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What a login page does

A login page is an authentication gate placed before the form. Respondents must identify themselves before they can see or fill out any form pages. Login pages are the foundation of edit mode and access-controlled forms.

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Verification modes

Login pages support three verification modes. Each mode changes how the respondent authenticates and what happens next.

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Lookup

Respondents enter one or more values (email, order number, employee ID) that Filla looks up in your Airtable table. If a matching record is found, it loads into the form for editing. How to configure:
  1. Add a login page to your form
  2. Set the verification mode to Lookup
  3. In the sidebar, use the multi-field picker to select which fields the respondent enters to find their record
The field palette on a lookup login page shows all available Airtable field types and layout widgets. Fields you select in the multi-field picker are automatically added to the login page as input nodes. Removing a field from the picker removes it from the page. Use cases: Update forms where respondents look up their own record by email or order ID, employee self-service portals, customer data review forms.

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Email

Respondents enter their email address to identify themselves. How to configure:
  1. Add a login page to your form
  2. Set the verification mode to Email
  3. Use the single field picker in the sidebar to select an email-compatible field (fields with email-like types are shown)
The field palette in email mode only shows email-compatible fields and the section widget.
An info notice appears in the palette when the form is in email login mode, explaining that only email-compatible fields are available.
Use cases: Identity verification before form access, email-gated content or surveys.

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Password

Respondents enter a shared password that you set. No Airtable record lookup happens. How to configure:
  1. Add a login page to your form
  2. Set the verification mode to Password
  3. Enter a password in the sidebar. The password is stored as a hash for security.
The field palette in password mode only shows the password widget. No Airtable field pickers are available. Use cases: Password-protected forms for internal use, gated access forms shared with a specific group.

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Custom login instructions

Each login page has a Login instructions text field where you can write custom instructions for respondents. For example: “Enter the email address you used when you registered.” When the instructions field is left blank, Filla shows default instructions based on the verification mode.

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Login page settings

SettingDescription
TitleThe heading shown at the top of the login page
DescriptionOptional text below the title
Verification modeLookup, Email, or Password
Login instructionsCustom instructions for respondents

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Login pages and edit mode

Login pages work together with edit mode. When a respondent authenticates via lookup mode and a matching record is found, the form loads that record’s data into the form fields. The respondent can then update the record and resubmit. See How edit mode works and Sharing edit links for more on this workflow.

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Common questions

No. A form can have only one login page, and it must be the first page in the form.
Yes. After the login page, subsequent form pages can use display conditions as normal. The respondent authenticates first, then navigates through conditional pages.
The respondent sees an error message and cannot proceed. They need to enter values that match an existing record in your Airtable table.