Editing the Joomla Login Form

Question

I had installed a template from joomshaper. I'm trying to edit the login form of it. I already try to overwrite the mod_login/.../default.html file, but the form used by the template is not being overwritten.

I also tried to overwrite the k2_user default.php file but still, not working.

The website does not have any module of type "k2_user" or "Login_form" activated in the site view only at the Administrator view.

If I activated a module of type k2_user I can see the modifications made in the rewritten file, but I can't in the login form used by the template.

Answer 1

It sounds like a template override for the com_users login view. Try modifying the /templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/html/com_users/login/default.php

Answer 2

If you need to change the classes for the fields for password and login, you will need to change the xml file - components / com_users / models / forms / login.xml

Handy if you want to use Bootstrap styling for example. Here's the xml for the username field, where you see class, just add an additional CSS class as required e.g. form-control

<field
            name="username"
            type="text"
            label="COM_USERS_LOGIN_USERNAME_LABEL"
            class="form-control validate-username"
            filter="username"
            size="25"
            required="true"
            validate="username"
            autofocus="true"
        />