How to Add and Set Up the Add Options Widget on Your Form

Last Update: August 27, 2026

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Jotform’s Add Options widget lets respondents add extra text boxes to a form, making it useful when users may need to provide multiple suggestions, items, instructions, or other entries. Instead of limiting respondents to a fixed number of fields, you can let them add more as needed.

Here are a few ways to use it:

Let customers add multiple items to a purchase order.
Collect additional suggestions on a feedback form.
Let members add other payment options.
Allow job applicants to list additional skills and hobbies.
Give respondents space to provide multiple entries or instructions.

Whether you’re building a new form or editing an existing one, you can add and configure the Add Options widget in just a few steps. This is how it’s done:

In Form Builder, click on Add Element on the left side of the page

Jotform Form Builder with the Add Element button visible on the left side of the page for adding a new form element

Now, in the Form Elements menu, under the Widgets tab, search and click on Add Options. Or, just drag and then drop it to where you want it to be on your form.

Jotform Form Elements menu under the Widgets tab showing the Add Options widget in the search results, ready to be selected or dragged and dropped onto the form

Next, in the Widget Settings window that opens on the right side of the page, enter the label you want to add in Option Label.
Once you’re done, click on Update.

Jotform Add Options widget settings showing the Option Label field for entering a label, with the Update button available to save the configuration

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This will appear above each text box, accompanied by a counter. For instance, Option 1 Where “1” is automatically generated.

And that’s it! You’ve now successfully added and set up your Add Options widget on your form. When filling out the form, users can do the following actions:

Green + button — Adds a new entry field.
Yellow X button — Removes a specific entry field.
Red X button — Clears all added fields at once.

Jotform Add Options widget on a form showing the green plus button to add an entry field, the yellow X button to remove a specific field, and the red X button to clear all added fields

Want to see how it works? Check out this live demo form.

For advanced styling of the Add Options widget, you can add your own custom CSS code under the Custom CSS tab in the Widget Settings. Our guide on How to Inject CSS Codes to Widgets walks you through everything.
You can also configure the widget properties, like alignment, labels, size, visibility, and more, to control how it looks and behaves in your form. Check out our guide on How to Access and Configure the Question Properties of a Widget to learn more.