Extend Gravity Forms with essential features.

Time Zones

When using a date picker, you need to be aware of time zones if you expect global visitors.

Sydney for example is 14 hours ahead of New York. Assume your site's time zone is New York and you want to disable today. In that case, an Australian visitor might see tomorrow disabled instead.

Not to worry, Hero for Gravity Forms has you covered. The free Essential package adds time zone support for date fields. With this feature, you can ensure visitors see your site's time zone no matter where they are.

Date Field Settings

The Time Zone option is part of the Advanced admin panel of each Date field.

Date Picker Animations

Hero for Gravity Forms gives you control over which animation to play when opening a date picker.

Date Field Settings

You can configure animations in the Appearance admin panel of each Date field.

The Essential package contains Fade In, Blind and Slide Left.

The Standard package adds the rest of the animations.

Date Picker Highlights

You can use Hero for Gravity Forms to highlight today's date on the calendar.

Date Field Settings

Highlights are part of the Appearance admin panel of each Date field.

Date Properties

By default, visitors can edit date inputs. Because of that, they can send any text as the selected date, which might be unexpected.

With Hero for Gravity Forms, you can disallow manual edits and only allow date inputs to be filled by a date picker.

Date Field Settings

Each Date field has a Properties section under Appearance in the admin panel.

Random IDs

When you need to generate random characters, you can use random IDs from the Standard package. If you need a guarantee that the IDs are unique, then consider unique IDs instead.

By default, a random ID looks like this: VZ3Y-69L2-QE2G. There are over seven quadrillion combinations of letters and numbers. Click the refresh button to generate a different ID.

You can use Random IDs anywhere you see the icon, such as the Default Value of any field in the admin panel, under Advanced. To insert a random ID, use

Random IDs can be configured to create different patterns by specifying a format as a parameter. For example:

• {random:AAAA} will generate four uppercase letters, such as XZXS or FZGH, making up almost half a million possibilities.
• {random:AAA-NN} will generate three uppercase letters followed by a dash and two numbers from 0 to 9, such as LRW-41 or MWQ-72, for a total of almost two million possibilities.

Format

Dissimilar characters are characters that look different from other characters. For example, I (the uppercase letter I), l (the lowercase letter L), and 1 (the number one) are not included, because they look very similar to each other.

Any character that follows a \ (backslash) will be escaped. For example, the format \NN will generate an N followed by a random digit, such as N5 or N7.

Unique IDs

When you need to create coupon codes, reference numbers, or anything that needs to be random as well as unique, you can use unique IDs from the Advanced package.

They work the same as random IDs, but they are also guaranteed to be unique for each field. You can use them as Default Values for hidden fields.

When using unique IDs, it's important to consider the number of possible IDs. If the number is too low, then there's a chance to run out, in which case future entries will be blank.

For example, you can use the default format safely, as it offers over seven quadrillion possibilities.

You can see the number of possibilities when editing the format in the admin panel.