With NetObjects Fusion 12, you can devote an entire Layout area to a complex form containing many items, or create one or more smaller forms, each in a Layout Region, table, or text box. One form might log product registrations, for example, while another emails customer comments to a product manager. You can also add a form to the MasterBorder so it appears on several pages.
In Page view, select the Form Area tool from the Form toolbar, and draw a rectangle in the Layout area or MasterBorder.
The Create Form dialog appears.
Select a type of form container.
Create position-based form (Layout Region) creates a form in a Layout Region that you can resize and drag anywhere on the page. When you add form objects, text boxes, and other objects to the Layout Region, you can freely position and align them, just as you position objects in a Layout area.
Create text-based form (Text box) creates a form in a text box. Text you type and form objects you add appear sequentially, just as when you type. This is a good choice for forms that have a lot of text, where objects appear sequentially, or that have a simple layout, like a row of check boxes or a single column of fields. A text box form typically generates less HTML when you publish than a Layout Region form.
Create form in a Table creates a table where you can line up form objects by inserting them in table cells. Each cell acts like a text box, where you type and add objects just as you add other objects to a table. You can only have one table for the entire form.
If you define a Layout, Layout Region, or text box as a form, you can insert multiple tables to help align form objects.
Define Layout as a form (limits page to one form) creates a single form on the page that occupies the entire Layout area.
Click OK.
Add fields, check boxes, and other objects to your form, along with images and other content, as described in Adding Objects to a Form.
You can also turn an existing Layout or container object into a form. Click the Layout area, Layout Region, text box, or table, and select the form option on the General tab of the Properties panel; for example, Text box is a form.