Forms are not working

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Forms do not work.

Trying to create form from the apps homepage, not a form in an app.

If I try to create a form from scratch, it errors out once I start editing saying that the editor is out of sync. When I refresh, it then wants to add an id field to the form and doesn't do any database schema updates when adding fields. Also, signature field doesnt make sense, it says it will save it as a text input, it feels like that needs to be a different type and save the image of the signature.

Anyways, major bug, forms are unusable.

Thanks

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Hi @ben_inkana,

I can try to help you with the forms, although using the form component within an app might be the better way to go, as it is better supported here at Retool.

Having said that, I can try to help you debug your create form issue:

  1. I'm not able to reproduce your "editor out of sync" issues on my end, as my "create form" seems to be working fine for the most part. Are you able to reproduce this issue consistently and, if so, what steps are you taking specifically? (Maybe you can send me some screen shots or video)

  2. I don't believe the database schema is meant to update automatically when you add a field. I believe you need to manually add those to your database table.

  3. With regard to the id field, you will need to hide that on your form if it is included in your database.

  4. With regard to the signature component, it will save it as a Base64-encoded string and it will be converted to an image when displayed.

I hope this helps. I will wait to hear back from you on #1 above. :grinning: