<p>You just need to specify a hidden input with the <code>typeId</code> set correctly.</p>

<p>i.e.</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input type="hidden" name="typeId" value="{{ entry.typeId }}"&gt;
</code></pre>

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Brad Bell
<p>I have a section with 2 entry types. Logged in users need to be able to submit to each type. I had planned on having 2 different entry forms.</p>

<p>How do I tell the form which entry type to save to? I assume it's a hidden field but what's the field name and where do I find the value?</p>

<entry-type><entry-form>
how to specify entry type on front end entry form?
# how to specify entry type on front end entry form?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-31)

I have a section with 2 entry types. Logged in users need to be able to submit to each type. I had planned on having 2 different entry forms.

How do I tell the form which entry type to save to? I assume it's a hidden field but what's the field name and where do I find the value?

**Tags:** entry-type, entry-form

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-01-31. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You just need to specify a hidden input with the typeId set correctly.
i.e.


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