Input type dropdown shows most types greyed out with an "Advanced" badge

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What you are seeing

The Input type dropdown shows most types greyed out with an "Advanced" badge.

#Why it happens

Standard edition without the confluence.forms flag. Only single-line text is selectable. The same thing happens transiently if the feature-flag service is slow or fails, because the gate treats "not ready" as "not allowed".

#What to do

Upgrade to Advanced. If the site IS on Advanced and types are still blocked, reload the page - a failed flag lookup can leave the gate closed.

#Settings involved

Setting

Where

What it does

Advanced edition

Marketplace / licensing

Unlocks every input type beyond single-line text, and unlocks the Forms nav item in the Suite regardless of the flag. It does NOT unlock the Forms search panel - that is flag-only.

#Limits that apply here

Limit

Value

What happens

Standalone field autosave delay

800 ms after the last change; "Saved" ti

Applies only to Input macros outside a Form container.

#A few things that catch people out

  • Only single-line Text works without the Advanced edition. Every other type is disabled in the Input type dropdown and badged "Advanced".

  • Validation runs only on a Form container's Save. A standalone Input macro autosaves and is never validated, so Required, character limits and number bounds are silently unenforced there.

  • Field numbering means different things in the two placements: a standalone field is numbered by its position among all Input macros on the page; a field inside a form is numbered within that form's body.

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