Form Button / Custom Forms

[diegozane]

I know there are existing requests for custom forms already but I have a proposed format..

My frustration is often needing a bit more functionality and better design for form inputs.

The existing form doesn’t always visually or functionally work with what myself and a lot of other Adalo users need, so we use individual components and a button.

This is fine for 2 or 3 components but when there are 4 or more there is no way to set “is required” in order to progress, unless a jumbled mix of button states and conditional visibility rules are applied.

With all the new great components that have been added recently, it would be great to tie those all in with a custom form function.

Example image below of some of the newer components:

The Image cropper, Advanced Inputs, New Dropdown, Options selector etc all offer far better features than we’ve had before and also all include Magic Text output.

Could Adalo either adjust the current button or create a new separate "FORM BUTTON"? Something that allows us select which collection records are required before the button will perform the desired action.

Mockup of how this could work below:

This will give users:

• As many records “required” as needed on one screen
• Input types can be forced - Text, email, number / decimal pad
• Cropped images within a full form
• Better screen design
• Formulas / calculations
• Avoid unnecessary conditional visibility and incomplete form submissions

@Dilon let me know your thoughts

Thanks

[Flawless]

Have you tried the “Multi-input validator” component by nocode monkey? Does most of what you’re asking.

[diegozane]

I haven’t. Before I splash out on paying for it, do you know if it works with dropdown selections and images?

Thanks

[Dilon]

Hi Sam, you can definitely use the NCM component which Mario mentioned above and it has below validation types, however only 10 inputs supported. You can also contact NCM support and ask for a 3 days free trial to test it out, and then you can pay if you’re satisfied!

However, there should be a solution for this from Adalo so I’ll bring this question to the team, to see if the solution you suggested is good or a separate component from Adalo, or something even better. I think there should be a solution for this in 2026 as many of us (even I) build custom forms to combine multiple components. Thanks for sharing this and will keep you updated on how it goes, have a great day!

[Flawless]

Yes, it works with dropdowns and images.

As @Dilon stated, it does limit you to 10 inputs for a single custom form, but that’s usually not a problem for me. i’ve used it at least a hundred times and it tends to do just fine.

If Adalo is thinking of creating a custom one, that’d be cool too, but this multi-input validator usually gets the job done.