Advanced logic & flows

Show or hide a field with conditions

Set a field to appear only when other answers call for it, so people fill out just the parts that apply to them.

Conditional fields let a field show up only when it’s relevant. You set a rule once, and Air Fill checks it as people fill out the form. This is a Pro feature; on the free plan you’ll see Conditional fields as a locked row in the field’s settings.

Set a condition on a field

  1. In the form editor’s Build view, tap the field you want to control to open its settings.
  2. Find the Visibility section and open the Show this field picker. You’ll see Always, With conditions, Only when empty, and Never.
  3. Choose With conditions. A Conditions row appears.
  4. Tap Conditions to open the Conditions editor.

Build the rule

At the top of the editor is a Show when header with a control to match All or Any of these conditions. Use All when every condition has to be true, and Any when one is enough.

Tap Condition to add a rule. Each condition has three parts:

  • A Field to check — this can be any other field in your form.
  • A condition (the operator).
  • A Value to check against. Instead of a fixed value, you can tap Compare to another field…, or use Today for date fields.

The operators you can pick depend on the type of field you’re checking. A text field offers things like equals, contains, and is empty. A number field offers is greater than or is between. A date field offers is today or is before today. A checkbox offers is checked or is unchecked.

For more involved logic, tap Group to nest conditions inside a group. You can nest several levels, which lets you mix All and Any rules together.

What happens on the form

The field shows up only when its conditions are met. When a field is hidden by its conditions, its value isn’t included when the form is submitted.

The other Show this field options

  • Always keeps the field visible every time.
  • Only when empty shows the field until it already has a value — handy for a prefilled field. The value is still submitted.
  • Never hides the field on the form.

Good to know

Conditions decide whether a field appears; they don’t make it required. If you need an answer, turn on the field’s separate Required toggle.

The same idea applies to sections and the submit button: a section has a Show when option, and the submit button has an Allow submit when option, both built the same way.

Still stuck? Email hello@airfill.app and we’ll help.

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