Form Builder: How to associate explanatory text with a "view field group"?

[Ben]

Great question.

Yes, the "View Field Group" (verbose, I know) has a 256 chars max. But I see that the field doesn't actually limit you to that number when entering text - I'll log that as a bug.

I kind of only pictured that field to be used for short headings. Form Tools doesn't properly support a way to embed blocks of text, which would be very nice.

Probably your best bet would be to add the text directly into the Form Builder Template Set template and hook it up to only show it for that View Field Group.

To do that, update your "Form Page" Template Type in the Template Set you're using. Add something like this within the main
{{foreach from=$grouped_fields ... }} section:

Code:

{{if $group.group_id == X}}
  Enter your blurb here.
{{/if}}

To find out "X" (i.e. the View Field Group ID), the simplest way is to just go to your Review page of the form (enable that page in the Form Builder if you don't have it), then put through a submission and click the "Edit" link for that section. The URL will contain the ID for that View Field Group.

Sorry for the convoluted answer; this usage wasn't something I anticipated - but it's certainly do-able.

- Ben