Adding a Sketchpad Input to a Form

How to add a Sketchpad input to a form

You can add drawings to a form using the sketchpad input. This is helpful when adding a photo to a form won’t work, such as a floorplan, or plot of land that you can’t get a whole photo of. You can draw basic shapes as well as straight lines or arrows, add text, and draw freehand. You can also use a photo as a background and sketch on the photo. If you have long words in a sketchpad field that is too close to the edge of a sketch they get cut off. If there are spaces, where it can wrap, the text will wrap.

1. From the Input menu in the Form Designer, click Sketchpad.
   
2. Click (Edit) to open the Edit Sketchpad window.
   
3. On the Settings tab, mark Required to make the sketchpad required. Mark Used for Personal Data if the sketchpad is used for personal data.
4. Enter a label for the sketchpad.
5. In the Tooltip field, enter the tip/hint you may want to include for the sketchpad. 
6. Click Add Background Image to select a background image for the sketchpad input. you can draw on this background image.
7. Click the Styles tab to specify the style settings for the sketchpad. See Using the Styles Tab for more information. 
8. Click the Field Condition tab to create a condition for the sketchpad.
9. Click OK to save your entries. Click Cancel to close the Edit Sketchpad window without saving changes.