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In my custom component, I have some component configs in the standard config.xml file. There are multiple fieldsets (tabs), each one has its own description.

I would like to add a line of text below a field, including a link to a documentation site. Something like: "Documentation: link". See image below.

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I did some googling before coming here. As I understand it, you can not add text to xml file.

Is this possible? How to do it? If not, is it possible to enter a link in the field description (hint on hover)? Or any other suggestions?

Thanks!

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You could try the "spacer" field type and see if that's good enough for your purposes:

<field name="example_spacer" type="spacer" label="Text you want here" />

Then put it in your XML file following the field you're wanting the extra text for. Add CSS to taste.

That might work out for you.

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    This is correct; reading the question, if you still have trouble adding text to xml you may use a translation string. And you can inject the css (and html) inline with the string.
    – Riccardo Zorn
    Feb 11, 2020 at 7:12
  • @Riccardo I didn't realize you can some html to create a link inside a language string. Thanks! :)
    – TVBZ
    Feb 12, 2020 at 1:45
  • @Arlen Yes. That's what I needed. Great. Thanks!
    – TVBZ
    Feb 12, 2020 at 1:47
  • @TVBZ You also don't need the language string. You can put it directly in the XML. All depends on whether you plan to release the component. I have a dozen custom components that do things specific to the servers I run, most of them don't need to be multi-lingual b/c of the narrow audience they serve, some of those have the text right in the xml file (especially for text strings that only appear in that single place). Glad it helped.
    – Arlen
    Feb 12, 2020 at 14:06
  • @Arlen Thanks for the tip. I will keep it in mind for future components. This one is intented for mulilingual website and management, so I prefer the language strings. :)
    – TVBZ
    Feb 13, 2020 at 8:04

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