Auto-Filling Fields

Gravity Forms provides merge tags that allow you to dynamically populate fields in forms using information about a user logged into your website. In order to use information about a user completing your form, the page your form is on should be private. Follow the steps below to set up auto-filling fields.

1. Select the form you would like to edit in the dashboard.

2. After setting up the field you want to populate, hover over it and expand more options by clicking the blue arrow that appears.

3. Define what value should be used to dynamically populate the field using the Advanced Tab.

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4. There should be a field titled Default Value. Hover over the question mark to view possible merge tags.

5. Use the drop-down to the right of Default Value for merge tags like User Display Name, User Email, and User Login.

   1. The following are some fields that can be auto-filled with currently logged-in users:

      1. {user:first_name}

      2. {user:last_name}

      3. {user:display_name}

      4. {user:user_email}

      5. {user:user_login}  (NetID)

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For a list of merge tags, visit the Merge Tags page in the Gravity Forms documentation.

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