I’ve been working with Gravity Forms to build contact forms for my site. Right now I have a checkbox at the bottom where people can opt into getting text messages from us. The thing is, I need to add some legal text there that says “Privacy Policy” and make it clickable so it goes to our privacy page. I’m not sure if Gravity Forms lets you do this kind of thing or if there’s a way to make clickable text appear next to form fields. Has anyone figured out how to add linked text like this in their forms? I really need to get this working for compliance reasons.
You can also throw the link right into the checkbox label. Go to the “Choices” section when editing your checkbox field. Instead of just “I agree to receive text messages,” add the HTML directly:
“I agree to receive text messages and accept the Privacy Policy”
I use this when I want everything in one field instead of adding separate HTML blocks. Form validates fine and the link works. Just test it after saving - sometimes the builder strips HTML if it doesn’t like your formatting.
If it gets stripped, fall back to the HTML field method mentioned earlier. Both work great for compliance.
Try using the description field on your checkbox. When you edit it, there’s a description option that takes HTML markup. I’ve thrown privacy links in there tons of times and they render perfectly under the checkbox options. The description shows up in smaller text, which is actually perfect for legal stuff - not in your face but still there. Just drop your HTML link code in like normal. This keeps everything in one field instead of adding extra HTML blocks that mess up your form builder. Way cleaner than mixing HTML fields between form elements, and it won’t get wonky spacing on mobile.
Gravity Forms handles this great with HTML fields. I just drop an HTML field above or below the checkbox and add the link directly. Something like ‘By checking this box, you agree to our Privacy Policy’ works perfectly. You get full control over formatting and links. I’ve done this on tons of client sites - never had problems with compliance or anything breaking. Just double-check your privacy page URL and use target=“_blank” so people don’t lose their form data.
you could also throw the link in the confirmation message if you don’t care about it showing up after they submit. just edit your form confirmations and add something like “thanks for reaching out, check out our privacy policy”. it’s not great for upfront compliance, but it works when other options don’t play nice with your theme.