Creating Field

Learn how to create a field.

To create a new field proceed to the fields list and click on the "New" button. A new field form will open:

New field form

Below is the list of all available field settings and its descriptions.

• Title – the title of the field. It will help you to identify the field in the list of fields (for example in contest settings) if you use the same label for several fields.

• Type – the list of field types. The field types are described here.

• State – the state of the field: published, unpublished or trashed.

• Label - the label tag.

• Hint – a text inside the field input. The 'placeholder' attribute.

• Description – the description for the field. The 'description' attribute.

• Filter – this will sanitise a user input. The 'filter' attribute.

  You can set the following filter types: STRING – converts the input to a plain text string; strips all tags / attributes INT – uses the first integer value UINT - the first unsigned integer value FLOAT - uses the first floating point value SAFEHTML - removes unsafe tags and attributes URL - removes all the symbols not related to URL TEL – removes all the symbols not related to phone number USER_UTC - converts a date to UTC based on the user timezone offset SERVER_UTC - converts a date to UTC based on the server timezone offset Text Filters - use text filter settings from system global configuration

  If you use the field of type 'Calendar' without the time then use the STRING filter. Otherwise, the date will be converted incorrectly.

• Visible - show or hide the field in the list of entry fields on front-end.

• Required - include the 'required' attribute.

• Class – the class or several classes separated with the blank space. The 'class' attribute.

• Size - the size of the field. The 'size' attribute.

• Maxlength - the maximum input symbols for the field. The 'maxlength' attribute.

• Nofollow - enable or disable nofollow for the field. The 'nofollow' attribute is used for the 'URL' field.

• Width - the width of the field in cols. The 'cols' attribute.

• Height - the height of the field in rows. The 'rows' attribute.

• Autofocus - the autofocus for the field. The 'autofocus' attribute.

• Autocompelete - enable or disable autocomplete for field. The 'autocomplete' attribute.

• Format - the date and time format for the field. Is used for the 'Calendar' field.

  The most frequently used date string codes: %d - day (0-365); %m - month (1-12); %Y - year (for example, 2015) %H - hours; %M - minutes; %S – seconds More information you can get on the page https://docs.joomla.org/Calendar_form_field_type

• Field Values - is used for fields 'List', 'Radio' and 'Checkbox'. In the table you should set Text (is displayed to a user) and Value (is submitted to the server for saving).