11 - Customize form submission
In flexicontent you can customize item form via many way and in many place, the most important place are :
- Backend
- Front-end
We will check both view
Creating tab in backend
For now its impossible to change the backend form completly (we can with an override but need good php skill) but you can add Custom tab or html element inside the tab details. Basicly item form in flexicontent is like
All custom fields are in Type name (details)
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Ordering field
Now we can discover a new field type, group maker field. This can add Tab, fieldset or html tag in backend form for each item
with this we create tab and element to help user on form submission, exemple
this manipulation isn't too hard but its important to be more precise if order this field in bad position you can broke the form. Lets start
- Create a field with Tabstart name (juste to find it easier)
- Select Item Form tab type
- Assign to type
- Choose a marker type
its imortant to understand rules of this field, you need Open and close field for eah type. Exemple to create tab inside form, you need :
- Tab-set : Start
- Tab Open
- Tab Close
- Tab-set : End
for this tuto we create this structure
and use drag and drop ordering to insert field between tab