Answers.Body: <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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Body: <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>
  
Tags: <entry-type><entry-form>
Title: how to specify entry type on front end entry form?
ThreadText: # 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.
  
  ```
  <input type="hidden" name="typeId" value="{{ entry.typeId }}">
  
  ```
  
  
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