# Form designer

> The IS Tools form designer lets administrators build forms using panels, Detail, Table, Multi detail, and Repeater sections, plus fields and components.

[Application configuration](application_configuration.md) > Form designer

The Form designer allows the administrator to configure [application forms](application_forms.md).

There are two different methods to access the Form designer. First one is by clicking the **Form designer** entry in the [**Navigation menu**](navigation_menu.md). The second approach is only possible when forms already are created in the application. In this case click the **Open in form designer** entry in the ![FormMenu](_images/FormMenu.png) menu, next to the form title bar.

> **Tip:**
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> Once the editor is opened, consider collapsing the [navigation menu](navigation_menu.md), in order to have a wider area for the form configuration.

> **Tip:**
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> See exactly when a form was last loaded, along with its total usage count over the last week, month, and year, by adding analytics columns in the **Open Form** window. This will help you clean up unused forms and prioritize updates for your most popular ones.

## Sections

Each section is a separate file:

- [Walkthrough of the environment](form_designer/walkthrough_of_the_environment.md): The Form designer consists of the six following elements:
- [Create a form with a section](form_designer/create_a_form_with_a_section.md): Before beginning to create a form, make sure that the current data model contains the tables and fields you wish to display in the new form.
- [Video tutorial](form_designer/video_tutorial.md): This step-by-step tutorial will cover the basics of creating a user form with form designer:
- [Add a component (e.g. Media, Map, Calendar, Button, Chart, etc.)](form_designer/add_a_component_e_g_media_map_calendar_button_chart_etc.md)
- [Set a fixed filter to a section](form_designer/set_a_fixed_filter_to_a_section.md): It can be very useful to have a section pre-filtered by conditions set by the administrator, so regular users who access the application form would see a limited record list based on such condition...
- [Set custom behavior for components](form_designer/set_custom_behavior_for_components.md): Use the Behavior property to make the selected component change in a special way, depending on your business logic flow; e.g., a Note field that behaves hidden until a Checkbox it ticked, or the ba...
- [Display field values in the selector / Relation fields on sections](form_designer/display_field_values_in_the_selector_relation_fields_on_sections.md): The selector is used to select which of the currently existing records that should be displayed in an certain section.
- [Limit by](form_designer/limit_by.md): To ensure that users of a form only has to browse trough relevant data, the Limit by function should be used.
- [Find in form](form_designer/find_in_form.md): Use this feature to search for fields and variables in forms.
- [Edit a form](form_designer/edit_a_form.md): Click on the icon at the top toolbar, select the form and double-click to open it.
- [Translate a form](form_designer/translate_a_form.md): All items in the form that have a label, e.g., labels that belong to fields and links components, and even the form name and its panels' and sections' titles, can be translated to the permitted lan...
- [Delete a form](form_designer/delete_a_form.md): Click on the icon at the top toolbar, select one or many forms (listed by name) and click on Delete.
- [Copy and paste components in a form or between forms](form_designer/copy_and_paste_components_in_a_form_or_between_forms.md): Suppose that you copy and paste a section designed with colored components and standard IQL queries (with no dependency constraint).