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Related ticket https://secure.helpscout.net/conversation/3427613497/257227. There's an XML they share in the ticket that I tested against. The form has ~1,100 fields.

Before it would take me ~2 minutes to properly load every field.
With this update, I'm seeing 40 seconds.

This update also aims to make the page less sluggish.

It's still a WIP though. I intend to continue working on this later after this part of the update is merged.

This update includes several improvements.

  1. Fields AJAX loaded in long forms are now asynchronously pulled, so several batches can get requested at once rather than waiting for each bath before starting the next.
  2. setupSortable was getting called for every field each time a field was loaded. This is used to make options for radio buttons, dropdown, etc sortable.
  3. More icons are deferred until a field is actually selected and the field settings appear.
  4. Updates the logic for determining the drag+drop placeholder. I wasn't able to drag a field in-between rows at the bottom of the 1,100 field form without removing refreshPositions: true, which appears to not be necessary.

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Performance Improvements

  • Improved form-builder loading speed with larger batches and concurrent requests.
  • Reduced unnecessary processing during field updates.
  • Improved multiselect initialization for newly loaded fields.
  • Improved drag-and-drop responsiveness and placement accuracy.
  • Improved option handling for fields loaded after builder initialization.

Bug Fixes

  • Ensured page-break numbering and product-field options update after all fields finish loading.
  • Corrected option-row controls when icons are disabled.
  • Improved drag-and-drop behavior while scrolling or updating fields dynamically.

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The form builder now loads fields in concurrent batches, initializes returned fields selectively, refreshes drag offsets after layout changes, uses binary-search placement, and supports lazy option controls for dynamically loaded fields.

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Form builder updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Concurrent field loading and initialization
js/src/admin/admin.js
The builder loads batches of up to 40 fields with up to three concurrent requests. Returned fields receive scoped initialization, and finalization runs after all requests complete.
Drag measurement and placement
js/src/admin/admin.js
Drag state caches the active draggable and submit row. Offset refresh occurs after drag cleanup, scrolling, or field replacement. Placeholder placement uses reusable rows and binary search.
Dynamic option controls
classes/views/frm-fields/single-option.php, js/src/admin/admin.js
Template rows retain controls when icons are disabled. Dynamically loaded fields clone controls from the template, and delegated handlers support them.

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Concurrent field-loading requests can interfere with one another when a response is malformed, potentially leaving unrelated fields in an incorrect loading state. The issue is bounded and the change remains mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up to scope cleanup to the affected request.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant buildInit
  participant fillFieldLoadQueue
  participant loadFields
  participant frm_load_field
  participant handleAjaxLoadFieldSuccess
  participant initiateMultiselect
  participant afterAllFieldsLoad
  participant builderList

  buildInit->>fillFieldLoadQueue: start field-load queue
  fillFieldLoadQueue->>loadFields: dispatch concurrent batches
  loadFields->>frm_load_field: request up to 40 fields
  frm_load_field-->>handleAjaxLoadFieldSuccess: return field HTML
  handleAjaxLoadFieldSuccess->>initiateMultiselect: initialize new fields
  handleAjaxLoadFieldSuccess->>fillFieldLoadQueue: complete request
  fillFieldLoadQueue->>afterAllFieldsLoad: finalize after the final request
  builderList->>builderList: refresh offsets after layout changes
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In `@js/src/admin/admin.js`:
- Around line 2383-2387: Update the AJAX load flow around
handleAjaxLoadFieldSuccess to retain the elements associated with each request
and restrict invalid-response replacement to that request’s batch, leaving
placeholders owned by other active requests unchanged. Pass the request-specific
elements into the success/error handling as needed, and call removeClass with
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success: html => handleAjaxLoadFieldSuccess( html, field ),
complete: () => {
--activeFieldLoadRequests;
fillFieldLoadQueue();
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Restrict malformed-response handling to the request batch.

Lines 2383-2387 allow multiple requests to be active. If one response is invalid, handleAjaxLoadFieldSuccess() selects every .frm_load_now element and replaces it with Error. This includes placeholders owned by other active requests.

Keep the requested elements for each AJAX request. Update only that request's elements on an invalid response. Call removeClass( 'frm_load_now' ) without the selector prefix.

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In `@js/src/admin/admin.js` around lines 2383 - 2387, Update the AJAX load flow
around handleAjaxLoadFieldSuccess to retain the elements associated with each
request and restrict invalid-response replacement to that request’s batch,
leaving placeholders owned by other active requests unchanged. Pass the
request-specific elements into the success/error handling as needed, and call
removeClass with the class name frm_load_now without a selector prefix.

@Crabcyborg Crabcyborg changed the title AJAX load multiple batches of fields in form builder asynchronously Form builder optimizations Aug 25, 2026

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This looks good!

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Thanks @garretlaxton!

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