---
title: Full Name Template
product: Survey Creator
description: Choose from a collection of free ready-made templates of most common web form sections, e.g., contact information or shipping details. The elements ship with predefined properties for easy and fast integration into your JavaScript app.
framework: Vanilla JS
source: https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/add-full-name-to-form-template/vanillajs
index: https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/overview.md
---

# Full Name Template (Vanilla JS)

The Full Name question asks a respondent to enter their first, last, and optionally middle name. To implement this question in your application, create a composite question type.

[Create Composite Question Types](https://surveyjs.io/form-library/documentation/customize-question-types/create-composite-question-types (linkStyle))

## Files

### `public/index.html`

```html
<!-- Uncomment the following lines to enable Ace Editor in the JSON Editor tab -->
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<script src="https://unpkg.com/ace-builds/src-min-noconflict/ext-searchbox.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/ace-builds/src-min-noconflict/theme-clouds_midnight.js"></script>
-->

<div id="surveyCreatorContainer" style="position: absolute; height: 100%; width: 100%"></div>
```

### `src/index.css`

```css
/* You can add your custom CSS here. */
```

### `src/index.js`

```js
import { SurveyCreator } from "survey-creator-js";
import "survey-core/survey.i18n";
import "survey-creator-core/survey-creator-core.i18n";
import { ComponentCollection, Serializer } from "survey-core";
import "survey-core/survey-core.css";
import "survey-creator-core/survey-creator-core.css";
import "./index.css";
import SurveyTheme from "survey-core/themes";
import { registerCreatorTheme } from "survey-creator-core";

registerCreatorTheme(SurveyTheme); // Add predefined Survey Creator UI themes

ComponentCollection.Instance.add({
    name: "fullname", 
    title: "Full Name", 
    defaultQuestionTitle: "Enter your full name:",
    elementsJSON: [{
        type: "text",
        name: "firstName",
        title: "First Name"
    }, {
        type: "text",
        name: "middleName",
        title: "Middle Name",
        visible: false
    }, {
        type: "text",
        name: "lastName",
        title: "Last Name"
    }],
    onInit() {
        // Add a `showMiddleName` Boolean property to the `fullname` question type
        Serializer.addProperty("fullname", {
            name: "showMiddleName",
            type: "boolean",
            default: false,
            category: "general",
        });
    },
    onLoaded (question) {
        question.panelWrapper.questionTitleLocation = "left";
        question.panelWrapper.questionTitleWidth = 120;
        // Set the Middle Name question visibility at startup
        this.changeMiddleNameVisibility(question);
    },
    // Track the changes of the `showMiddleName` property
    onPropertyChanged (question, propertyName) {
        if (propertyName === "showMiddleName") {
            this.changeMiddleNameVisibility(question);
        }
    },
    changeMiddleNameVisibility (question) {
        const middleName = question.contentPanel.getQuestionByName("middleName");
        if (!!middleName) {
            // Set the `middleName` question's visibility based on the composite question's `showMiddleName` property 
            middleName.visible = question.showMiddleName;
        }
    },
  });
const creator = new SurveyCreator();

creator.toolbox.defineCategories([{
    category: "Custom Items",
    items: [
        "fullname"
    ]
}], true);

creator.JSON = {
  elements: [{
      type: "fullname",
      name: "question1"
  }]
};
creator.render("surveyCreatorContainer");
```

### `package.json`

```json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "survey-core": "latest",
    "survey-js-ui": "latest",
    "survey-creator-core": "latest",
    "survey-creator-js": "latest"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "react-scripts": "latest"
  }
}
```

## Other Frameworks

- [Angular](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/add-full-name-to-form-template/angular.md)
- [React](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/add-full-name-to-form-template/reactjs.md)
- [Vue 3](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/add-full-name-to-form-template/vue3js.md)
- [jQuery](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/add-full-name-to-form-template/jquery.md)