Difference between revisions of "Standard form field types"

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Numerous types of form field are built into Joomla!. The following table lists these standard types and their availability. Use the single-page reference if you want to print all existing form field documentation.

Please note that many of these fields are available as parameter types in Joomla! 1.5. For a list of parameter types, see Standard parameter types. For a comparison between form field and parameter types, see Standard form field and parameter types.

Type	Description	Availability
accesslevel	provides a drop down list of viewing access levels.	and newer
cachehandler	provides a list of available cache handling options.	and newer
calendar	provides a text box for entry of a date. An icon next to the text box provides a link to a pop-up calendar, which can also be used to enter the date value.	and newer
category	provides a drop down list of categories for an extension.	and newer
checkbox	provides a single checkbox to be checked or unchecked	and newer
checkboxes	provides unlimited checkboxes that can be used for multi-select.	and newer
combo	provides a combo box field.	and newer
componentlayout	provides a grouped list of core and template alternate layouts for a component item.	and newer
contentlanguage	provides a list of installed content languages for use in conjunction with the language switcher plugin.	and newer
editor	provides an editor area field.	and newer
editors	provides a drop down list of the available WYSIWYG editors.	and newer
file		and newer
filelist	provides a drop down list of files from a specified directory.	and newer
folderlist	provides a drop down list of folders from a specified directory.	and newer
groupedlist	provides a drop down list of items organized into groups.	and newer
helpsite	provides a drop down list of the help sites for your Joomla installation.	and newer
hidden	provides a hidden field for saving a form field whose value cannot be altered directly by a user in the Administrator (it can be altered in code or by editing the params.ini file).	and newer
imagelist	provides a drop down list of image files in a specified directory.	and newer
integer	provides a drop down list of integers between a minimum and maximum.	and newer
language	provides a drop down list of the installed languages for the Front-end or Back-end.	and newer
list	provides a drop down list of custom-defined entries.	and newer
media	provides modal access to the media manager for insertion of images with upload for users with appropriate permissions.	and newer
menu	provides a drop down list of the available menus from your Joomla site.	and newer
menuitem	provides a drop down list of the available menu items from your Joomla site.	and newer
modulelayout	provides a list of alternative layout for a module grouped by core and template.	and newer
password	provides a text box for entry of a password. The password characters will be obscured as they are entered.	and newer
radio	provides radio buttons to select different options.	and newer
rules	provides a matrix of group by action options for managing access control. Display depends on context.	and newer
sessionhandler	provides a drop down list of session handler options.	and newer
spacer	provides a visual separator between form fields. It is purely a visual aid and no value is stored.	and newer
sql	provides a drop down list of entries obtained by running a query on the Joomla Database. The first results column returned by the query provides the values for the drop down box.	and newer
templatestyle	provides a drop down list of template styles.	and newer
text	provides a text box for data entry.	and newer
textarea	provides a text area for entry of multi-line text.	and newer
timezone	provides a drop down list of time zones.	and newer
user	provides a modal list of users.	and newer
usergroup	provides a drop down list of user groups.	and newer

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-Numerous types of [[form field]] are built into Joomla!. The following table lists these standard types and their availability.
+Numerous types of [[form field]] are built into Joomla!. The following table lists these standard types and their availability. Use the [[/Single-page reference|single-page reference]] if you want to print all existing form field documentation.
 {{JVer|1.5}} Please note that many of these fields are available as [[Parameter|parameter types]] in Joomla! 1.5. For a list of parameter types, see [[Standard parameter types]]. For a comparison between form field and parameter types, see [[Standard form field and parameter types]].
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 |[[Calendar form field type|calendar]]
-|provides a text box for entry of a date.  An icon next to the text box provides a link to a pop-up calendar, which can also be used to enter the date value.
+|provides a text box for entry of a date. An icon next to the text box provides a link to a pop-up calendar, which can also be used to enter the date value.
 |{{JVer|1.6}} and newer
 |-
 |[[Category form field type|category]]
-|provides a drop down list of categories for an extension (from a given section in 1.5).
+|provides a drop down list of categories for an extension.
 |{{JVer|1.6}} and newer
 |-
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 |-
 |[[Editor form field type|editor]]
-|provides an editor area field
+|provides an editor area field.
 |{{JVer|1.6}} and newer
 |-
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 |{{JVer|1.6}} and newer
 |-
-|[[Sql form field type|sql]]
+|[[SQL form field type|sql]]
 |provides a drop down list of entries obtained by running a query on the Joomla Database.  The first results column returned by the query provides the values for the drop down box.
 |{{JVer|1.6}} and newer
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 |[[Usergroup form field type|usergroup]]
-|provides an array of check boxes allowing multi-select.
+|provides a drop down list of user groups.
 |{{JVer|1.6}} and newer
 |}

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