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Is there a limit to the numer of hidden fields limit?

  • February 26, 2021
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Hello,

I’m trying to create a complaints form for an e-commer site, and I’m thinking about using hidden fields to set order products information, the number of products could easily be around a 100 o more.

Is there a limit to the numer of hidden fields that can be used for a form?

 

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Carlos Bernal

Best answer by picsoung

Hi @Carlos Bernal 

You are totally right, currently only numerical variables are supported. String variables should follow soon :)

as @Liz mentioned you can add as many hidden fields as you want, you would also be limited by the maximum size of an URL which is 2048 characters.

 

 

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  • February 26, 2021

hi @Carlos Bernal , we don’t have a limit to hidden fields that I’m aware of, but it’s good to note that the longer the URL becomes, the higher the chance of the form taking a very long time to load. I don’t have a specific character number for when the loading slows down, but I’d just take that into account when adding the fields. 

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  • February 26, 2021

Thanks @Liz. Is it possible to somehow create “String variables”, seems like only numeric variables are allowed.

If I could create text variables using the create form API, I would not need hidden fields.

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  • February 27, 2021

Hi @Carlos Bernal 

You are totally right, currently only numerical variables are supported. String variables should follow soon :)

as @Liz mentioned you can add as many hidden fields as you want, you would also be limited by the maximum size of an URL which is 2048 characters.

 

 

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  • February 27, 2021
picsoung wrote:

Hi @Carlos Bernal 

You are totally right, currently only numerical variables are supported. String variables should follow soon :)

as @Liz mentioned you can add as many hidden fields as you want, you would also be limited by the maximum size of an URL which is 2048 characters.

 

 

@picsoung - yay on the ‘soon’ for string variables.. i, for one, am anxious for these… 

 

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Hi @Carlos Bernal If you’ve been using typeform recently, you should have seen that string variables are now an option. :sunglasses:

You can find the option to set the variable type as shown below: 

Let me know if you have any trouble finding it!

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