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Available Fieldtypes

DataViewer delivers various fieldtypes as preconfigured TCA. With these, you are more flexible and faster to create a form as you need it.

Creating new Fieldtypes (Developer)

Fieldtypes can be added via TypoScript in the Plugin Settings. See the following example code to add a custom field.

Here is the example code for adding a new fieldtype to the configuration.

TypoScript

plugin.tx_dataviewer.fieldtypes {

    # Fieldtype Declaration for a new field #
    customfieldtype {
        fieldClass = Vendor\Extension\Fieldtype\CustomFieldtype
        valueClass = Vendor\Extension\Fieldvalue\CustomFieldtype
        icon = EXT:extension/Resources/Public/Icons/customfieldtype.gif
        label = LLL:EXT:extension/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:type.customfieldtype
        flexConfiguration = EXT:extension/Configuration/FlexForms/Fieldtype/CustomFieldtype.xml
    }

}

The fieldtype needs to have a fieldClass and a valueClass.

The fieldClass is used for generating the field in the backend and has to extend \MageDeveloper\Dataviewer\Form\Fieldtype\AbstractFieldtype and implement \MageDeveloper\Dataviewer\Form\Fieldtype\FieldtypeInterface

The valueClass has to extend \MageDeveloper\Dataviewer\Form\Fieldvalue\AbstractFieldvalue and implement \MageDeveloper\Dataviewer\Form\Fieldvalue\FieldvalueInterface

Fieldtype Configuration It is possible to add a custom configuration to the fieldtype with flexConfiguration =. The flexConfiguration-File has to contain valid flexform for the additional configuration.

That configuration is available in the files through $this->getField()->getConfig('yourFlexformConfigNode').