Questions tagged [custom-field]
With Custom Fields you can add extra information fields to Joomla's Articles and Users.
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Delete Thumbnails Button as Joomla Custom Form Field
I am developing a Joomla 4 Content Slider Module and it creates thumbnails in mysite.com/cache/mymodule/ folder. I am trying to add a delete-thumbnails button. I am using custom form field for the ...
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Creating a field plug-in, need the com_content form to be enctype multipart
I've been writing a field plug-in for adding files to articles in com_content. I've got the basics of the field plug-in working ok, extending the JFormFieldFile class
The issue I've hit is, for the ...
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JFormField extension doesn't access $this->element from the constructor
I'm creating my custom Field extending the clasic JFormField like this:
class JFormFieldExtension extends JFormField {
protected $type = 'extension';
// Constructor
public function __construct(\...
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Render Custom Fields in Admin edit view
I want to add custom fields to my component. My admin edit view uses bootstrap tabs:
<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('uitab.startTabSet', 'myTab', array('active' => 'general')); ?>
<?php echo ...
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Layout override for repeatable subform custom field
I am trying to apply custom field override to my article and some of the fields I am trying to access are inside repeatable and non-repeatable subforms. Please how do I access and display subform ...
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What is the correct PHP to render Subform repeatable custom fields on the front end?
When creating custom layout overrides the PHP code
<?php echo $this->item->jcfields[X]->value; ?> Works successfully, but does not function at all when it comes to repeatable subform ...
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What would keep custom fields from rendering in the frontend on Joomla 4
When using the shortcode (example {field34}) for a field in the Article editor text area the field content is not showing on the front end.
I entered the fields manually and also used the dropdown and ...
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Are custom fields updatable using joomla 4 api?
Simply put when using the API to update a custom field of an article, the new information is not successfully passed through. Furthermore, the original contents are deleted from the field.
The ...
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Show article fields in module
I have two custom fields in my article for longitude and latitude. I'm then trying to build a module to get these two fields from the current article displayed and show in the module.
I have the ...
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Getting somehow the Article ID in an Alternate Layout for Custom Fields
I am creating an Alternate Layout of /components/com_fields/layouts/field/render.php to change the layout of some given Custom Fields. And there I need the ID of the article in order to give a unique #...
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Trying to write a custom form field that concatenates <input> and <select> values
I am a novice dabbler in Joomla PHP. I can build custom templates and simple frontend modules. I’m trying to write my first custom form field. I’ve gone over the documentation, reviewed several ...
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Use Text-Editor in UIkit Modal (Module Backend)
For a new Project i would like to have an editor instance inside a modal popup (click on an object to add / edit details). I have my Custom Field that loads an editor like so:
$editor = JEditor::...
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Adding custom fields on the fly in JOOMLA 3.9
I am trying to develop a hobby project based on https://www.themealdb.com/ api.
I am trying to create an article programmatically for https://www.themealdb.com/api/json/v1/1/search.php?s=Arrabiata and ...
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How to add new field types to repeatable custom field?
By default, Joomla provides few types of fields that could be used as repeatable custom fields:
editor
media
number
text
textarea
I want to have more fields like boolean, or maybe even more rich ...
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Registered users public listing showing only the selected fields by each user
I'm looking to display a map (google map or other) together with a list of all our registered Joomla 3.9.x users, their addresses and extra information are stored using Joomla user custom fields.
What ...
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Trying to add subform field to existing component xml
I've added the following into my components XML file :
<field name="activity_name" type="subform" label="Activity" description="" multiple="true&...
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Custom form field in subform. How to access parent form fields?
I have created a custom file list form field and the field is used in a repeatable subform.
The purpose of this custom form field is to display a list of files in folder based on 'name' field in main ...
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How to create custom filter type option for a custom field to extend the custom fields in Joomla?
I'm trying to figure out how to add/extend the "Filter" options for a Custom Field. I first started looking to see if I could figure out where I could add my own filter to the list of ...
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Get article list based on custom field value (com_fields)
I'm trying to get all the articles from a specific category with a specific value in one of the custom fields (com_fields) I have created.
I have this code:
$model = JModelLegacy::getInstance('...
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Join #__content with #__fields_values then filter and sort using #__fields_values data
I wrote an override in Joomla 3.X and sorted the result from the DB using this query, which works:
$query = "SELECT content.*, fieldvalues.*
FROM #__content AS content,
#...
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How to populate custom field dropdown with values from DB
I trying to create a new custom field, which will have a select field with menu items from certain menu type, I got stuck at populating this select field with values from database.
You can see the ...
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Joomla custom fields articles list
Mimicking an old sports site that worked using cobalt with custom fields, I've managed to create a nice "match" article, but now I have two issues I don't know yet how to solve.
How could I ...
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Stop display custom fields in edit article in frontend
I’m having some trouble with custom fields and tags when creating/editing an article from frontend.
I’m using tags and several custom fields (grouped into five groups). By standard, the custom fields ...
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custom form list field add disabled options - create optgroups
I have a working list based on an sql query. Now I would like to add some spacers (not selectable items).
When doing this manually in xml you can add the disabled attr to that item, but how can I do ...
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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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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 ...