Support for Form Templates in FormCollection

[kashyl]

Currently, FormCollection allows grouping identical forms within the same collection, with a single button to add a new instance of the same form. This is a great feature, and I would like to suggest a way to potentially enhance the user experience by introducing form templates.

Use Case

In scenarios where users frequently need to input similar forms but with prefilled fields based on predefined templates, having multiple "Add" buttons to add different variations of a form would improve efficiency and reduce repetitive input.

Let's say we are working with a list of questions that users can input.
In this specific example, the data sent by each form would be something like:

• The question text (formatted, where applicable)
• The answer type (e.g., yes/no or numerical minimum)
• The preferred answer (this can be stored as an integer for both answer type cases)

Users could

1. Add a custom question manually via a + Custom Question button.
2. Use a predefined template (e.g., + Skill, + Driver's License) to automatically populate some fields, reducing effort for common cases.

Example

I've attached an image from LinkedIn's job posting form to better illustrate this concept:

Implementation notes

The main functionality needed is for a FormCollection to allow adding multiple forms that all output the same JSON structure but can be added via different buttons, each tied to a specific "template.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on how to best implement this, such as if there are any existing patterns in FormCollection that could support multiple this functionality.