diff --git a/src/models/AnswerTypes.ts b/src/models/AnswerTypes.ts
index e2bc47b9e..bd6517ae9 100644
--- a/src/models/AnswerTypes.ts
+++ b/src/models/AnswerTypes.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
 import type { Component } from 'vue'
 import type { FormsOption, FormsQuestion } from '../types/Entities.d.ts'
 
+import IconNumeric from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/123.svg?raw'
 import IconNumeric from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/123.svg?raw'
 import IconArrowDownDropCircleOutline from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/arrow_drop_down_circle.svg?raw'
 import IconCalendar from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/calendar_today.svg?raw'
+import IconPhone from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/call.svg?raw'
 import IconCheckboxOutline from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/check_box.svg?raw'
 import IconFile from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/draft.svg?raw'
 import IconGrid from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/grid_view.svg?raw'
 import IconLinearScale from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/linear_scale.svg?raw'
+import IconLink from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/link.svg?raw'
+import IconEMail from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/mail.svg?raw'
 import IconPalette from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/palette.svg?raw'
 import IconRadioboxMarked from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/radio_button_checked.svg?raw'
 import IconClockOutline from '@material-symbols/svg-400/outlined/schedule.svg?raw'
@@ -55,6 +59,15 @@ export interface AnswerTypeConfig {
 	warningInvalid: string
 	unique?: boolean
 	subtypes?: Record<string, AnswerTypeSubtype>
+	/**
+	 * Creates an existing question type with its settings already filled in, so an input
+	 * type can be picked directly when adding a question.
+	 */
+	preset?: {
+		type: string
+		subtype?: string
+		extraSettings?: Record<string, unknown>
+	}
 	pickerType?: string
 	storageFormat?: string
 	momentFormat?: string
@@ -267,6 +280,65 @@ const answerTypes: Record<string, AnswerTypeConfig> = {
 		warningInvalid: t('forms', 'This question needs a title!'),
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * The input types below are presets over short text. The validation they use already
+	 * exists, but could previously only be reached from the input-type menu inside an
+	 * existing short-text question, so it could not be picked when adding a question.
+	 *
+	 * Email is deliberately a preset rather than its own type: Question::checkEmailType()
+	 * recognises an email question only as short text carrying email validation, and the
+	 * confirmation-email recipient picker relies on that.
+	 */
+	number: {
+		component: markRaw(QuestionShort),
+		icon: IconNumeric,
+		label: t('forms', 'Number'),
+		predefined: false,
+		preset: { type: 'short', extraSettings: { validationType: 'number' } },
+
+		titlePlaceholder: t('forms', 'Number question title'),
+		warningInvalid: t('forms', 'This question needs a title!'),
+	},
+
+	phone: {
+		component: markRaw(QuestionShort),
+		icon: IconPhone,
+		label: t('forms', 'Phone number'),
+		predefined: false,
+		preset: { type: 'short', extraSettings: { validationType: 'phone' } },
+
+		titlePlaceholder: t('forms', 'Phone number question title'),
+		warningInvalid: t('forms', 'This question needs a title!'),
+	},
+
+	email: {
+		component: markRaw(QuestionShort),
+		icon: IconEMail,
+		label: t('forms', 'Email address'),
+		predefined: false,
+		preset: { type: 'short', extraSettings: { validationType: 'email' } },
+
+		titlePlaceholder: t('forms', 'Email question title'),
+		warningInvalid: t('forms', 'This question needs a title!'),
+	},
+
+	link: {
+		component: markRaw(QuestionShort),
+		icon: IconLink,
+		label: t('forms', 'Web address'),
+		predefined: false,
+		preset: {
+			type: 'short',
+			extraSettings: {
+				validationType: 'regex',
+				validationRegex: '/^https?:\\/\\/\\S+$/i',
+			},
+		},
+
+		titlePlaceholder: t('forms', 'Web address question title'),
+		warningInvalid: t('forms', 'This question needs a title!'),
+	},
+
 	color: {
 		component: markRaw(QuestionColor),
 		icon: IconPalette,
diff --git a/src/views/Create.vue b/src/views/Create.vue
index 3bdd25f39..e512dca2f 100644
--- a/src/views/Create.vue
+++ b/src/views/Create.vue
@@ -641,12 +641,21 @@ export default defineComponent({
 			isLoadingQuestions.value = true
 
 			try {
+				// A preset is an ordinary question type created with its settings already
+				// filled in, so that an input type such as a phone number can be picked
+				// directly instead of being found inside an existing short-text question.
+				// Applied client-side, so presets need no new backend type.
+				const preset = answerTypes[type]?.preset
 				const body: {
 					type: string
 					text: string
 					subtype: string | null
 					position?: number
-				} = { type, text, subtype }
+				} = {
+					type: preset?.type ?? type,
+					text,
+					subtype: preset?.subtype ?? subtype,
+				}
 				if (position !== null) {
 					// position: current question position + 2 (0-based index: +1, next position: +1)
 					body.position = position + 2
@@ -660,8 +669,39 @@ export default defineComponent({
 				)
 				const question = OcsResponse2Data<FormsQuestion>(response)
 
+				// Apply the preset's settings, then carry them into the local copy so the
+				// question appears configured straight away rather than after a reload.
+				if (preset?.extraSettings) {
+					try {
+						await axios.patch(
+							generateOcsUrl(
+								'apps/forms/api/v3/forms/{id}/questions/{questionId}',
+								{ id: props.form.id, questionId: question.id },
+							),
+							{
+								keyValuePairs: {
+									extraSettings: preset.extraSettings,
+								},
+							},
+						)
+						question.extraSettings = {
+							...(question.extraSettings ?? {}),
+							...preset.extraSettings,
+						}
+					} catch (error) {
+						// The question exists and is usable; only its preconfiguration failed.
+						logger.error('Error while applying question preset', {
+							error,
+						})
+					}
+				}
+
 				// Delegate insertion & focus handling to helper
-				insertQuestion(question, { text, type, answers: [] }, position)
+				insertQuestion(
+					question,
+					{ text, type: body.type, answers: [] },
+					position,
+				)
 			} catch (error) {
 				logger.error('Error while adding new question', { error })
 				showError(