Introduction

One-at-a-time (previously Guided) Mode lets you create forms and surveys that display one question at a time, making your forms more conversational and giving submitters a more closely guided experience. Many question types will automatically advance to the next page once an answer is selected.

How it works

Switching to One-at-a-time Mode

To enable One-at-a-time Mode, click on "One-at-a-time" under Theme & Appearance → Form Experience. Theme & Appearance is located in the upper left-hand corner of the form editor. Note: Theme & Appearance will display once a question is added to the form.

One-at-a-time Mode can be selected in the Form Experience settings in the Theme editor.

Submit Button

This can be found under Theme & Appearance → UI Elements → Submit Button

  • Button Text - Change the text displayed on the Submit Button. This is set to "Submit" by default.
  • Shows the total price - Toggle whether the form's total price is shown on the Submit Button. This is enabled by default.

Other Content

Content such as text, images, and videos that are part of your form but not part of your question fields will be displayed on the same page as the next question that follows it. You can add page breaks if you want to keep this content on a separate page or break it across several pages.

Example of all pagination options enabled for one-at-a-time mode

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Advancing Questions

Auto-advance

  • Yes/No - Yes/No fields auto-advance.
  • Country - Country fields auto-advance.
  • Appointment - Appointment fields auto-advance.
  • Scale - Scale fields auto-advance.
  • Rating - Rating fields auto-advance.
  • Signature - Signature fields auto-advance once confirmed.

Auto-advance with specific settings

  • Date - Date fields auto-advance when "Type of date input" is set to "Calendar."
  • Multiple Choice - Multiple choice fields auto-advance when "Include an "Other" option to specify another answer" and "Can choose more than one answer" are disabled. Terms and Conditions and Checkbox questions require "Can choose more than one answer" to be toggled on and won't auto-advance.
  • Dropdown - Dropdown fields auto-advance when "Include an "Other" option to specify another answer" and "Can choose more than one answer" are disabled.
  • Image Upload - Image Upload fields auto-advance when "Can upload multiple files" is disabled.
  • File Upload - File Upload fields auto-advance when "Can upload multiple files" is disabled.
  • Products - Product fields auto-advance when "Can buy more than one product" is disabled.
  • Subscriptions - Subscription fields auto-advance when "Can choose more than one subscription" is disabled.
  • Calculation - Calculation fields are hidden from the submitter when "Hide this question" is enabled.

No auto-advance

  • Text - Text fields do not auto-advance.
  • Email - Email fields do not auto-advance.
  • URL - URL fields do not auto-advance.
  • Color Picker - Color Picker fields do not auto-advance.
  • Number - Number fields do not auto-advance.
  • Phone Number - Phone Number fields do not auto-advance.
  • Address - Address fields do not auto-advance.
  • Time - Time fields do not auto-advance.
  • Slider - Slider fields do not auto-advance.
  • Rank - Rank fields do not auto-advance.
  • Price - Price fields do not auto-advance.
  • Matrix - Matrix fields do not auto-advance.

Gotchas

  • Questions with default answers do not auto-advance if the submitter selects the default answer.
  • When the "Include a back button" setting is toggled off, submitters can still return to previous questions on your form by scrolling up or with the Shift + Tab keys.
  • You cannot display two questions side by side when One-at-a-time Mode is enabled.
  • Other content entered directly onto the form (e.g. text, videos, images) display on their own page, even if you place them right after a question and before a break. This is because each question in one-at-a-time mode always displays on its own page with no other content.
  • Text, images, and videos may all display together on the same page.

Example Templates

Consulting Lead Generation Form Template

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This simple form is designed to collect contact details intuitively and conversationally for lead generation and sales.

How it works:

  1. This form displays one question at a time and takes advantage of auto-advancing in One-at-a-time Mode by using Multiple Choice questions with images.

Movie Quiz Template

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This quiz template tracks scoring, provides answer feedback and uses visibility logic based on the submitter's score.

How it works:

  1. This form has 15 questions, presented one at a time. Using our Scoring feature, each correct answer adds 1 point to the total score.
  2. The form is split into rounds, after which the correct answers are displayed using Multiple Choice questions with default answers and the cumulative score.
  3. A different page is displayed based on the score using page visibility logic.

Driving Lesson Appointment Form Template

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This template helps to streamline the process of collecting appointments from clients and taking payments. When the Appointment Field is connected to a Google Calendar, you can automatically block off dates as they're booked.

How it works:

  1. Submitters are presented with one question at a time.
  2. This template contains page visibility logic. If the submitter indicates they are a new student, they are prompted to enter their address, license number, transmission preference and agree to the terms and conditions. This page is hidden if they are an existing student.
  3. This form also contains an Appointment Field, which can be connected to Google Calendar to set availability and automatically block off dates as they're booked.
  4. Submitters are then presented with a Price Field, which can be connected to a payment account to accept payments directly from your form.