🧾Content steps: Message, Reveal screen, Scheduler
The three content steps in Dapta Forms: Message (text with no input), Reveal screen (a short timed pause with a loader) and Scheduler (a Calendly booking embedded in the form). Every setting explained
Not every step in a form is a question. The Content group of the question gallery holds three steps that show something instead of asking something: a Message the respondent reads and clicks through, a Reveal screen that plays for a moment and moves on by itself, and a Scheduler that lets the respondent book a meeting on your calendar without leaving the form.
All three are added like any other question (Add question > Content), appear as cards in the Questions list, and can be dragged anywhere in the order.
Message
A Message step shows a title, an optional description, a paragraph of text and a button. It has no input, no field key and no answer; it never affects the score. Use it to welcome people, explain what comes next or close a section.
Step 1: Click Add question, then Message (Text, no input). On the canvas, type the title in Type your question… and write the body in Write your message…. The button under the text reads Continue (other steps show Next, or Submit on the last step); its label is set automatically.
Because a Message has nothing to answer, Question settings is short: Question type, Logic (Edit logic, plus Personal email only when the form has an email question) and Advanced settings with Dynamic question, Ends the form and Show reveal screen after. There is no Required toggle, no Placeholder and no Field key.
💡 Tip: A Message with Ends the form turned on is the classic way to disqualify: send people who do not fit to a polite "Thanks, this is not for you right now" step that closes the form. Combine it with a branching rule on an earlier question. See Branching & jumps.
Reveal screen
A Reveal screen is a short interstitial: a headline, a subtitle and an animation that play for a set time, after which the form continues on its own. It is typically placed right before a result or a booking step, so the form feels like it is "processing" the answers. A form can hold several reveal screens, each with its own copy.
Step 2: Click Add question, then Reveal screen (A short processing pause). On the canvas, fill in the headline (Reviewing your answers… is the default) and the reassurance line. The caption under the preview tells you how long it plays: Plays for 2200 ms, then the form continues on its own.
Step 3: In Question settings, under Reveal screen, set the copy and timing:
Headline
The big line. Accepts [field] tokens to insert an earlier answer. Empty shows the default "Reviewing your answers…".
Subtitle
The smaller line under it. Also accepts [field] tokens.
Duration (ms)
How long it plays, 500 to 30000 ms. Default: 2200.
Pre-warm the booking embed
Loads the outcome's booking calendar while this screen plays, so a Scheduler that follows appears faster.
Step 4: Under Look, choose how the screen animates and how big it reads:
Loader
Spinner / Bar only / You vs. match / No animation
What animates while the screen plays. Spinner shows a ring above a progress bar. Bar only drops the ring. You vs. match shows two marks with a percentage between them. No animation shows the copy only.
Loader size
Small / Medium / Large / Huge
Scale of the animation.
Text size
Small / Medium / Large / Huge
Scale of the headline and subtitle.
Flood with the accent
On / Off
Paints the whole screen in the form's accent color, so the pause reads as a moment of its own.
When You vs. match is selected, three extra fields appear: Your side's label, The match's label and Status line (the text shown under the match while it plays). All three accept [field] tokens; leave them empty to use the default wording.
Good to know:
A reveal screen has no Required toggle, no field key and cannot end the form.
Respondents cannot click through it; it always plays for the full Duration (ms).
Shortcut: on any question, Advanced settings > Show reveal screen after inserts a reveal card right after that question. Turning it off removes the card again.
On a One page form, reveal screens work differently: a single one plays after Submit and before the result. See One-page layout.
For design tips and more examples, see Reveal screens.
Scheduler
A Scheduler step embeds one of your Calendly event types inside the form. Respondents pick a time right there; the booking counts as their answer and the form moves on. Calendly must be connected to your account first (Integrations in the left menu). If it is not, the step shows Connect Calendly in Integrations to pick an event type. with a Go to Integrations button.
Step 5: Click Add question, then Scheduler (Book a meeting on your calendar). Type the question title on the canvas. In Question settings, under Scheduler, open Event type and pick the event type to embed. The canvas loads the real booking calendar as soon as you pick one.
Step 6: Decide what happens after the booking and which answers should pre-fill the booking form:
Required
On by default. When off, respondents get a Skip for now link under the calendar.
Event type
The Calendly event type embedded in this step. The list is searchable.
Show event details
Shows or hides the event's details panel (name, duration) above the calendar.
After booking
What happens once the respondent picks a time: Continue to the next question, Submit the form and show the ending, or jump straight to a later question (every later question is listed by name).
Autofill the booking form
Rows for Name, Email and every custom question the event type asks for. For each one, pick the earlier question whose answer should fill it, or leave Automatic to use the form's name, email and phone answers.
💡 Tip: Place the Email and Name questions before the Scheduler and map them under Autofill the booking form. The respondent lands on the calendar with the booking form already filled in, which noticeably increases bookings.
Good to know:
The scheduler stores the booking (invitee and time) as the answer. There is no option value, so branching after a scheduler uses the catch-all After booking setting rather than per-answer rules. See Branching & jumps.
If the calendar cannot load, respondents see The calendar could not load. with an Open the scheduling page link that opens the event type in a new tab.
A Scheduler cannot be hidden, cannot end the form by itself and cannot be prefilled from the URL.
To see bookings next to submissions and sync them to HubSpot, read Scheduler step & Calendly and Booking sync.
What's next
Reveal screens: design patterns for the processing pause.
Scheduler step & Calendly: connecting Calendly and how bookings are recorded.
Ending screen: what respondents see when the form ends.
Question settings: the settings shared by every step.
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