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Developer Guide
Developer Guide Forms Writing a Custom Form Field Type Understanding Form Storage Adapters Writing a Custom Data Provider Writing a Form Storage Adapter Developing a Custom Form Field for...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Writing a Form Storage Adapter
Writing a Form Storage Adapter Liferay DXP 7.3 and Liferay DXP 7.2 versions that include the fix for [LPS-97208](https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-97208) (planned for Liferay DXP 7.2 SP3) By...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Creating Display Templates
Creating Display Templates Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Creating Form Templates
Creating Form Templates Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects as...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Creating Data Lists
Creating Data Lists Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects as soon...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Dynamic Data Lists
Dynamic Data Lists Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects as soon...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Managing Data Definitions
Managing Data Definitions Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Creating Data Definitions
Creating Data Definitions Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data Lists to Objects...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Getting Started with Dynamic Data Lists
Getting Started with Dynamic Data Lists Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Using Templates to Display Forms and Lists
Using Templates to Display Forms and Lists Dynamic Data Lists is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 7.3, and is planned for removal in 2024. It is replaced by Objects. Please migrate your Dynamic Data...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM
Form Rules
Form Rules Form Rules Overview Using The Autofill Rule Using the Calculate Rule Using the Enable Disable Rule Using the Jump to Page Rule Using The Require Rule Using the Show Hide Rule ...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:56 PM

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