VauForms Documentation

VauForms Overview

Start here to understand what VauForms does and how it helps you create forms, share them and collect responses in one place.

Vau Account & Sign In

Learn how your Vau Account gives you access to your VauForms workspace and keeps your own forms together.

VauForms Dashboard

Understand the current VauForms dashboard where you create, open, share and manage active forms, then use Trash for deleted forms.

Create Your First Form

Create a new form from the dashboard and begin editing it in a few simple steps.

Draft, Published & Closed Forms

Understand the different form states and when people can access a form.

Form Editor Workspace

Learn the main areas of the VauForms editor and how to move between building, previewing and responses.

Complete Field Catalog

See every current VauForms field type and choose the right question or layout element for your form.

Short Answer, Long Answer & Character Limits

Use text fields for short or long written answers and control the maximum number of characters respondents can enter.

Email, Phone, Number & Date Fields

Collect contact details, numeric values and dates using purpose-specific fields.

Dropdown, Multiple Choice & Two-Choice Checkboxes

Use option-based questions and understand the current special checkbox rules: up to two choices with Only one or Both allowed selection modes.

Rating Field

Collect quick feedback using a five-point rating shown as stars or numbers.

File Upload Field

Allow respondents to attach supported images, documents, media and office files to a form response.

Field Rules & Response Logic

Learn the current VauForms rule system: required answers, text character limits, checkbox selection rules and the boundary between working rules and future conditional branching.

Field Settings & Rules

Customize each field and use the newer field-rule controls for required answers, text character limits and two-choice checkbox behavior.

Form Design & Appearance

Use the dedicated Settings workspace to choose Classic, Soft or Minimal body design and set the primary accent color used on the public form.

Move, Duplicate & Delete Fields

Keep your form organized by moving questions, duplicating similar fields and removing unnecessary ones.

Section & Divider

Use Sections and Dividers to organize long forms into cleaner, easier-to-understand groups.

Signature Field

Understand the current Signature field and when to use it while building or testing a form.

Title, Description & After-Submission Message

Give the form a clear identity and use the redesigned Settings workspace to control the confirmation screen shown after submission.

Preview & Test Mode

Interact with your form before publishing so you can catch confusing questions and layout issues.

Saving Form Changes

Understand how to work safely while editing and confirm that your latest changes are saved before leaving.

Form Settings Workspace

Use the redesigned dedicated Settings workspace for access, response rules, confirmation messaging, appearance previews and save state.

Publish, Unpublish & Share

Make a form available to respondents and share its public link from VauForms.

Public Form Experience

Understand the current published form experience, including account access, required questions, text limits, checkbox rules and total response limits.

Require a Vau Account

Restrict a form so only respondents signed in with a Vau Account can open and submit it.

Required Questions

Make important questions mandatory and understand what happens when a respondent leaves one empty.

After a Response Is Submitted

Control the confirmation experience shown after a successful form response.

Using VauForms on Mobile

Design forms that remain simple and comfortable for respondents using phones and smaller screens.

Responses Workspace

Open the Responses screen to review every submission received for a form.

Read a Response in Detail

Understand the submission detail view, timestamps and field-by-field answers.

Anonymous vs Vau Account Responses

Understand when a response is shown as anonymous and when Vau Account identity can be associated with it.

View Files in Responses

Review attachments submitted through File Upload questions, including previews where supported.

Response Count on the Dashboard

Use the dashboard response count as a quick way to see which forms are receiving submissions.

Manage Multiple Forms

Keep a growing VauForms workspace organized as you create forms for different teams, campaigns and workflows.

Trash, Restore & Permanently Delete Forms

Understand the newer safe-delete workflow: dashboard Delete moves a form to Trash, where it can be restored or permanently removed.

VauForms Trash & Restore Workspace

Recover forms moved out of Your Forms or permanently remove them from the dedicated Trash workspace.

Business Use Cases

Explore practical ways businesses can use VauForms for everyday information collection.

Form Naming & Question Writing

Write clearer form titles, question labels and option text so respondents understand the form quickly.

Current Feature Notes & Rule Boundaries

Know which recent rules are fully available today and which advanced behaviors should not be assumed unless the current UI exposes them.

Why a Public Form May Not Open

Check the most common user-level reasons a shared form says it is unavailable or cannot be found.

File Upload Problems

Resolve common respondent problems when a file cannot be attached or uploaded to a VauForms response.

Response Submission Problems

Fix current submission issues caused by required questions, text limits, checkbox rules, response limits, account access, files or connectivity.

Common VauForms Problems

A user-focused troubleshooting guide for common dashboard, publishing, sharing, form opening and response issues.