diff --git a/client/src/components/Form/Elements/FormSelection.vue b/client/src/components/Form/Elements/FormSelection.vue
index 15176a48f063..12d681f4a517 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Form/Elements/FormSelection.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Form/Elements/FormSelection.vue
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ watch(
 );
 
 const showSelectPreference = computed(
-    () => props.multiple && props.display !== "checkboxes" && props.display !== "radio"
+    () => props.multiple && props.display !== "checkboxes" && props.display !== "radio" && props.display !== "simple"
 );
 
 const displayMany = computed(() => showSelectPreference.value && useMany.value);
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormCollectionType.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormCollectionType.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a93cb5ded6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormCollectionType.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { ref, watch } from "vue";
+
+import { isValidCollectionTypeStr } from "@/components/Workflow/Editor/modules/collectionTypeDescription";
+
+import FormElement from "@/components/Form/FormElement.vue";
+
+interface Props {
+    value?: string;
+}
+
+const props = defineProps<Props>();
+
+const currentValue = ref<string | undefined>(undefined);
+const warning = ref<string | null>(null);
+const error = ref<string | null>(null);
+
+function onInput(newCollectionType: string | undefined) {
+    emit("onChange", newCollectionType);
+}
+
+const collectionTypeOptions = [
+    { value: "list", label: "List of Datasets" },
+    { value: "paired", label: "Dataset Pair" },
+    { value: "list:paired", label: "List of Dataset Pairs" },
+];
+
+function updateValue(newValue: string | undefined) {
+    currentValue.value = newValue;
+    warning.value = null;
+    error.value = null;
+    if (!newValue) {
+        warning.value = "Typically, a value for this collection type should be specified.";
+    } else if (!isValidCollectionTypeStr(newValue)) {
+        error.value = "Invalid collection type";
+    }
+}
+
+watch(() => props.value, updateValue, { immediate: true });
+const emit = defineEmits(["onChange"]);
+</script>
+
+<template>
+    <FormElement
+        id="collection_type"
+        :value="currentValue"
+        :attributes="{ datalist: collectionTypeOptions }"
+        :warning="warning"
+        :error="error"
+        title="Collection type"
+        :optional="true"
+        type="text"
+        @input="onInput" />
+</template>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDatatype.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDatatype.vue
index 466a9fca75e3..cc50d02a612f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDatatype.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDatatype.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { computed } from "vue";
+import { computed, ref, watch } from "vue";
 
 import type { DatatypesMapperModel } from "@/components/Datatypes/model";
 
@@ -8,16 +8,27 @@ import FormElement from "@/components/Form/FormElement.vue";
 const props = withDefaults(
     defineProps<{
         id: string;
-        value?: string;
+        value?: string | string[];
         title: string;
         help: string;
+        multiple?: boolean;
         datatypes: DatatypesMapperModel["datatypes"];
     }>(),
     {
         value: null,
+        multiple: false,
     }
 );
 
+const currentValue = ref<string | string[] | undefined>(undefined);
+
+watch(
+    () => props.value,
+    (newValue) => {
+        currentValue.value = newValue;
+    },
+    { immediate: true }
+);
 const emit = defineEmits(["onChange"]);
 
 const datatypeExtensions = computed(() => {
@@ -34,25 +45,28 @@ const datatypeExtensions = computed(() => {
         0: "Roadmaps",
         1: "Roadmaps",
     });
-    extensions.unshift({
-        0: "Leave unchanged",
-        1: "",
-    });
+    if (!props.multiple) {
+        extensions.unshift({
+            0: "Leave unchanged",
+            1: "",
+        });
+    }
     return extensions;
 });
 
-function onChange(newDatatype: unknown) {
-    emit("onChange", newDatatype);
+function onInput(newDatatype: string) {
+    currentValue.value = newDatatype;
+    emit("onChange", currentValue.value);
 }
 </script>
 
 <template>
     <FormElement
         :id="id"
-        :value="value"
-        :attributes="{ options: datatypeExtensions }"
+        :value="currentValue"
+        :attributes="{ options: datatypeExtensions, multiple: multiple, display: 'simple', optional: true }"
         :title="title"
         type="select"
         :help="help"
-        @input="onChange" />
+        @input="onInput" />
 </template>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDefault.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDefault.vue
index 3a0f82c0a9d6..a455ba3a0c5b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDefault.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDefault.vue
@@ -43,8 +43,15 @@
                 v-if="isSubworkflow"
                 :step="step"
                 @onUpdateStep="(id, step) => emit('onUpdateStep', id, step)" />
+            <FormInputCollection
+                v-if="type == 'data_collection_input'"
+                :step="step"
+                :datatypes="datatypes"
+                :inputs="configForm.inputs"
+                @onChange="onChange">
+            </FormInputCollection>
             <FormDisplay
-                v-if="configForm?.inputs"
+                v-else-if="configForm?.inputs"
                 :id="formDisplayId"
                 :key="formKey"
                 :inputs="configForm.inputs"
@@ -78,6 +85,7 @@ import FormConditional from "./FormConditional.vue";
 import FormCard from "@/components/Form/FormCard.vue";
 import FormDisplay from "@/components/Form/FormDisplay.vue";
 import FormElement from "@/components/Form/FormElement.vue";
+import FormInputCollection from "@/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormInputCollection.vue";
 import FormOutputLabel from "@/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormOutputLabel.vue";
 
 const props = defineProps<{
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormInputCollection.vue b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormInputCollection.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea17f09fb50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormInputCollection.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { computed, toRef } from "vue";
+
+import type { DatatypesMapperModel } from "@/components/Datatypes/model";
+import type { Step } from "@/stores/workflowStepStore";
+
+import { useToolState } from "../composables/useToolState";
+
+import FormElement from "@/components/Form/FormElement.vue";
+import FormCollectionType from "@/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormCollectionType.vue";
+import FormDatatype from "@/components/Workflow/Editor/Forms/FormDatatype.vue";
+
+interface ToolState {
+    collection_type: string | null;
+    optional: boolean;
+    format: string | null;
+    tag: string | null;
+}
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+    step: Step;
+    datatypes: DatatypesMapperModel["datatypes"];
+}>();
+
+const stepRef = toRef(props, "step");
+const { toolState } = useToolState(stepRef);
+
+function cleanToolState(): ToolState {
+    if (toolState.value) {
+        return { ...toolState.value } as unknown as ToolState;
+    } else {
+        return {
+            collection_type: null,
+            optional: false,
+            tag: null,
+            format: null,
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+const emit = defineEmits(["onChange"]);
+
+function onDatatype(newDatatype: string[]) {
+    const state = cleanToolState();
+    state.format = newDatatype.join(",");
+    emit("onChange", state);
+}
+
+function onTags(newTags: string | null) {
+    const state = cleanToolState();
+    state.tag = newTags;
+    emit("onChange", state);
+}
+
+function onOptional(newOptional: boolean) {
+    const state = cleanToolState();
+    state.optional = newOptional;
+    emit("onChange", state);
+}
+
+function onCollectionType(newCollectionType: string | null) {
+    const state = cleanToolState();
+    state.collection_type = newCollectionType;
+    emit("onChange", state);
+}
+
+const formatsAsList = computed(() => {
+    const formatStr = toolState.value?.format as string | string[] | null;
+    if (formatStr && typeof formatStr === "string") {
+        return formatStr.split(/\s*,\s*/);
+    } else if (formatStr) {
+        return formatStr;
+    } else {
+        return [];
+    }
+});
+
+// Terrible Hack: The parent component (./FormDefault.vue) ignores the first update, so
+// I am sending a dummy update here. Ideally, the parent FormDefault would not expect this.
+emit("onChange", cleanToolState());
+</script>
+
+<template>
+    <div>
+        <FormCollectionType :value="toolState?.collection_type" :optional="true" @onChange="onCollectionType" />
+        <FormElement id="optional" :value="toolState?.optional" title="Optional" type="boolean" @input="onOptional" />
+        <FormDatatype
+            id="format"
+            :value="formatsAsList"
+            :datatypes="datatypes"
+            title="Format(s)"
+            :multiple="true"
+            help="Leave empty to auto-generate filtered list at runtime based on connections."
+            @onChange="onDatatype" />
+        <FormElement
+            id="tag"
+            :value="toolState?.tag"
+            title="Tag filter"
+            :optional="true"
+            type="text"
+            help="Tags to automatically filter inputs"
+            @input="onTags" />
+    </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useStepProps.ts b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useStepProps.ts
index 95e4787bdfd9..fe63f09b3930 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useStepProps.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useStepProps.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export function useStepProps(step: Ref<Step>) {
         inputs: stepInputs,
         outputs: stepOutputs,
         post_job_actions: postJobActions,
+        tool_state: toolState,
     } = toRefs(step);
 
     const label = computed(() => step.value.label ?? undefined);
@@ -29,5 +30,6 @@ export function useStepProps(step: Ref<Step>) {
         stepOutputs,
         configForm,
         postJobActions,
+        toolState,
     };
 }
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useToolState.ts b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useToolState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6feb13589de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useToolState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { toRefs } from "@vueuse/core";
+import { computed, type Ref } from "vue";
+
+import { type Step } from "@/stores/workflowStepStore";
+
+export function useToolState(step: Ref<Step>) {
+    const { tool_state: rawToolStateRef } = toRefs(step);
+
+    const toolState = computed(() => {
+        const rawToolState: Record<string, unknown> = rawToolStateRef.value;
+        const parsedToolState: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+
+        // This is less than ideal in a couple ways. The fact the JSON response
+        // has encoded JSON is gross and it would be great for module types that
+        // do not use the tool form to just return a simple JSON blob without
+        // the extra encoded. As a step two if each of these module types could
+        // also define a schema so we could use typed entities shared between the
+        // client and server that would be ideal.
+        for (const key in rawToolState) {
+            if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(rawToolState, key)) {
+                const value = rawToolState[key];
+                if (typeof value === "string") {
+                    try {
+                        const parsedValue = JSON.parse(value);
+                        parsedToolState[key] = parsedValue;
+                    } catch (error) {
+                        parsedToolState[key] = rawToolState[key];
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    parsedToolState[key] = rawToolState[key];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return parsedToolState;
+    });
+
+    return {
+        toolState,
+    };
+}
diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/modules/collectionTypeDescription.ts b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/modules/collectionTypeDescription.ts
index 792a842b0df9..cc48c2a69117 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/modules/collectionTypeDescription.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/modules/collectionTypeDescription.ts
@@ -128,3 +128,13 @@ export class CollectionTypeDescription implements CollectionTypeDescriptor {
         return str.indexOf(suffix, str.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
     }
 }
+
+const collectionTypeRegex = /^(list|paired)(:(list|paired))*$/;
+
+export function isValidCollectionTypeStr(collectionType: string | undefined) {
+    if (collectionType) {
+        return collectionTypeRegex.test(collectionType);
+    } else {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/workflows.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/workflows.py
index b52d495d40e6..e82dc623497a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/workflows.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/workflows.py
@@ -528,15 +528,22 @@ def build_module(self, trans: GalaxyWebTransaction, payload=None):
         # payload is tool state
         if payload is None:
             payload = {}
+        module_type = payload.get("type", "tool")
         inputs = payload.get("inputs", {})
         trans.workflow_building_mode = workflow_building_modes.ENABLED
-        module = module_factory.from_dict(trans, payload, from_tool_form=True)
-
+        from_tool_form = True if module_type != "data_collection_input" else False
+        if not from_tool_form and "tool_state" not in payload and "inputs" in payload:
+            # tool state not sent, use the manually constructed inputs
+            payload["tool_state"] = payload["inputs"]
+        module = module_factory.from_dict(trans, payload, from_tool_form=from_tool_form)
         module_state: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         errors: ParameterValidationErrorsT = {}
-        populate_state(trans, module.get_inputs(), inputs, module_state, errors=errors, check=True)
-        module.recover_state(module_state, from_tool_form=True)
-        module.check_and_update_state()
+        if from_tool_form:
+            populate_state(trans, module.get_inputs(), inputs, module_state, errors=errors, check=True)
+            module.recover_state(module_state, from_tool_form=True)
+            module.check_and_update_state()
+        else:
+            module_state = module.get_export_state()
         step_dict = {
             "name": module.get_name(),
             "tool_state": module_state,
@@ -546,7 +553,7 @@ def build_module(self, trans: GalaxyWebTransaction, payload=None):
             "config_form": module.get_config_form(),
             "errors": errors or None,
         }
-        if payload["type"] == "tool":
+        if module_type == "tool":
             step_dict["tool_version"] = module.get_version()
         return step_dict
 
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/workflow/modules.py b/lib/galaxy/workflow/modules.py
index 835b9ae2a710..3d0f267ff3bb 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/workflow/modules.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/workflow/modules.py
@@ -1114,34 +1114,8 @@ class InputDataCollectionModule(InputModule):
     collection_type = default_collection_type
 
     def get_inputs(self):
-        parameter_def = self._parse_state_into_dict()
-        collection_type = parameter_def["collection_type"]
-        tag = parameter_def["tag"]
-        optional = parameter_def["optional"]
-        collection_type_source = dict(
-            name="collection_type", label="Collection type", type="text", value=collection_type
-        )
-        collection_type_source["options"] = [
-            {"value": "list", "label": "List of Datasets"},
-            {"value": "paired", "label": "Dataset Pair"},
-            {"value": "list:paired", "label": "List of Dataset Pairs"},
-        ]
-        input_collection_type = TextToolParameter(None, collection_type_source)
-        tag_source = dict(
-            name="tag",
-            label="Tag filter",
-            type="text",
-            optional="true",
-            value=tag,
-            help="Tags to automatically filter inputs",
-        )
-        input_tag = TextToolParameter(None, tag_source)
-        inputs = {}
-        inputs["collection_type"] = input_collection_type
-        inputs["optional"] = optional_param(optional)
-        inputs["format"] = format_param(self.trans, parameter_def.get("format"))
-        inputs["tag"] = input_tag
-        return inputs
+        # migrated to frontend
+        return {}
 
     def get_runtime_inputs(self, step, connections: Optional[Iterable[WorkflowStepConnection]] = None):
         parameter_def = self._parse_state_into_dict()
diff --git a/test/unit/workflows/test_modules.py b/test/unit/workflows/test_modules.py
index 8052c6b11950..fa1e0177701f 100644
--- a/test/unit/workflows/test_modules.py
+++ b/test/unit/workflows/test_modules.py
@@ -125,17 +125,6 @@ def test_data_collection_input_connections():
     assert output["collection_type"] == "list:paired"
 
 
-def test_data_collection_input_config_form():
-    module = __from_step(
-        type="data_collection_input",
-        tool_inputs={
-            "collection_type": "list:paired",
-        },
-    )
-    result = module.get_config_form()
-    assert result["inputs"][0]["value"], "list:paired"
-
-
 def test_cannot_create_tool_modules_for_missing_tools():
     trans = MockTrans()
     module = modules.module_factory.from_dict(trans, {"type": "tool", "tool_id": "cat1"})