J3.x

J3.x:Adding custom fields/Editor Field

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Editor

Provides a drop down list of the available WYSIWYG editors.

Options

Special options within this field are

  • Buttons
    You can decide if the button should be shown or not.
  • Hide
    Hide the buttons in the comma separated list. If you insert "pagebreak,readmore" the buttons for pagebreak and readmore will not displayed.
  • Width
    The value for width defines the width (in pixels) of the WYSIWYG editor. Default value for this is 100%.
  • Height
    The value for height defines the heigth (in pixels) of the WYSIWYG editor. Default value for this is 250px.

Related Information

See Editors form field type

Screenshots

Creating the field

Let's say you create a field with the options shown in the next figure.

Using the field in the backend

In the backend while creating an article or a contact you see the field like in the following imageː

Using the field in the frontend

In the frontend, you can see the field as you see in the following image. The option Automatic display is responsible for the position of the field and your template is responsible for the design of the field.