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In-App FeedbackTriggers

Manual Trigger

Show your feedback form on demand via code

The Manual Trigger lets you show your feedback form on demand—whenever you decide it makes sense. Perfect for "Contact us" buttons, help menus, or any moment where you want full control over when the form appears.

Manual Trigger - Configuration and usage example

Features and explanations

FeatureExplanation
Enable/Disable toggleSet Manual Trigger to Enabled when you want to launch the form from your application using the SDK.
Feedback Configuration UUIDA unique ID (e.g. bf90fbce-9826-49b9-bf2c-2ec107a5bfd2) that identifies your form. Use this with _encatch.showForm() to display the form programmatically.
Form SlugA human-readable name (e.g. customer-satisfaction-survey-2024) that must be unique, alphanumeric lowercase with hyphens/underscores, 15–100 characters, and must start with a letter. Can be used instead of the UUID when calling _encatch.showForm().
showForm() methodCall _encatch.showForm('your-uuid-or-slug') in your application to programmatically display the form. You can use either the Form Slug or the UUID.

How to use the Manual Trigger

  1. Set Manual Trigger to Enabled.
  2. Get your identifiers — You'll see a Feedback Configuration UUID and a Form Slug field. The slug is a human-readable name that must be unique, alphanumeric lowercase with hyphens/underscores, 15–100 characters, and must start with a letter.
  3. Call the method in your app — Use _encatch.showForm('your-uuid-or-slug') in your application to programmatically display the form. You can use either the Form Slug or the UUID.

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