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title: "Getting Started: Choosing a Form and a View Layout"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started-gravityview/getting-started-choosing-a-form-and-a-view-layout/"
---

Now that you’ve [installed the GravityView plugin](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started-gravityview/installing-gravityview/), you’re ready to create your first View.

### Prefer to Watch the Video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zoi3bHn_K0 First, hover over *Views* in your WordPress admin menu, click on *New View*, and give your View a name.

![Add New View screen for selecting form data sources in GravityView](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-PQKC9mzDv9.png)
*Next, you need to define a Data Source. This tells your View where to pull information from. You can either choose to "Use a Form Preset", or you can select an existing form in Gravity Forms*![Choose data source: "Use a Form Preset" button or dropdown to select an existing form](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-6s5Gif1u3l.png)

## 1. Form Presets

[form preset](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started-gravityview/what-are-form-presets/)![Image from Article: Getting Started: Choosing a Form and a View Layout](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-rp01uVcI0e.png)

## 2. Choosing an Existing Form in Gravity Forms

If you decide to use an existing form in Gravity Forms as your Data Source, you will need to select a View Layout. Depending on your license, some of these layouts may not be accessible.

![Options for view types: Table, List, Map, DataTables Table, and Layout Builder with descriptions](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-BqiODX6RQL.png)
The Table View, Layour Builder, and the Listing View are the core View layouts. They are part of the **GravityView** license
The Layout Builder offers a similar experience to the page builders you may already be familiar with—you can add rows with different column structures and reposition elements using drag and drop. It's intuitive, easy to use, and the best layout to get started with (unless you want to create a table, in which case you should use the Table View).

The DataTables, Map, and DIY layouts are included in the **GravityView Pro** and **All Access** licenses.

## 3. Choosing a different layout for the Single Entry page

Introduced in GravityView version 2.24, you can now use a different View layout on the Single Entry tab.

![Selecting table view for displaying items in single entry layout settings](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-4KcBkOgHch.png)**Note**: For more information about each of the View types, read [Comparing GravityView’s View Types](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started-gravityview/what-are-the-differences-between-the-view-types/)

**Read Next**: [Getting Started: Adding Fields to the Multiple Entries and Single Entry Pages](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started-gravityview/getting-started-adding-fields-to-the-multiple-entries-and-single-entry-pages/)