--- sourceDocument: Brazil Workflow Data Fabric sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/integrate-applications Release : - brazil ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - Brazil Workflow Data Fabric ft:clusterId : - crint bundleId : - crint workflow : - Creator --- # Form designer for building attended automation forms # Form designer for building attended automation forms {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Brazil Updated September 10, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 3 minutes to read Form designer is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for building attended automation forms in RPA Desktop Design Studio. ## Form designer overview {#form-designer-overview__section_kn4_h4h_g5b} A form is a custom interface to interact with multiple applications by using the Forms functionality within the RPA Desktop Design Studio. Forms can be used to insert various elements and arrange them as per the desired layout. ## Access the Form Designer {#form-designer-overview__section_hkk_j4h_g5b} To access the Form Designer, right-click the desired form in the Project Explorer pane and select Design. ## Sections of the Form Designer {#form-designer-overview__section_tln_s4h_g5b} Form Designer has four parts as shown in the following example: * Toolbox pane: The elements used for designing the form are displayed in the example. * Outline pane: Lists the elements and resources in the form. You can view and focus on a specific element of the form, as you are designing the form. * Design surface: Create designs by selecting elements from the Toolbox pane and drawing on the form within the Design surface. * Properties pane: View and edit the properties of an element or a window in the form that help to fine-tune its functionality. The important properties are highlighted in bold. {#form-designer-overview__ul_o5y_dx5_rrb} Figure 1. Form Designer dialog box ## Details of the Toolbox pane elements {#form-designer-overview__section_djx_x4h_g5b} The following elements from the Toolbox pane can be used to design the form.{#form-designer-overview__table_hpq_h11_wrb__entry__2} | Element | Description | |-|-| | [Button](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/c3K4ZzSmtV5yYOWo7HKhmw "The Button element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to add one or more buttons on the form so that your user can click a button to perform an action.") | Helps you to add one or more buttons on the form. Enables the user to click it to perform an action. | | [TextBlock](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/L~pm6i36Z~VmamixPZmhGg "The TextBlock element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to add a label on the form so that your user can view that label as read-only information.") | Helps you to add a label on the form. Enables the user to view a text block as read-only information. | | [TextBox](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/HtD68lOt33Myc591nRrACg "The TextBox element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to add a text box to a form so that your user can provide information within that text box.") | Helps you to add a text box to the form. Enables the user to provide information to the form within a text box. | | [Date](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/E347ZDCfgWADczH7MVgfqQ "The Date element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to provide a date picker on the form. It enables the user to select a specific date on the form.") | Helps you to provide a date picker on the form. Enables the user to select a specific date on the form. | | [Time](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/nTJqnob44_NqH6QPnCcCZQ "The Time element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to provide a time picker on the form so that your user can select a specific time on the form.") | Helps you to provide a time picker on the form. Enables the user to select a specific time on the form. | | [DateTime](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/I9GVUSqIu1oX5cRvM4un5Q "The DateTime element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to provide a date and time picker on the form so that your user can select a specific date and time on the form.") | Helps you to provide a date and time picker on the form. Enables the user to select a specific date and time on the form. | | [CheckBox](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/QNnruABRrsB8B6rfqXVmBQ "The CheckBox element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to capture true or false, yes or no, or on or off inputs from users. It helps in decision-making, enabling or disabling features, and controlling workflow execution.") | Helps you to present yes, no, true, or false selections. You can also use the check box element in groups to display multiple choices in a form. | | [RadioButton](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ly5K5cfsHnpyjhU8Ny_MsQ "The RadioButton element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to select a choice from a group of choices.") | Enables you to select a choice from the group of choices. | | [ComboBox](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/wark5MvnpPRa~0UA7Goqug "The ComboBox element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to display the data in a drop-down combination box.") | Displays the data in a drop-down combination box. By default, the ComboBox element appears in two parts. The top part is a text box that enables you to type a list item. The second part is a list box that displays a list of items that you can select from. | | [ListBox](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/RK3GK7Eu14m3dQlwO55VWQ "The ListBox element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to display a list of items from which you can select one or more Items.") | Displays a list of items that you can select one or more Items from. | | [DataGrid](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/9Vr6~1GXQu1Ri~Qz8rTdNA "The DataGrid element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to display and manipulate tabular data.") | Enables you to display and manipulate the tabular data. | | [PasswordBox](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ooetWVEiCQlEeQiFWekprQ "The PasswordBox element in RPA Desktop Design Studio is a text box that displays placeholder characters while you type a string.") | Displays placeholder characters while you type a string. | | [ImageControl](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/aa1MVK~sOJd6agTh0Stzig "The ImageControl element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to display images in a form.") | Displays images in the form. | | [ImageViewer](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ZTKL0ZavrlIEdPuWWaZINw "The ImageViewer element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to open and view image files including JPEG, GIF, WMF, and other image formats in a form. You can also stretch and shrink images, rotate the images at different angles through all axis, and save them in different formats.") | Enables you to open and view image files including JPEG, GIF, WMF, and other image formats. It also provides options to stretch the images, shrink the images, and rotate the images at different angles through all axis. | | GroupBox | Provides an identifiable grouping for other elements. Typically, you use group boxes to subdivide a form by function. | | [TabControl](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/5Ek_bGeQ6Nm_FuwcePI4zA "The TabControl element in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to add one or more tabs in your form.") | Helps you add one or more tabs in your form. | | ScrollViewer | Enables you to add a scrolling functionality to the form. | | Grid | Defines a flexible grid area that consists of columns and rows. | | GridSpiltter | Helps you to split a grid element into multiple parts. | | [Web Browser](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/EpTMs2FswOmaAlqewgCZhg "The Web Browser element in the RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to host web pages and provides web browsing capabilities to your application.") | Hosts web pages and provides web browsing capabilities to your application. | | [Form Renderer](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/AvWbzz7zI4sagRmc9dYsXQ "The Form Renderer element in RPA Desktop Design Studio enables you to build forms quickly with controls such as TextBox, ComboBox, CheckBox, RadioButton, ToggleButton, Date, Time, and PasswordBox.") | Helps you build forms quickly with the following controls: * TextBox * ComboBox * CheckBox * RadioButton * ToggleButton * Date * Time * PasswordBox {#form-designer-overview__ul_e3j_ybc_srb} | | Border | Enables you to draw a border, background, or both with the form. | [Table 1. Toolbox pane elements] {#form-designer-overview__table_hpq_h11_wrb} **Related reference** * [Methods and events of an attended automation form](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/~n__D3_WAW0IUOVMzGeqfg "Learn about the methods and events of an attended automation form in RPA Desktop Design Studio.") * [Methods and events of elements](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/2I46zVqypwr8DMZUjsuAMw "The methods and events for various form designing elements are displayed in the Object Explorer pane.")