Problem
Filling out or managing a Community Form hasn't felt as smooth as it should. Residents found the form clunky and impersonal, more like answering a survey than submitting a request to their own community. Number fields like mobile number didn't bring up a numeric keypad, making them slower and more error-prone to fill. Descriptions and instructions admins carefully formatted with line breaks and spacing often lost that structure by the time residents saw them, turning into a wall of text.
On the admin side, if there was one specific detail they wanted to see at a glance on the permit, they had to search through the entire submitted response to find it. Permits also always carried the complete form response along with them — even in cases like sharing a permit with a security guard at the gate, where the guard only needs to see the permit itself, not the resident's private form answers.
What's Changed:
* Cleaner resident-facing forms : Question numbers are hidden, the "Your Answer" placeholder is replaced with "Your Response," and fields now render with a proper bordered look matching the Move-In flow.
* Number field type: A dedicated Number field type now brings up the numeric keypad on the resident app and blocks non-numeric entry.
* Short Answer vs Paragraph : Admins can now choose between single-line and multi-line text fields, with configurable character limits.
* Formatting retention : Line breaks and spacing in form descriptions, questions, and instructions now render on the resident app exactly as entered.
* Show on Permit : Any question response can now be marked to show directly on the permit, so key details are visible at a glance instead of digging through the full response.
* Decoupled permit sharing: Sending, resending, or downloading a permit now offers the choice to share the permit alone — useful when it's being shown to someone like a security guard who shouldn't see the resident's form responses — or with the full response attached.
Where
ERP > Community Forms > Set Up > Create Form
Resident Portal > Community Forms
ADDA App > Home Screen > Community Forms


Key Benefits
* A cleaner, more professional form experience for residents, with fewer entry errors.
* Key information visible at a glance on the permit, without opening the full response.
* Full control over what's shared and with whom — permits can now be shown without exposing the resident's private responses.