Questions tagged [jform]
Form Class for the Joomla Platform.
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JForm bind recursion error?
I'm updating a Joomla 3.x component for Joomla 4, and my admin forms are showing a recursive error:
// etc until it hits a limit of 256
236 Joomla\CMS\Form\Form->bindLevel() JROOT/libraries/...
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Server name removed from text when submitting JForm TinyMCE editor field
I'm working a custom Joomla module that has a JForm with an editor field. My users use this form to edit and send some email messages to our customers. The field is prefilled by the system with some ...
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Jform radio button not displayed or not horizontally aligned with its label
I'm working on a custom Joomla module displaying a JForm with some radio buttons. I'm using the sample code described for Joomla 3+ styling with arbitrary values described here
<field name="...
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How to identify which JForm list field triggered the submission of my form?
I´m working on a JForm with some list fields. As the fields have a cascading relationship (and I did not want to work with AJAX at this time) I submit the form, whenever the selection of one of the ...
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Form validation in Joomla with form rules doesn't work
It will try to include new rules to validate the fields of a form and it does not work. I can not even get messages on the screen. Am I missing something in the code?
Here is my code:
<form ...
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Client side validation - custom event handler not called when user enters the field and leaves it being empty
I'm working on a JForm with some fields with custom event handlers to do client side form validation as it is described in this document
The document says that "Joomla adds a blur handler to validate ...
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How to submit JForm form based on custom dropdown list value change
I'm working on a custom Joomla module. I have a JForm that contains multiple custom dropdown lists based on JFormFieldList. The form should be submitted when a value is selected from one of the custom ...
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Why does Joomla remove html tags from submitted text even when filter types are set to raw?
I'm trying to retrieve and save a html formatted text submitted thru a Joomla editor field. I went thru some of the available docs (https://docs.joomla.org/Retrieving_request_data_using_JInput#...
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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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Manually render filter form fields in layout
I am using the searchtools filters in the front end of a custom component.
So I am displaying the fields in my template :
<?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.searchtools.default', array('...
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Variables in XML form definition
I'm creating a form using the Joomla XML form definition, and I want to create a range of integer values a user can select from. The number/integer field is fine for this use-- but I need to allow the ...
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Can I change how jForm generates HTML for the Form fields?
Is there a way to manipulate the resulting HTML that jForm generates?
$this->form->renderField('myfield');
Apparent Joomla Default Form HTML
<div class="control-group">
<div ...
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Custom fields “on demand”
I've got an article that's a simple event. I don't need any event management extension because
I used joomla custom fields to associate to each event some info like speakers, date, ....
One info ...
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Jform checkbox not updating in a Module
Sorry I am new to Joomla. I am trying to resolve an issue with the checkbox not updating on the module. I don't see any updating code specified in PHP, but somehow Joomla is updating it. Can someone ...
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JForm::setFieldAttribute frontend vs backend usage
I'm missing something. I've written a plugin to manipulate specific custom user fields (the new custom fields extension). I create the fields, and make them required, but in /adminstrator I remove ...
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How to select predefined options in an custom form list-field?
I'm trying to pre-select several options in a custom form field. I created a new JFormField which extends JFormFieldList and gets its values from my database. This is my current code:
protected ...
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Custom dynamic fields - SimpleXMLElement in model and data info fields
Good morning,
I have a question. I create my own fields in my own component. I'm using the "SimpleXMLElement" class. The form generates via getForm work perfectly:
$newfieldset = new ...
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Radio form field - can value be a string?
I'm using the Joomla radio button form field type and am having trouble with option values that are strings. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if there is a bug there.
So in my component ...
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Adding fields to user group admin form
I am trying to write a Joomla plugin to add fields to the user group admin form.
I have previously written plugins that have added a new tab to the user form. This is possible by having a plugin with ...
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Custom 'dynamic' form field creation
I tried to look around, but didn't exactly found what I was looking for. Joomla have documentation about how to create custom form fields. That was useful, but what I need is (I guess simple..?).
I ...
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Is it possible to render the same fieldset multiple times?
I'd like to render the same fieldset multiple times for batch create and batch update. Is it possible to do this with JForms?
Currently I have a form like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-...
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Server side form validation always returns true
I am trying to validate the input of my form on server side, but I always get true from the validator. What am I doing wrong?
.../templates/customer_registration.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="...
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Is there an input field to select year only?
Afaik. there is a calendar field by Joomla, which allows you to select a date or probably date range. Is there a way to select a year instead of a date?
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How to use a custom layout with JForm subform fields?
I want to reuse some forms in my component. The subform field does the job. However, I need to remove some fields and/or field groups when displaying the subform.
I tried to use the JForm methods ...
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Render field type in custom form
I'm trying to render the media manager field type in a custom form. The form is not loaded from the xml.
this code is causing an error:
$obj = new JFormFieldMedia();
$obj -> __set('name','...
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How to implement a phone number field mask in custom component?
How can I implement an input field mask for JForms in my component? Specifically I want a phone number mask something like ()-____. I only want users to enter digits and not have them enter ...
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How to get xml form values in Joomla 2.x?
I'm working on custom Joomla MVC component for Joomla 2.x. I have a .xml file for custom menu item type. I need to get the value_field from it to tell the view what to show from database. I tried and ...
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How to get module parameters inside helper function and how to get params inside a custom form field type?
Part 1:
How to get module parameters inside helper function?
I am trying to get the same module parameters inside the helper file.
class ModTestHelper
{
public function getFoo () {
...
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Form-Validation in Frontend
I'm trying to get my component ready for frontend-action. There are some forms that are filled by the user - but of course I have some fields that need specific values (int, float, ...) and some ...
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Model/Controller: get id of current item and use it in controller
I got a view in my component's frontend, which catches data from model using the ID of the element:
protected function populateState($ordering = null, $direction = null)
{
$app = ...
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Where can I find a good tutorial and/or example for creating front-end forms in custom components?
I'm building my first component for Joomla 3.x (I don't need support for 2.x). I've created my models (and unit tested them). I'm now ready to create the views. To start I just want to create a simple ...
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JFormFieldList in Frontend -> Notice: Array to string conversion
I'm facing a strange problem. I'm trying to define a custom field for the frontend-view of my component like this:
defined('JPATH_BASE') or die;
jimport('joomla.form.formfield');
jimport('joomla....
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Filter does not work after clicking grid.published-button
I created a filter for the backend of my component like this:
<field name = "category_id"
type = "category"
label = "JOPTION_FILTER_CATEGORY"
...
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Insert value to custom field using getForm (setFieldAttribute)
I would like to add some data to a form field I declared in my forms.xml. This form field is a custom form field which is declared like this:
<fields name = "userdata">
<fieldset name = "...
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Show Form Field if AJAX-response is false
I would like to extend my component with some interaction. For this purpose I try to show fields in a form only if necessary. This works fine with showon-declarations in my form.xml.
Now I would like ...
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How to retrieve values of all the fields with JInput but without jform[]
As we know we can retrieve values of all the fields if they have names like name="jform[something]" and we can use the code:
$jinput = JFactory::getApplication()->input;
$formData = new JRegistry($...
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Make one of select fields required in a form
I have this form.
<?php
// No direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
JHtml::_('behavior.keepalive');
JHtml::_('behavior.formvalidation');
JHtml::_('behavior....
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How to add attribute to <form> of backend for module
How can I add the attribute enctype="multipart/form-data" to the <form> tag in the configuration page for a module? That attribute is needed to upload a file to the server.
I am trying to ...
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Components Use form.xml without the use of any legacy classes?
How do I without using any legacy structure or classes, use the Joomla feature wich allows you to define forms in an XML file in the folder:
JCOMPONENT_PATH/models/forms
And then import and use ...
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Joomla 3.4 custom fields names strange behavior in JForm
I'm working for FE component with form to make ability to user set some values to filter data from DB (ex: select, text). After user make submit these fields need to show values user have selected ...
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How do I remove and/or change the 'name' field in the registration form so that I can ask for first and last name separately?
I've developed a plugin that allows me to create a custom user profile. It works and I'm able to add/remove fields as necessary.
The issue I'm facing is: How do I remove and/or change the 'name' ...
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How to set the form validation only for the fields that are shown
In the admin side I have a XML form with 2 fields as below. Both the fields are marked as required=true
<field name="field1"
type="text"
label="Field1"
required="true"/>
<field name="...
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Form Validation - Server Side vs Client Side
Just got confused by seeing both type of validations in Joomla. So far my understanding of these 2 is as below
Client Side Validation
Done via jQuery/Javascript on the client browser
Server Side ...
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Loading the options of a select form field via jQuery Ajax
Basically I am trying to load a front-end form select field via jQuery AJAX.
The XML form field is
<field name="student_ids"
type="list"
required="true"
label="Select Students"
multiple="...
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Using JHtml::_('behavior.formvalidator') in JForm gives empty error messages
I'm using Joomla! 3.4 core form validation and it seems to fire perfectly, but the error messages added to the alert are blank, hence I cannot see what the error is.
What am I doing wrong?
Here is ...
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Height and Width are not considered for an editor Form Field
The XML code I have for the editor form field as
<field name="note_desc"
type="editor"
filter="safehtml"
label="Description"
required="true"
height="150" />
Irrespective of the ...
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Passing Arguments for custom field
I need a custom field which has to select the database with some conditions. When customer A logged in this field has to select records belong to customer A only.
The custom field is as below
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Form field type structure
In a Joomla 3.x plugin I need to create several new form field type and in some cases extend already existing core form fields. I know how to do it, but I have some doubts how to structure this files ...
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How to retrieve active filter from a custom field form?
Having followed the excellent explanation for How to create a view with filters and pagination, I have a custom field that filters for the most part. As it is, the code in the custom field is ...
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JForm showon attribute does not work in admin site
I have a form field which needs to be shown depending on value selected for another field. For example
<field name="field1" type="list" label="LABEL1" description="DESC1" filter="intval" size="1" ...
