In your config/settings.cfm file put something like this: // Text/select/password/file Fields set(functionName="textField,textFieldTag,select,selectTag,passwordField,passwordFieldTag,textArea,textAreaTag,fileFieldTag,fileField", class="form-control", labelClass="control-label", labelPlacement="before", prependToLabel="<div class='form-group'>", prepend="<div class=''>", append="</div></div>", encode="attributes" ); You can add any code you need to and it will be used to augment your use of the form helpers.