A display mode changes how a question looks without changing the data it collects. A "Loan amount" question is still a money value whether you show it as a plain number box or a draggable slider. The answer stored is identical — only the presentation differs.
You set the display mode per field in Input Hub → Forms → open a form → click a field card. The live preview updates immediately so you see exactly what the applicant will see. The same mode is used everywhere that field appears: in the form builder preview, on the applicant-facing Collect portal, and in broker deal data-entry.
Display-only field types (Image and Message) have no display-mode picker — they show content rather than collect answers, so the concept doesn't apply.
Checkbox display modes
| Mode | What the applicant sees |
|---|---|
| Normal checkbox (standard) | A standard tick box with a label beside it. |
| Toggle switch | A sliding on/off toggle instead of a tick box. Same stored value — purely visual. |
| Disclaimer / Consent | A scrollable panel of rich text with a consent checkbox beneath it. Optionally lock the checkbox until the applicant scrolls to the bottom. Requires you to fill in the disclaimer body text; the consent label defaults to "I agree" if left blank. |
| Read-only statement | Shows the current value as text the applicant cannot edit (see Statements below). |
When to use Disclaimer / Consent: any legally meaningful consent — privacy, credit authorisation, terms acceptance. Fill in the body text and turn on Require scroll to bottom so the applicant must read the full text before ticking.
A Disclaimer field with no body text renders an empty panel. Always author the disclaimer body before saving.
Money display modes
| Mode | What the applicant sees |
|---|---|
| Number input (standard) | A currency-prefixed number box. |
| Amount + frequency | Two inputs: an amount and a period selector (weekly / fortnightly / monthly / annual). The form stores a monthly-equivalent value calculated from those two inputs. |
| Slider | A draggable track with the min at one end and the max at the other, plus stepper buttons and a tap-to-type amount display. Only available once you set both a minimum and maximum via a Range validation — see Validations & Required Fields. |
| Read-only statement | See below. |
Slider tip: set min and max in the field's Validations tab first, then switch to the Slider mode. If you later remove a bound the slider reverts to a number input automatically — no data is lost.
Number display modes
| Mode | What the applicant sees |
|---|---|
| Number input (standard) | A plain numeric box. |
| Number with unit | A number box with a fixed unit suffix you author (for example "kg", "years", "m²"). |
| Read-only statement | See below. |
Choices display modes
Applies to Dropdown, Multi-Choice, and Single Choice field types.
| Mode | What the applicant sees |
|---|---|
| Standard input | A collapsed dropdown list (Dropdown) or a vertical list of radio buttons / checkboxes. |
| Grid tiles | Large, tappable tiles — one option per card — arranged in a responsive grid. Good for a handful of headline choices the applicant should weigh up. This is the default for Dropdown and Multi-Choice. |
| Compact grid | Smaller pill-style chips packed tightly. Better for many options, short labels, or questions that should sit quietly on a dense page. |
| Read-only statement | See below. |
Grid vs compact grid at a glance: reach for Grid when the choices deserve visual presence (five property types, three income categories). Reach for Compact grid when there are many options, the labels are short, or you want the question to take up less space.
All other answerable types
Every other field type — Short Text, Long Text, Email, Phone, Date, Date & Time, File, Address, Sub-Form, Contact, Search List — supports two modes:
| Mode | What the applicant sees |
|---|---|
| Standard input | The normal control for that type (text box, date picker, file upload, etc.). |
| Read-only statement | See below. |
Read-only statement
Read-only statement is available on every answerable field type. It renders the field's current value in a soft bordered box with no input — the applicant can see the value but cannot edit it.
Use it for values that arrive from elsewhere and must not be changed at this step: a calculated LVR, a prefilled loan amount confirmed upstream, or a reference number generated by an integration. Because the applicant can't type into a statement, pair it with a value source (a default, a prefill, or a computed result) — an empty statement just shows a dash.
Quick-reference table
| Field type | Available modes | Builder default |
|---|---|---|
| Checkbox | Normal checkbox · Toggle switch · Disclaimer / Consent · Read-only statement | Normal checkbox |
| Money | Number input · Amount + frequency · Slider¹ · Read-only statement | Number input |
| Number | Number input · Number with unit · Read-only statement | Number input |
| Dropdown | Standard input · Grid tiles · Compact grid · Read-only statement | Grid tiles |
| Multi-Choice | Standard input · Grid tiles · Compact grid · Read-only statement | Grid tiles |
| Single Choice | Standard input · Grid tiles · Compact grid · Read-only statement | Standard input |
| All other types | Standard input · Read-only statement | Standard input |
¹ Slider requires both a minimum and a maximum set via a Range validation (max must be greater than min).
See also
- Validations & Required Fields — set the min/max Range validation required before the Slider mode becomes available.
- Forms & Field Types — a full list of field types and how to add them to a form.