# Can topic templates have javascript?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 30, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-topic-templates-have-javascript/146192 "2020-03-30T19:49:18Z")\
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> [@xceph](#):
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> I’d really like to provide options rather than have free form entry. Is this or anything similar possible?

Discourse is, at heart, a free form discussion software.

If what you really need is a strict form, you may have better results using a more appropriate software. You could embed solutions like Google Forms and Typeform to ease the transition for your users, like this example:

https://showroom.typeform.com/to/fhFJNQ?typeform-embed=embed-widget

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