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The following provides a brief explanation of key terms.
Term |
Description |
| Display variant | Additional CSS classes or theme-specific variants, which modify the appearance of individual elements. |
| Event API | Uniform Formcentric interface for subscribing to and processing form events, e.g. for the integration of external tracking and analysis services like Matomo or Google Analytics. |
| Formcentric Client | The client family for embedding Formcentric forms in the browser. Members include Static integration, SDK mount path and framework adapter. |
| Formcentric Cloud | The Formcentric web app for creating, configuring and publishing forms. |
| Form container | The div element in which the form is dynamically rendered. |
| Headless server | The Formcentric server for serving, validating and processing form data, and forwarding this data to actions like webhook actions or email notifications. |
| SDK / module integration | Programmatic embedding via mount(element, config) from @formcentric/client. Recommended for modern web applications that need tight integration and full control over the embedding process. |
| Single-page application (SPA) | Web application in which content is updated without a full page reload. Typical technologies for SPAs are React, Vue and Angular. |
| Static integration | Traditional embedding via formcentric.js, formapp.js, data-fc-* attributes and window.formcentric. Suitable for simple web sites without a complex JavaScript framework. |
| Theme | Design theme that determines the appearance of a form – such as colours, fonts, layout and templates. |
