CSS Ready Classes for Gravity Forms

In Gravity Forms 1.5 we're adding some new "Ready Classes". Using these new classes, you can easily create more advanced alternative layouts for the fields in your forms.

Essentially, Ready Classes are class names that you can add to the parent element surrounding each field to take advantage of pre-defined styles included in the default form stylesheet.

How to Use Ready Classes

To add a Ready Class to a field, just edit your form in the Form Builder and then select the field you want to add the classes to. Under the "Advanced" tab, you’ll see an input called "CSS class name". Add the Ready Class name or names you want to add to the field here and then save the form.

Please note that this feature does NOT update live in the Form Builder. After you specify your Ready Class names, just save the form and you’ll see the classes being applied to your form in the preview window and on the live site.

The Ready Class Names

Here are the Ready Classes that are built in the Gravity Forms default stylesheet that you can use right away without having to write any of your own CSS.

 

Halves (2 Columns)

Note: These only work with the "top label" form layout option.

gf_left_half

This places the field in the left column (left half) of a 2 column layout. This only work with the "top label" form layout option.

gf_right_half

This places the field in the left column (right half) of a 2 column layout. This only work with the "top label" form layout option.

To align two fields side by side (2 equal columns) you can add these classes. The two fields have to be adjacent to each other in the Form Builder. The gf_left_half class has to be added to the first field and the gf_right_half class to the second field.

Example:

 

Thirds (3 Columns)

gf_left_third

This places the field in the left column (left third) of a 3 column layout. This only work with the "top label" form layout option.

gf_middle_third

This places the field in the middle column (middle third) of a 3 column layout. This only work with the "top label" form layout option.

gf_right_third

This places the field in the right column (right third) of a 3 column layout. This only work with the "top label" form layout option.

To align three fields side by side (3 equal columns) you can add these classes. The three fields have to be adjacent to each other in the Form Builder. The gf_left_third class has to be added to the first field, the gf_middle_third class to the second field and the gf_right_third class to the third field.

Example:

List Classes

gf_list_2col

This turns a multiple choice/checkbox list into an equally-spaced 2 column format. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

gf_list_3col

This turns a multiple choice/checkbox list into an equally-spaced 3 column format. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

Example:

gf_list_4col

This turns a multiple choice/checkbox list into an equally-spaced 4 column format. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

gf_list_5col

This turns a multiple choice/checkbox list into an equally-spaced 5 column format. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

gf_list_inline

This turns a multiple choice/checkbox list into an inline horizontal list (not evenly spaced columns). This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

Example:

gf_list_height_25

This applies a 25px height value all multiple choice/checkbox items in that list. This can be useful to avoid "hanging floats" caused by list items of unequal height. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

gf_list_height_50

This applies a 50px height value all multiple choice/checkbox items in that list. This can be useful to avoid "hanging floats" caused by list items of unequal height. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

gf_list_height_75

This applies a 75px height value all multiple choice/checkbox items in that list. This can be useful to avoid "hanging floats" caused by list items of unequal height. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

gf_list_height_100

This applies a 100px height value all multiple choice/checkbox items in that list. This can be useful to avoid "hanging floats" caused by list items of unequal height. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

gf_list_height_125

This applies a 125px height value all multiple choice/checkbox items in that list. This can be useful to avoid "hanging floats" caused by list items of unequal height. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

gf_list_height_150

This applies a 150px height value all multiple choice/checkbox items in that list. This can be useful to avoid "hanging floats" caused by list items of unequal height. This only applies to multiple choice/checkbox lists and work with any of the form label position settings.

Other Classes

gf_scroll_text

This converts a section break field into a box with a fixed height that will automatically show a scroll bar if there’s a large amount of text. This is useful if you’re wanting to show large amounts of content to the user, but don’t want to have to link to it or make the form very long to show it (Terms of Service Agreements, etc). This class only works on section breaks and works with any of the form label position settings.

Example:

gf_hide_ampm

This hides the am/pm selector in the time field- this only hides the field on the form, not in the form entry table. This works with any of the form label position settings.

gf_hide_charleft

This hides the characters left counter beneath paragraph text fields when using the maximum characters option. This works with any of the form label position settings.

Q & A

Can I use multiple classes on the same field?

Yes, you can use multiple classes together. Just separate each class name by a space. Note: This doesn't work for all of the styles, but many can be combined if they're applicable to the field type. For example, you may have a 2 column primary layout, and want to use 2 column list layouts within the columns.

Can I create my own classes?

Yes, the classes are added to the parent <li> element surrounding a field so you can define your own class name and add your own rules to your theme stylesheet based on that class name being added to the field.

Notes

You can also see an example of several of these classes applied in one form here.

One final note. As with any CSS rules, your particular theme CSS may override or supersede some of these styles. They've been tested in a variety of themes and work well, but you may have to make some adjustments to your theme styles for everything to work properly.