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Create fields in Online Designer as you normally would one after the other
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2. Place the REDCap variable name of the field you wish to embed inside braces/curly brackets - e.g., {first_name} - and place it in the Field Label, Field Note, Section Header, or Choice Label of another field on that same instrument.
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3. Adding the field icons: The usual icons pertaining to a field's Data History, Field Comments, and (if enabled) Missing Data Codes can be displayed on a data entry form (but not on a survey) next to the embedded field's new location by appending :icons to the variable name inside the braces/curly brackets - e.g., {last_name:icons}. The icons do not appear by default but only when the ':icons' signifier is attached.
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For reference a video on the subject can be found here: Video on Field Embedding
What the User Sees
Users may place fields in a grid/table for a more compact user-friendly page, or they can position fields close together in a group if they are related.
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