# Signature fields and their settings

The 16 field types you can place for your signers in Drime Sign, and what each field setting does, from Required to date formats and stamps.

Updated: 2026-10-22  
Source: https://drime.cloud/support/sign/signature-fields

Fields tell each signer where to sign and what to fill in. You place them in the **Fields** step of a signature request, for one signer at a time.

## Place a field

1. In **Add fields for:**, choose the signer.

   Each signer has their own color, and their fields take that color on the document.

2. Drag a field onto the document, or click a field, then click where it goes.

   The step says **Drag fields onto the document or click to place**. Every signer needs at least one field.

3. To change a field, click it on the document.

   **Field settings** opens on the side of the document.

In a phone's browser, fields cannot be placed: Drime shows **Place fields on a larger screen**. Use a computer, a tablet, or the Drime mobile app, which has its own step to place fields.

## Field types

The palette groups the 16 field types in five groups.

| Group | Fields | What the signer does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Essentials** | **Signature**, **Initials**, **Date**, **Text**, **Checkbox**, **Phone** | Signs, initials, enters a date, a text or a phone number, or ticks a box |
| **Data** | **Number**, **Email**, **Date signed** | Enters a number or an email address. **Date signed** is filled with the signing date |
| **Choice** | **Dropdown**, **Radio**, **Multiple**, **Cells** | Picks one option (**Dropdown**, **Radio**), several options (**Multiple**), or types one character per cell (**Cells**) |
| **Upload** | **Image**, **Attachment** | Adds an image or a file |
| **Display** | **Stamp** | Nothing: the stamp is drawn on the document, the signer does not fill it |

## Field settings

Click a field to open **Field settings**. Every field has:

- **Label**: the field's name;
- **Required**: on, the signer must fill the field before they can finish. New fields are required, except **Stamp** and **Date signed**, which the signer does not fill;
- **Assigned to**: the signer who fills the field. You can give it to another signer here.

Some fields have their own settings:

| Field | Settings |
| --- | --- |
| **Dropdown**, **Radio**, **Multiple** | **Options**: the choices offered. **Add** adds one |
| **Cells** | **Number of cells**, from 1 to 60. The app suggests sizes: **Great for IBAN (14-34), SIRET (14), SSN…** |
| **Date signed** | **Date format**, in PHP format, for example `d/m/Y` |
| **Attachment** | **Accepted file types** |
| **Stamp** | **Stamp text**, and **Append today's date** to add the date under it |

![Field settings for a text field, with Label, Required and Assigned to](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5DW2V2G8R1A8JGQA6ATRCT7/df2ab0ba84a7-web-sign-field-settings-text.png)

![Field settings for a Date signed field, with the Date format setting](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5DW2QT6QKYDXB24B4A2SXZ4/0bfa7869a53e-web-sign-field-settings-date.png)

To copy a field, click **Duplicate** at the top of **Field settings**. To remove it, click **Delete**.

## On the field itself

Each field placed on the document shows a small header in its signer's color:

- click the signer's name to open **Assign to**, then pick another signer;
- click the three dots to change the **Label**, see the **Field ID**, or **Duplicate** or **Delete** the field.

## Change the document without losing the fields

While you place fields, the **Edit document in Drime PDF editor** button opens the document in the PDF editor. Your fields stay where you placed them.

## If it doesn't work

| What you see | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| **Place fields on a larger screen** | Fields cannot be placed in a phone's browser. Continue on a computer, a tablet or in the Drime mobile app: your draft is saved. |
| You cannot go past the **Fields** step | Every signer needs at least one field. Choose each signer in **Add fields for:** and give them a field. |
| A field belongs to the wrong signer | Click the field, then change **Assigned to** in **Field settings**. |

## Next steps

- [Send a document for signature](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/request-signatures)
- [Choose the order in which people sign](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/signing-order)
- [Sign a document you received](https://drime.cloud/support/sign/sign-a-document-you-received)