What Capable Forms is

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Capable Forms lets you collect structured answers directly on a Confluence page. You insert a Form container macro, place Form field (Input) macros inside its body, and readers fill the fields in and press Save. On top of that, Forms maintains three read-only indexes so forms can be found and reported on: a per-page content property, Confluence labels on every page carrying a form, and a site-wide registry of Form IDs. A Forms catalogue page lists every Form ID on the site; opening one shows a row per page carrying that form, with a column per field and a CSV export. Only the single-line Text field works on the Standard edition; every other field type needs the Advanced edition (or the confluence.forms feature flag).

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Readers answer the fields in place on the page and the values save with the form.

#At a glance

Macros

Form container, Form field (Input)

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A standalone app, and a capability inside the Capable Suite

#A few things worth knowing

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

  • The edition gate is inconsistent by placement: the config panel blocks you from CREATING an Advanced field on Standard, and a STANDALONE Advanced field hides both its control and its saved answer - but an Advanced-typed field already inside

  • 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.

The short version.