Make the phone number field type check for a phone number

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Currently the phone number data type field works exactly like a short text field. If you are going to have a phone number data type field, you should at least check that it has at least 7 digits and no alpha.

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Folks, our former Wishlist portal, where our users shared their requests and suggestions, was transferred to this forum. You’re most welcome to vote, add new ideas, and leave your comments here — we surely will consider them all! :star_struck:

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Hi Kallen,

Thanks for adding your idea!

It does sound reasonable and I agree that it’s quite important to check for phone numbers. We’ll be happy to consider this option for future updates.

Thanks a lot for helping us :slight_smile:

Helga, Community Manager

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Hello folks,

I’m coming with a little update for you :slight_smile:

At the moment, we allow only numbers and a couple of valid symbols. We don’t validate the length as there are different phone formats which we have to bear in mind.

However, we’re planning to implement a more complex validation in the future.

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I would think you should at least not allow input to be valid of less than 7 characters.

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Thank you for the note, Hugh!

The devs promised to take it under consideration :slight_smile:

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The forms allow you to put any character into the phone number field. Is there a way to ensure it’s at least a phone number and not just random text characters?

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Hey there @Melanie_C :wave:

Thank you for sharing your feedback!

Unfortunately, this feature isn’t supported in our app yet. I am so sorry!

We see how useful this option might be for our users, so we’ll try our best to consider it for the widget future updates. I’ll keep you posted here :slightly_smiling_face:

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I would like to add another vote for this! It makes no sense that the phone number field doesn’t require a legitimate phone number. I wrote support independently about this request, and can’t believe when I come to the Support forum that people have been asking for this since 2021 and it STILL isn’t updated!!!

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Hey there @user12483 :wave:

I cannot but agree that this feature is really important for the Phone field. I am really sorry that it’s not supported yet!

Hope the devs will find a solution in the future, and I’ll make sure to update you here once I have any news.

Many thanks for pointing us in this direction and yes, welcome to the Community :wink:

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Along with this, I would also like to see integration with popular SMS texting platforms like Twilio to VERIFY as a step after input, that they are giving a valid phone number

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Hi there, @Eli_Moreno :wave:

Thank you for the feedback! This idea already exists on the Wishlist, feel free to upvote it :slightly_smiling_face: - OTP Verification (SMS and email)

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I did! Thank you for letting me know

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