Questions tagged [custom-field]
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Adding extra field to joomla categories
I need help in adding extra fields to Joomla categories(not article) in my custom component categories and I didnt find any documentation for that. I want to add a time field to categories. I tried to ...
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How to display custom user profile plugin fields on “Edit account” page?
We are building a website with multiple authors using PWT ACL to restrict their access to the users tab so that they don't mess with each other's profile or content.
I created a custom user profile ...
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What is best practice for inserting the link for custom fields in third party extensions
If I want to integrate custom fields into my Joomla 4 extension, then I have to change the database so that a link appears in the administrator menu, right?
For example like here: https://github.com/...
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confirm dialog, on New Custom Field creation
I am in the process of creating a new type of Custom Field. (Joomla 3.9x)
As a new Field under Plugin.
I need to have a confirm-dialog on beforeSave, but I can't find any proper tutorial on how to do ...
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Save/load a custom form inside a new tab in the article edit view
I have a plugin which loads a custom form in a new tab inside the article edit view. So far, no problem with this part:
public function onContentPrepareForm(Form $form, $data)
{
// Check we are ...
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Own Custom Field Plugin - Multiple Inputs
I am currently creating a custom field plugin for Joomla! I am now faced with the task / problem that the user needs more than just one field when adding the information. In detail it is so that it is ...
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Showon field attribute targeting field from a group to root
So this is an example XML:
<form>
<fieldset>
<field name="field1" type="text" default="" label="" description="">
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Custom field type with showon attribute for list options
When creating a showon attribute in list options one can do that in form XML since Joomla 3.9 like this:
<field name="fieldx" type="list" default="0" label="...
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How can I create my own custom field?
I know how to create a custom form field if I am building a module/component/plugin but how do I build one of the Joomla! custom fields?
I can't find a tutorial and I think I'm probably Googling the ...
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Using form XML for custom filter and removing group definition
I'm creating a small component with a search module. I will dumb this example down so that the question will be clear.
The component manages books. The book form XML looks like this and its structure ...
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Error JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_INVALID_CONTROLLER from CLI on Joomla 3.7
I have an issue with a cli php script that I'm trying to execute.
I want to add an article with custom fields.
The part where I add articles is working well, but when I add the code to load the ...
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Joomla 4 template namespace
I'm working with latest Joomla 4 beta, and wondering how can I use namespaces with templates so I can start using and developing custom fields for my templates.
I need to know what should I set in the ...
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Using isset or is not set PHP variable with extra fields?
I have an issue with setting up variables - if the custom field is filled then it should be shown, if it's empty - then date (+1 month from today's date) is shown.
However, it doesn't work properly. ...
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joomla returning invalid fields for user registration
I've added in custom fields for joomla registration, however it's returning them as Invalid Fields?
$requestData = $this->input->post->get('jform', array(), 'array');
echo '<pre>';...
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Insert custom field into modules .xml file
I have currently created a Joomla Module, and i would like to make it a bit more advanced now. I have created a Custom field, and i have tried to add it to the mod_NAMEOFMODULE.xml file. To use it ...
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Default options on a multi-select form field using setFieldAttribute
We got a custom jform field as below
<field name="select_course"
type="courselist"
label="Select Course"
multiple="true">
</field>
Assume the ...
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Use custom fields in index.php template file
For some reason i need tu use articles custom fields in index.php file template, i try this code without success :
This after defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
JLoader::register('...
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Get values of other custom fields in field layout override
I am using a repeatable custom field for articles in Joomla! 3.9.16 with an alternative layout (override) of com_fields/layouts/field/render.php and an override of plugins/fields/repeatable/tmpl/...
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How can I call com_contact fields in an article view?
We have linked the author to com_contacts and now I want to show an author image which will be a custom field in com_contacts.
I was able to show it as a com_user custom field using the following ...
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How to add the current user's user id in query of a custom field for a plugin?
If I hardwire a created_by clause in a joomla sql custom field, the query works as it should (for this specific userid the clause is, and created_by = 305):
SELECT id AS value, title AS text
FROM #...
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Custom Category Field
Using Joomla 3.9, although Custom Fields is now available, I am opting to do this in a plugin instead for reasons.
I have created a plugin to hook into the Category view in admin, so that I can add a ...
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Access repeatable subform fields and display in article override
I have been testing the following code to retrieve and output the values from a repeatable subform field with no success.
JLoader::register('FieldsHelper', JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR . '/components/...
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Custom field in menu item
I am trying to get a custom field type into the menu. I want this to be a dropdown which I poulate with some php code.
Where the arrow points in want my dropdown field.
So I created in /components/...
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Custom fields published state not working as expected
I am using the following code to check to see if my repeatable custom field's state is published/unpublished. If the state is set to 0, the code in between should be hidden, but instead an error is ...
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Override output for repeatable custom fields
I am struggling to find a way to output the values from a repeatable field in Joomla 3.9.15.
I am currently accessing the custom fields assigned to articles using the following code:
JHtml::...
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How do I sort articles in category blog using a custom field value?
I have created a custom field date and added content to the articles of a category.
How can I now sort the articles in the category blog overview by this field?
What should a blog.php and blog_item....
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How to use 'showon' with global settings in menu item parameter?
In a custom component I have some component params (config.xml) and I have some menu item params (default.xml).
Inside the component params I make use of the showon attribute many times. But to keep ...
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Custom fields not for all usergroups
I'm triing to use custom fields in users for personal details on members of a group, but I've got some "system" users that don't have these details. But everytime I want to edit these users I'm nagged ...
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enable Selected option for a custom field extending JFormFieldList
I am creating a custom field extending JFormFieldList as below
Form field is defined as below
<field name="reltype_rev_id"
multiple="true"
type="customfield"
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how to add custom field type to user core component?
I need to integrate a custom field in the user component of joomla core that allows me to list some data in a select, I get this data from an endpoint, and because this type of field does not exist ...
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How to programmatically write Joomla article customs field values?
I added some custom fields to the articles of my Joomla website:
I work on a custom Joomla module that creates new articles programmatically using the below code:
static function createArticle(...
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Get the list of article and related specific custom field value
I need to compose a list for a RSFormPro form field which contains options that display article titles and their respective date from a custom field.
In front something like this :
Select your ...
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How to extend the article search to take into account the values of custom fields?
In articles I have added a series of custom fields, now I need to be able to filter through these fields, while being in the article manager view. I have searched about it but without success, I just ...
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Only show joomla custom fields on certain category levels
Is it possible to only show a field on for example the 3rd level of categories? Now when I link a field to a top level categorie, the field is shown on all articles on all levels of categories, but is ...
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Extra fields Vs. float numbers
Well, I am trying to develop a simple web system that uses Joomla CMS.
The project is simple and becomes from a thought of working with Joomla categories, subcategories, articles and extra fields ...
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How to programmatically set the value of a custom field of type checkbox?
In articles, I have created a series of custom fields, including two date fields and a checkboxes field. Now, through a plugin in the onContentBeforeSave event I need to verify that if date 1 is less ...
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Is it possible to edit the SQL custom field to be multi-select?
I want to be able to select multiple values with the SQL custom field. Is this possible? When I use a query which as multiple results, I can only pick one.
I found this post: Creating custom field ...
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Get module params in custom form field
I need to get all other module field-params of the current module inside of a custom form field in backend.
In tmpl/default.php it works with:
$bgcolor = $params->get('bgcolor');
But in custom ...
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How to change custom field order in field group?
For articles, I have created two custom fields and I have registered both in a field group -- this much is fine.
Now I would like to change the order in which the fields are displayed on the page. I ...
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Insert Contacts Custom Field In Article
I have created a few custom fields for my contacts. I now want to display these contact details withinin some articles using the following format;
{field 1} will display the field with the ID 1
{...
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Custom Field Tag Style List
Joomla 3.9.11
I have created an SQL custom field for my joomla contacts called location, this allows me to assign a location to my contacts.
The SQL simply selects location_name from a custom db ...
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Default value for repeatable custom field
I am trying to set a default value for the repeatable custom field.
My subform has a number field, a media field and a text field.
I am using the default value field in the repeatable field ...
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FieldsPlugin onCustomFieldsPrepareDom $field on save different on front and backend
I currently develop a FieldPlugin for myself. I noticed some things and don't understand them fully right now. My plugin works in the backend perfect, but raises errors on the frontend, so I did some ...
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Call com_ajax from module backend
To create thumbnails & cache files, I have to access my already created Ajax Functions inside my helper.php file.
I'm already able to call the functions within the frontend (button that is ...
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Access namespaced custom field method from a plugin into another plugin
In one of my previous questions, I learned how to properly set up a namespaced custom form field, but it turns out that it's only available within its plugin scope for some reason.
I need the field ...
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Joomla 4 - import parent field class into extending field class issue finding the files
Testing my Joomla 3.9 extensions in Joomla 4, some of them didn't work, because, as instructed with the (probably) old documentation my custom fields use
jimport('joomla.form.formfield');
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Joomla 4 - how to set namespace for custom field addfieldprefix
I have the editors-xtd\vimeo plugin with this structure
..\plugins\editors-xtd\vimeo\models\fields\(a bunch of custom fields)
..\plugins\editors-xtd\vimeo\forms\form.xml
..\plugins\editors-xtd\vimeo\...
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Extended subform field use own layout from template/html folder
I've created an extended subform field type called families.php, basically I want to have my own custom layout for this custom field, it makes sense I don't want to mess up everything just for this ...
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Adding field path and script into form relative to template path
Case 1
I am trying to add field path into templateDetails.xml without specifying a templateName. The following code works
<fieldset name="name" label="label" addfieldpath="/templates/templateName/...
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fetch user custom fields in article
I have created some custom fields in user profile from backend
templates/name-template/html/com_content/article/default.php
and use this code for load custom fields at joomla article
<?php
$...
