Questions tagged [form-fields-types]
Form fields are input fields of a HTML form, that are available in Joomla, that can be used to create forms or the extensions interface where users can adjust settings. There are several standard Form Field Types available, while there is support for building custom ones if needed.
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J4 Component: Add Modified By and Modified On Database Record when using JForm and an AdminModel Model
I am creating a new Joomla J4 component for my website. I have previously created components in J3 using Akeeba's Framework on Framework. For J4 I'm working to learn how to create a J4 MVC native ...
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media field type ignores directory
I'using a xml formsource (<field name="media" ... />) in a subform for a custom field.
The form is working but my directory path is completely ignored. E.g. directory="mitglieder/...
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First showon works as expected, all others don't
I have various such pairs in a form:
<field
name="hasEndDate"
type="list"
label="Hat Enddatum?"
default="1"
>
<...
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How to create a text form field with formated format
I am looking for an example, or a tutorial to create a customized text field for Joomla with a formatted string like xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx and a control during the input. I can use JQuery for that. Where ...
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Menuitem form field type: show only components
I am building an admin side form and placed a Menuitem form field, that is working just fine.
It is showing all the menu entries as expected, but I need it to list only the ones for "components&...
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Does showon work with form fields that are checkboxes?
I have a List form field type in my form, that selects (by showon) the values visible at a second (multiple) List form field type. That works fine.
Something like that:
<field name="animal&...
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Does Showon attribute for list options work with Joomla 4?
I have tried the following exact example in the Joomla documentation:
Showon attribute for list options
<field
name="fielda"
type="list"
label="FIELDA_LABEL&...
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com_ajax to plugin / or plugin field
I have this customfield plugin where the user can select a folder in a popup, the call should be ajax based. The form-"field" including AJAX call etc. works already in some of my modules ...
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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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How to override a form field in Joomla 4
I have the following field in my module's XML:
<field
addfieldpath="/modules/mod_xxxxxx/fields"
name="icon"
type="filelist"
label="Icon"
/>...
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Form-Fields-Fieldset-showon issue
For a component I have a field item_type that needs to be saved in its own database column for ease of searching, filtering etc, and a set of configurations which have global option defaults so are ...
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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 dynamically reload admin-form-fields in Joomla
In a custom component, I'm developing an admin form with 2 fields, a combo-box for jobTitles and checkboxes for technologies. Both fields are loaded from a database table.
The values of the checkbox ...
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How adjust "Maximum upload size" indicator for file upload?
Joomla prints a short notice regarding the Maximum upload size when including a file upload field with the standard form field file, see code and image below:
<field
name="image"
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I'm trying to make a custom form field to show CSS and JS but I can't get it work
I've copied the instructions here: How to add CSS/JS/an Image to a module backend
modulename.xml
<config>
<fields name="params">
<fieldset name="basic" ...
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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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Is it possible to change what value appears in user form field?
I created a module that allows administrators to select a specific user for the module to handle. Problem is, the once a user is selected in the modal, the field displays the user's name and my ...
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How can I set the option values of my custom list formfield
I have created a custom form field which extends the list form field.
I takes some JSON and creates the form options. I used this documentation: https://docs.joomla.org/...
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How can I create a custom list formfield from json
I need to create a custom formfield like so:
https://docs.joomla.org/Creating_a_custom_form_field_type
But the data I want to populate the list with is in a json file. So I can't really do a PHP ...
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Joomla Calendar format not displaying the correct format
Below is my calendar field in the form
<field name="job_next_run_date_time"
type="calendar"
label="JSCH_JOBV_NEXT_DATE_TIME"
description="...
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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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How to override "Select an option" header for SQL and list fields
In my custom component, inside the forms, I have several list fields.
Some are normal list fields, others are sql fields.
All of these show "Select an option" as a header.
I can't find the way to ...
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Is it True that you can add Syntax to the Editor Form Field Type?
I was looking into the Editor Form field and I came upon this page:
https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/20062
Which shows this:
<field name="css" type="editor" filter="raw" editor="...
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Joomla datepicker field issue
Can someone help please?
I'm working on a simple component which displays events. The component allows events to be submitted from the frontend. The form uses the Joomla datepicker.
The problem I'...
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Joomla 4 addfieldpath
Has the addfieldpath parameter in custom extension forms changed in Joomla 4? The Joomla admin is no longer finding my component's customized field types.
I'm using addfieldpath="/administrator/...
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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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Code for the Content Language Field type
What is the proper way to call for the Content language field type. My below code works but I don't use the content language field type. I am building a drop down from all available languages.
$...
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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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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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Missing form data from being saved in Contact Component
In the Contact component, I have edited the file "contact.xml"
I changed the textfield named con_position from type="text" to type="calendar".
Here is the code:
<field
name="con_position"...
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How to use the showon attribute with multiple conditions?
In a Joomla 3.9.3 module, I'm trying, with no luck, to show/hide a field with showon by checking the values on other three fields
My XML:
<field
name="foo"
type="text"
/>
<field
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Calendar Field render error "Double timezone specification"
in my custom component I have a calendar field which I render in my view.
Database field :
Name: estEventDate
Type: date
Null: No
Default: 0000-00-00
XML Field :
<field name="estEventDate" type=...
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Joomla editor field type text not posted when submitted
I'm working on a custom joomla module. It has a form with an "editor" type field. The fields are defined in the related xml file:
<form>
<fields name="main">
<fieldset name=...
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How to retrieve the default site template in my xml module?
I wish to add a formsource to a subform in my custom maded module.
The example code:
<field type="subform" formsource= "templates/DEFAULT_TEMPLATE/MY_MODULE/SUBFORM_NAME.xml" >
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How can I enable the created date for an article to be edited in the front end?
I don't know how to enable editing the created date of an article in the front-end, after updating to Joomla 3.8.10.
So far I used to override the article's edit form
com_content -> form > edit #...
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How to generate a dynamic note field for a custom component?
I am attempting to develop my first custom component called com_image. Because of the structure and function of my project requirements, it made best sense to clone the com_contact folder and ...
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Field of type contact
In a form of a custom component, how can I add field of type contact instead of type user?
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List of users in form
In a component, if I want to add an user field to the form, I can easily use a field of type user, and play with it as I want.
But what can I do if I need a field that stores an array of users?
The ...
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I change list value in module but it does not change in params
I have a list Joomla! form field in my XML, it works in the back end, I can change the dropdown. When saved, the item stays the same.
When I print_r($params)
The value is outputted as "true" and ...
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What does sql_select="e.*" do?
On https://docs.joomla.org/SQL_form_field_type it talks about using the SQL fields.
I'm wondering what sql_select="e.*" does.
I know that the star is a wildcard for everything. I'm just not sure ...
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How to add placeholder to input field via php variable
In my login form, custom layout fields are displayed by the $field->input variable. Unfortunately, those fields are displayed without the placeholder attribute.
Is there any way to add this ...
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Problems with Custom form field select list
I am attempting to modify code that was created by Component Creator. The modification I am trying to make is to get the select list to save the partno instead of the index value.
There are two ...
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Joomla custom fields management
I'm new to Joomla'scustom fields and also don't have a deep knowledge of Joomla.
I need to create a custom field name "Speakers" to associate to a event. It's a multiselect field so that ...
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How can I change the Class of SELECT fields that Joomla generates'
I've disable chosen.js so that all my <select> tags are plain HTML, but am so far unable to change the default class of inputbox to one of my choosing,
(specificially from the Search Tools ...
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Showon="foo:1[AND][bar:2[OR]bar:3]"
Can I do a nested AND / OR statement in Joomla! showon?
At present if a field is hidden but selected then my other field will show.
So:
Type of Vehicle
Car
Bike
Car Make
Alpha
Ford
Skoda
Car ...
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Tags filter field - how to add custom "placeholder"?
I have added a tags filter in my component's list with multiple enabled.
<field
name="tag"
type="tag"
label="-Select a Tag-"
description="Filter by Tags"
multiple="...
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Custom Form Field not working in Windows environment
My attempt is to re-build the example here:
https://docs.joomla.org/Creating_a_custom_form_field_type
Somehow, Joomla doesn't see the City.php file in administrator/components/com_testing/models/...
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Save multiple list custom field for component
I 've created a custom form field type
class JFormFieldCategories extends JFormFieldList
{
protected $type = 'categories';
public function getOptions()
{
$db = JFactory::getDBO();
$...
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How to edit 'created date' from front end
What file I have to change to edit the created date of an article from the front end? Using joomla 3.8.1.
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