# Add a drop-down, radio or checkbox field to a Confluence form

To add a drop-down, radio or checkbox field to a Confluence form, insert an **Input (Capable)** macro inside the form and set **Input type** to **Select**, **Radio** or **Checkbox**. Then select **Add option** for each choice and type its display label. These field types need the Advanced edition.

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## Before you start

| **You need**                | **Why**                                                                                                                                                                     |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Capable Forms installed     | Forms is part of Capable Forms for Confluence and the Capable Suite.                                                                                                        |
| Edit permission on the page | You add and change forms in the Confluence editor.                                                                                                                          |
| The Advanced edition        | On Standard, these types are greyed out with an **Advanced** badge.                                                                                                         |
| A form on the page          | See [Add a form to a Confluence page](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/add-a-form-to-a-confluence-page.html). |

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## Steps

1. Open the page and select **Edit**.
2. Click inside the form, type `/` and insert **Input (Capable)** (**Input macro (Capable)** in the standalone Forms app).
3. In **Configure Input**, enter a **Label** and set **Input type** to **Select** (a drop-down), **Radio** (pick one) or **Checkbox** (pick any).
4. Under **Options**, select **Add option** and type the **Display label**. Repeat for each choice.
5. Optionally set a value (it is made from the label if you leave it blank). Radio and checkbox choices can have a description; Select choices can have a colour.
6. Publish the page.

![The Configuring Form field dialog for Dietary needs with Input type Select and three options, None, Vegetarian and Vegan, each with a colour](https://help.gocapable.com/images/052f6a8e-2cf3-4955-a9f9-4e30785052fe.webp)

Set Input type to Select, add an option for each choice and pick a colour for each. Turn on Allow multiple selections if readers can pick more than one.

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## What happens next

Readers pick from your choices when they fill in the form. Answers show with their labels, and Select answers with their colour, in the byline, the Forms side panel and the responses view.

Changing a field's **Input type** later clears its saved answer and any settings that do not apply to the new type. See [Changing a field's Input type wiped its answer and its settings](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/changing-a-field-s-input-type-wiped-its-answer-and-its-settings.html).

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## Related

### [Form field (Input)](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/form-field-input.html)

Every field setting.

### [Make Confluence form fields required and set limits](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/make-confluence-form-fields-required-and-set-limits.html)

Validation.

### [Input type dropdown shows most types greyed out](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/input-type-dropdown-shows-most-types-greyed-out-with-an-advanced-badge.html)

If the types are greyed out.

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_Give them the choices, not a blank box._