A tour of the form builder
The form builder opens whenever you create a form or select one on the Forms page. Its address is app.kyraform.com/forms/<form id>/edit.
The header
Section titled “The header”From left to right:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Back to forms | Returns to the Forms page. Your work is already saved. |
| Form name | Select it to Rename form. This is the internal name, not the title respondents see. |
| Save status | All changes saved on a draft. Published when the live form matches your edits. Published · unpublished changes when you’ve edited a live form but not republished. If a save fails you see Try saving again. |
| Canvas / Preview / Settings | Switches the main area between building, filling the form as a respondent, and form settings. |
| Undo / Redo | Steps back and forward through your edits. Shortcuts: Ctrl/⌘ Z to undo, Ctrl/⌘ Shift Z (or Ctrl Y on Windows) to redo. Everything you type in one box counts as one step. |
| Version history | Saved versions of the form. Compare one with the current form and restore it. See Saving, undo and versions. |
| Open form | Opens the live public form in a new tab. Only shown once the form is published. |
| Publish | Runs the publish check and makes the current version live. |
Ask AI, at the bottom right of the builder, opens the AI assistant: describe any change, such as “only show company if they are employed”, and it is applied straight away. See Create and edit forms with AI.
If your role or share lets you see the form but not edit it, the builder opens with a View-only access banner and a link to Open results.
The canvas
Section titled “The canvas”The canvas shows the form the way respondents read it, top to bottom.
- Form title and description sit at the top. The title is what respondents see as the heading. The description is optional.
- Each question is a card. Select a card to open its editor. See Adding and editing questions.
- Add opens the Add a question picker. It’s searchable, and Enter adds the first match.
- Drag a card by its handle (Drag to reorder) to move it.
- On multi-step forms the canvas is grouped by step, and questions not placed on any step appear under Unassigned. See Layout & steps.
A collapsed card shows a one-line summary of what’s set on it, for example:
| Summary | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Only shown when … | It has a visibility condition. |
| Answer must be … | It has validation rules. |
| Checked against … | It uses external validation. |
| Filled from … | It’s filled from another question or a link. |
| Shows a message: … | It has a custom alert. |
| Accepts … | File types a file upload allows. |
| Counted in the poll | It’s a vote question. |
| Correct answer … | Quiz scoring is set. |
The Form setup panel
Section titled “The Form setup panel”Next to the canvas, Form setup keeps the form-wide settings you change most often within reach:
| Section | Contains |
|---|---|
| Type of form | Collect answers, Poll or vote, Quiz or assessment or Survey. Changing it changes which settings and reports the form has. |
| Structure | Layout and steps: single page or multi-step, one question at a time, progress style. See Layout & steps. |
| Quick settings | Expiration (when the form closes) and Bot protection. Each opens the matching settings section. |
| Actions | Duplicate form makes a copy you can change freely. Save as template adds it to your organization’s templates. Export JSON downloads the form definition, which you can bring back with Import JSON. |
Preview
Section titled “Preview”Preview shows the form exactly as respondents will see it, with your theme, steps, conditions, validation and calculations all working. Use it to test logic before publishing. Answers you type in Preview are not saved as responses.
Settings
Section titled “Settings”Settings opens an Overview of every setting for this form, grouped into sections:
| Section | Covers |
|---|---|
| Availability | Accepting responses, open and close dates, response limit. Details |
| Layout and steps | Single page or steps, presentation, progress. Details |
| After submission | Thank-you page, custom endings, redirect. Details |
| Access and security | Bot protection and file upload limits. Details |
| Respondent sign-in | Require Google sign-in and limit who can respond. Details |
| Payment | Collect a payment with the form. Details |
| Approvals | Review responses in stages. Details |
| Integrations | Webhooks, Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier and Make. Details |
| Team and sharing | The owning team and who else can work with the form. Details |
| Appearance | Theme, header, footer and review screen. Details |
| Assessment, Voting, Survey | Settings for those form types. |
Team and sharing, Integrations and Approvals appear once the form has been saved for the first time, which happens automatically a moment after you create it.