# After opting into the new webforms it is still hidden behind w+f buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/after-opting-into-the-new-webforms-it-is-still-hidden-behind-w-f-buttons/54902>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** odk-central\
**Created:** [May 14, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/after-opting-into-the-new-webforms-it-is-still-hidden-behind-w-f-buttons/54902 "2025-05-14T23:06:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![poVoq](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/povoq/32/4838_2.png) [@poVoq](https://forum.getodk.org/u/poVoq)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/after-opting-into-the-new-webforms-it-is-still-hidden-behind-w-f-buttons/54902/1 "2025-05-14T23:06:29Z")

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I just updated my local ODKcentral installation and opted into the new webforms for a specific form, but when I try to preview the form it still shows the link to Enketo and only allows using the "New preview" after pressing the hidden preview buttons "w" + "f" like in the previous version.

I thought this would be the primary way to view forms when opting in? Or am I overlooking something?

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**Author:** ![poVoq](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/povoq/32/4838_2.png) [@poVoq](https://forum.getodk.org/u/poVoq)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/after-opting-into-the-new-webforms-it-is-still-hidden-behind-w-f-buttons/54902/2 "2025-05-14T23:31:59Z")

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Creating public access links also still seem to only work with Enketo, even after opting into webforms.

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**Author:** ![LN](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/ln/32/1605_2.png) [@LN](https://forum.getodk.org/u/LN)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/after-opting-into-the-new-webforms-it-is-still-hidden-behind-w-f-buttons/54902/3 "2025-05-14T23:51:48Z")

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Edit: this has now been addressed by [Central v2025.1.1](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-central-v2025-1-form-drafts-visual-redesign-pagination-web-forms-and-entity-deletion/54899/3)

Wow, you are so fast with the upgrade! 🚀

We didn't end up getting to one more change we'll need to make for Web Forms to be fully independent of Enketo. I even thought of you when we discussed it! Currently the public access link ids are still generated by Enketo and all buttons to launch a web form depend on that. I'm going to see whether we can do a point release to address that. This release has a lot of big changes so we wanted to make sure it touched reality as soon as possible so we could start getting feedback.

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**Author:** ![poVoq](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/povoq/32/4838_2.png) [@poVoq](https://forum.getodk.org/u/poVoq)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/after-opting-into-the-new-webforms-it-is-still-hidden-behind-w-f-buttons/54902/4 "2025-05-15T00:51:05Z")

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Ok, understandable. A point release would be nice, but it isn't that urgent. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Florian\_May](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/florian_may/32/7758_2.png) [@Florian\_May](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Florian_May)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/after-opting-into-the-new-webforms-it-is-still-hidden-behind-w-f-buttons/54902/5 "2025-05-15T01:18:37Z")

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Jumping on the band wagon - I'm trialing public submissions and am keen to try out Web Forms. We won't be in production for a few months, so this is perfect to take Web Forms for a risk-free spin.

Main interest: one time submission edit link via web forms or clone submission into new submission.  
No urgency from my end!

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**Author:** ![poVoq](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/povoq/32/4838_2.png) [@poVoq](https://forum.getodk.org/u/poVoq)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/after-opting-into-the-new-webforms-it-is-still-hidden-behind-w-f-buttons/54902/6 "2025-05-24T09:29:04Z")

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The preview form works nicely now after updating to the latest point release, but when trying to create a public link it gets stuck on the Enketo processing step if Enketo isn't available.
