I have configured some actions to assist my users with data-entry. The actions appear on the detailview next to the field as intended, but not on the from, which is where I need them. is this standard behaviour or have I missed a setting somewhere?
Action buttons remain unavailable within form views. An alternative might be to use a detail view with Quick Edit columns. It doesn’t behave exactly like a form, but it does provide a great many functional opportunities. You’ll have to experiment a bit to get a feel for this approach.