Joomla XML form fields in content

Question

Joomla includes many built-in filds that can be used in the XML manifest file (Available fields in Joomla XML manifest), but is it possible to use them to build forms for the visitors, in a module or maybe in an article?

For instance, can I add a color picker to a front-end form?

<field name="backgroundcolor" type="color" default="#eee" label="Color selector field" description="TPL_BEEZ3_FIELD_HEADER_BACKGROUND_COLOR_DESC" />

(this is from the xml file, but I would like to implement something similar in an article)

Answer 1

Yes, with Joomla's JForm, you can use them virtually anywhere - here's a tutorial that might help, and an example to Custom field in a content plugin:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<form>
    <fields name="params" >
         <fieldset name="params" >
            <field
               name="content_myfield"
                type="text"
                label="PLG_CONTENT_GDP_MYFIELD"
                />
        </fieldset>
    </fields>
</form>

The full example for this code is at How to save Custom Fields in Core components.