So what are Composite Elements?

Composite Elements are groups of elements that make one logical "thing."

For example, a name. A name might be made up of a title, a first name, a middle name or initial, a last name, a suffix, and/or a degree. Each element gets its own field but they are all part of a "thing" called a name.

When you add a Name Element to your webform, you can deselect the parts you don't want. You can change the label, in case you want it to say First Name or Given Name. You can make that part required.

Composite Elements save you a lot of time because you don't have to create commonly use fields from scratch over and over again. You just drop one thing in place, click a couple of checkboxes, and move on.