Breaking: #106972 - TCA control option searchFields removed

Description

The TCA control option searchFields has been removed.

Based on the Schema API and the SearchableSchemaFieldsCollector component, the handling of fields to be included in searches has been changed. By default all fields of suitable field types, such as input or text are automatically considered.

To manually configure searchable fields, the new searchable field configuration can be set in a field's TCA configuration. See the full list here. Unsupported field types (such as file, inline, etc.) are not considered searchable and do not support the searchable option.

Note

Be aware that this does not apply to the PageTSConfig option used by EXT:linkvalidator: mod.linkvalidator.searchFields.

Impact

The option is no longer evaluated. It is automatically removed at runtime through a TCA migration, and a deprecation log entry is generated to highlight where adjustments are required.

In case suitable fields are found, which are not in the to be removed searchFields option, those are set to searchable => false to keep previous behaviour.

Affected installations

All installations using this option in their TCA configuration.

Migration

Remove the searchFields option from your TCA ctrl section.

If needed, use the searchable option in individual field definitions to control which fields are included in search functionality.