Joomla! Documentation™

Numerous types of form field are built into Joomla!. The following table lists these standard types and their availability.

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 an array of check boxes allowing multi-select.	and newer