diff --git a/src/Field.ts b/src/Field.ts
index fbb2295..e53e830 100644
--- a/src/Field.ts
+++ b/src/Field.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ class Field extends Widget {
     this._selectionValues = value;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Base type of the field
+   */
+  _fieldType: string = "";
+  get fieldType(): string {
+    return this._fieldType;
+  }
+
   constructor(props: any) {
     super(props);
 
@@ -128,6 +136,10 @@ class Field extends Widget {
         this._id = props.name;
       }
 
+      if (props.type) {
+        this._fieldType = props.fieldsWidgetType;
+      }
+
       if (props.activated) {
         this._activated = props.activated;
       }
diff --git a/src/Form.ts b/src/Form.ts
index 56fd2ee..069872f 100644
--- a/src/Form.ts
+++ b/src/Form.ts
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class Form {
    * Calls container's findById method to find the widgets matching with param id
    * @param {string} id id to find
    */
-  findById(id: string): Widget | null {
+  findById(id: string): Field | Widget | null {
     return this.container.findById(id);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/spec/Form.spec.ts b/src/spec/Form.spec.ts
index e659314..e562169 100644
--- a/src/spec/Form.spec.ts
+++ b/src/spec/Form.spec.ts
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ describe("A Form", () => {
     expect(form.findById("char1")).toBeInstanceOf(Char);
   });
 
+  it("should return the type when the widget is defined", () => {
+    const form = new Form(FIELDS);
+    form.parse(XML_VIEW_FORM);
+    const emailField = form.findById("email") as Field;
+    expect(emailField.type).toBe("email");
+    expect(emailField).toBeInstanceOf(Char);
+    expect(emailField.fieldType).toBe("char");
+  });
+
   it("should return undefined when a widget is not found by id", () => {
     const fields = {
       char1: { size: 128, string: "Name", type: "char", views: {} },