Add HTML text elements to forms to add space and structure
Intermediate
Forms
Dan Callahan (Senior App Developer)


You can add small bits of HTML into text elements on your form to create space and organize and align fields more easily.
1. Add a Text element to your form and click the HTML checkbox in the properties

2. Add in the allowed HTML into the text field in the properties (see elements on the right)

3. You can add these on the same line between fields to add space horizontally.  Or, between fields or under section headers to add space vertically.

Legend:
br = a line break. Add multiple for more then one line. (Like a return key).
nbsp = Adds a space. Add multiple for more then one. (like clicking the space bar)
p = Adds a taller line break. (Like clicking the return key twice)
Copy each of these elements individually to add:

<br>
&nbsp;
<p>


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Created on June  7, 2019 at  1:58 PM (EDT). Last updated by Sawyer, Lisa (deactivated) on June  7, 2019 at  1:58 PM (EDT). Owned by Sawyer, Lisa (deactivated).
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When you bring additional fields into a conversion, Quickbase often finds inconsistencies. For example, say you're converting your Companies column into its own table. One company, Acme Corporation, has offices in New York, Dallas and Portland. So, when you add the City column to the conversion, Quickbase finds three different locations for Acme. A single value in the column you're converting can only match one value in any additional field. Quickbase needs you to clean up the extra cities before it can create your new table. To do so, you have one of two choices:

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