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Adding New Form

Opening the Virto Forms Builder

Open the list. In a modern list, click Virto Form on the command bar. In a classic list, open the List tab of the ribbon (Library in a library) and click the product button in the Customize List (Customize Library) group.

Forms Designer icon on the SharePoint list ribbon Library or List tab

The Virto Forms Builder opens in a new tab. The first time, a short guided tour shows the parts of the builder; click Next to go on or Skip All to close it.

Guided tour of the Virto Forms Builder pointing to the controls

The builder ribbon

The ribbon tab VIRTO FORM BUILDER has these groups:

  • General — Back to list.
  • Save — Save; Edit Form, New Form and Display Form choose which forms the design is saved to (see Saving SharePoint form).
  • Manage Forms — the form you are designing, for example (Item) Edit Form.
  • Manage Layouts — the Layouts list (Default) with the Edit, New and Delete buttons.
  • Settings — JavaScript, CSS, General, Reset (clear the current form) and Reset all forms.
  • Import & Export — save the design to a file and load it into another list (see SharePoint form templates).
  • Information — the app version and the list.

Ribbon of the Virto Forms Builder

Designing the form

Drag fields from Fields and controls from Basic Controls onto the form. A field placed on the form is removed from the Fields list.

Builder with the Fields list, Basic Controls and a form with two tabs and the Title field

When you drop a control, a new section appears on the form.

New section added to a SharePoint form using drag and drop in the designer

In the right part you can define additional parameters of chosen controls.

For example, you can type titles for both tabs and press “Save” button to save changes.

Control properties panel for typing tab titles before saving the form changes

Also, you can change text color, style and size or add JavaScript link and CSS styles to chosen control to change its appearance.

Control settings for text color, style, size, and custom JavaScript and CSS links

Virto Forms allows you to define label text appearance of the list fields, using css class and custom styles. Also, you can hide label text by unchecking box “Visibility”.

You can add any amount of sections and fields from the current list and place them in several rows under each other or locate 3 elements in a single row.

You are able to locate in one row no more than 3 controls. But you can place only one control in a row inside Tabs and Accordions.

Form row holding up to three controls placed side by side in the designer

Remove chosen controls from your form by clicking “Remove” button or using drag and drop feature.

Remove button used to delete a selected control from the SharePoint form

Note: You can’t put accordion form in any tab, as well as it is forbidden to place a tab in accordion form.

Note: you can add any fields from the current list with no Read-only rights.

Note: it is impossible to add fields of “Attachment” type.

Note: fields from lists of “Document Library” types are not supported.

Note: “Recurrence” and “All day event” fields from lists of “Calendar” type are not supported.

Note: calculated fields are not available on the New and Edit forms.

Updated on October 20, 2026
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