When you create your first Tally form, you’ll notice that a form is a combination of building blocks. When you start typing you’re automatically creating a text block, but there are many more blocks to discover!
Type
/
or click +
to see the different types of form blocks you can add to your form.Just start typing
Give your form a title and hit
enter
. You can choose a pre-made template from our gallery, but let’s start from scratch to keep it simple.To create a form or a survey you’ll want to insert questions and answers. You can choose from a list of pre-made questions + answer combinations. Just type
/question
to see the available options.
Alternatively, questions can be also made by inserting a
/h3
or /label
, and answers can be chosen separately from the list of input blocks. Just type /email
for example.
Select, move and duplicate blocks
Select one or multiple form blocks and drag them to another position in your form. To delete blocks, hit
backspace
, to duplicate them use copy cmd
+ c
and paste cmd
+ v
.
Make questions required or optional
Questions are required by default and marked with a
*
. Click *
to make the question optional or not required.Choose block options
Click
::
on the left of an input block to open block options. Depending on the input block, there are different options available:- Make the block required (click
*
to make an input block optional)
- Duplicate the block
- Set a character limit: minimum or maximum number of characters or choices
- Add images to multiple choice questions
- Add conditional logic and hide or show blocks
Insert pages
To create a multiple-page form, insert pages by typing
/page
. You can rename a page by clicking the page number.
Add a Thank You page
A Thank You page is the message your respondents see after they submitted the form. Use the toggle on top of your last page to create a custom Thank You page.

If you don't add a Thank You page, a default one will be shown at the end of your form.
Preview and publish
Click
Preview
to test your form and Publish
it to get the sharing link.