Can I conditionally expand the Section Collapse tool?

  • cashflowgroup
    Asked on November 3, 2017 at 3:00 AM
    On the collapsed sections; can I have a conditional that all answers are required, when the condition is previously met that causes the hidden collapsed section to open? If so, if the condition is not met that causes the collapsed section to open, will the fact that those fields in the collapsed section are required fields cause issues? (ie- if the collapsed section is not opened)
  • Support_Management Jotform Support
    Replied on November 3, 2017 at 3:36 AM

    Yes, there's a way to conditionally show or hide everything underneath the Section Collapse tool. This was covered in great detail on the guide I'm linking below.

    Complete guide: Show-or-Hide-multiple-fields-at-once-using-form-collapse-tool 

  • cashflowgroup
    Replied on November 4, 2017 at 9:43 AM
    Yes, thank you, I did see this tutorial, however, it doesn’t answer my question.

    What I’m asking is if I have checked the “required” button for a particular field within the collapsed portion of my form, will that “required” field only be required if the ‘collapsed’ section is open?

    In other words, if someone does not respond to the conditional that causes the collapsed portion to be “seen”, will those ‘required’ fields still cause an issue?

    I don’t know how else to explain it.


    AWS

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  • Elton Support Team Lead
    Replied on November 4, 2017 at 11:37 AM

    Opened or closed the required field will always ask a value.

    If the collapse is closed and there's an empty required field inside it, the collapse itself will indicate an error when you submit the form or move to the next page

    Example:

    Can I conditionally expand the Section Collapse tool? Image 1 Screenshot 20

  • cashflowgroup
    Replied on November 4, 2017 at 11:43 AM
    Thanks, that’s what I figured, wanted to be sure.

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  • cashflowgroup
    Replied on November 6, 2017 at 4:43 PM
    Will the ‘Required Field’ toggle work on a conditional? I.E., if a NO answer is given, so the collapsed section does not open, can you then have a conditional that says if the NO answer is given, those fields within the collapsed section are not required?

    AWS


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  • John_Benson
    Replied on November 6, 2017 at 8:09 PM

    We will be addressing your new question on this thread: https://www.jotform.com/answers/1291704

    Thank you.