{"id":6417,"date":"2014-05-15T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T21:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/documentation\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:59:05","slug":"hidden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/hidden\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Hidden<\/strong> field can be used to store information that should not be visible to the user but can be processed and stored with the user submission. It is available under the Standard Fields section within the form editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert_yellow pad_20\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> The<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"> Hidden field is always available in the form to store information. It doesn&#8217;t support\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/enable-conditional-logic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conditional Logic,<\/a>\u00a0and its Visibility setting<\/span>s cannot be changed. If you need to have a field hidden in the form but still available for Conditional Logic, you can use a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/single-line-text\/\">Single Line Text<\/a> field with its Visibility set to hidden. Refer to this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/common-field-settings\/\">article<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CleanShot-2021-05-10-at-15.55.19@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CleanShot-2021-05-10-at-15.55.19@2x.png\" alt=\"GForms Hidden Field Icon\" class=\"wp-image-26837 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Hidden field as displayed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/form-editor\/#h-the-field-library\">Field Library<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:24% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CleanShot-2021-05-11-at-14.25.15@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CleanShot-2021-05-11-at-14.25.15@2x.png\" alt=\"GForms Hidden Field\" class=\"wp-image-26994 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CleanShot-2021-05-11-at-14.25.15@2x.png 600w, https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CleanShot-2021-05-11-at-14.25.15@2x-300x107.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Hidden field as displayed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/form-editor\/#h-the-layout-space\">Form Editor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-common-settings\">Common Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This field uses only common field settings for the General, Appearance, and Advanced settings. 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Below you will find description of specialty settings that are particular to this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-merge-tags\">Merge Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the use of merge tags, refer to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/category\/user-guides\/merge-tags-getting-started\/\">these articles<\/a>.<a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usage\">Usage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">{Field Name:2}<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-modifiers\">Modifiers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This merge tag does not have any modifiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hidden field can be used to store information that should be not visible to the user but can be processed and stored with the user submission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autodraft_ids":[],"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cf_checklist_status":[]},"categories":[193],"tags":[19380],"class_list":["post-6417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-standard-fields","tag-edited-for-2-5","wpautop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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