JotForm widgets: Ability to disable the entry to widget fields using conditions

  • C1Engineering
    Asked on June 11, 2020 at 10:07 AM

    Hi -

    I reviewed the article, A General Approach to Building an Approval Process Workflow, but it doesn't appear to work for this type of object.

    Is it possible to prevent changes on the Dynamic Dropdown Widget?

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  • Kiran Support Team Lead
    Replied on June 11, 2020 at 11:00 AM

    This is due to 'Read Only' is not the option for the widget field properties. For the basic form fields, you can see that the option 'Read Only' in the Advanced tab of field properties and the same is not available for widget fields. This may not have been added since most of the widgets are loaded using iFrame method.

    Let me forward the thread to our backend team as a feature request for evaluation.
    Please note that we cannot provide any ETA at this moment. However, if there is any news you'll be updated here on this thread. 

    Thanks!

  • Kiran Support Team Lead
    Replied on June 11, 2020 at 11:15 AM

    As a workaround, you may consider hiding the widgets on the form and use a Paragraph field on the form to display the values selected on the Dynamic Dropdown widget.

    Thanks!

  • C1Engineering
    Replied on June 11, 2020 at 12:20 PM

    Hi Kiran -

    I was working on that exact workaround when you posted.  I'm now hiding the dynamic dropdown and showing a paragraph field based on text from the Get Form Page URL widget.

  • roneet
    Replied on June 11, 2020 at 1:03 PM

    Please do try out the suggested workaround. Let us know if you want further assistance on this.

    Thanks.