Standard form field and parameter types

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There are 21 different standard parameter types supported in the Joomla Framework for all extension types (templates, components, modules and plugins). This section gives a brief description of each parameter type, in alphabetical order. Full details of each parameter type are given on the following pages.

  • 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.
  • category provides a drop down list of categories from a given section.
  • editors provides a drop down list of the available WYSIWYG editors.
  • filelist provides a drop down list of files from a specified directory.
  • folderlist provides a drop down list of folders from a specified directory.
  • helpsites provides a drop down list of the help sites for your Joomla installation.
  • hidden provides a hidden field for saving a parameter 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).
  • imagelist provides a drop down list of image files in a specified directory.
  • languages provides a drop down list of the installed languages for the Front-end or Back-end.
  • list provides a drop down list of custom-defined entries.
  • menu provides a drop down list of the available menus from your Joomla site.
  • menuitem provides a drop down list of the available menu items from your Joomla site.
  • password provides a text box for entry of a password. The password characters will be obscured as they are entered.
  • radio provides radio buttons to select different options.
  • section provides a drop down list of the sections from your Joomla site.
  • spacer provides a visual separator between parameter field elements. It is purely a visual aid and no parameter value is stored.
  • 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.
  • text provides a text box for data entry.
  • textarea provides a text area for entry of multi-line text.
  • timezones provides a drop down list of time zones.
  • usergroup provides a drop down list of user groups.