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renders a dropdown list.
class: info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.SelectFieldDefinition
fieldType: select
Select field properties
Simple select field definition.
form: tabs: - name: tabLink label: Link fields: - name: listStyle fieldType: select label: List style options: - name: bullet value: bullet selected: true label: Bullet - name: ordered value: ordered label: Ordered - name: inline value: inline label: Inline
Node name | Value |
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form | |
tabs | |
tabLink | |
fields | |
listStyle | |
options | |
bullet | |
label | Bullet |
selected | true |
value | bullet |
ordered | |
label | Ordered |
value | ordered |
inline | |
label | Inline |
value | inline |
fieldType | select |
label | Link |
Select, Option group and Twin-column fields follow this general configuration pattern, but also have additional properties.
Properties:
<field‑name> | required Name of field |
| required Parent node for the selectable options. |
| Name of the option. |
| required Value saved to the repository when selected. |
| optional, default is the parent node name Name of the node where the selected value is stored. If not set, the name of the parent node is used. |
| optional Option label displayed to the user. |
| optional Pre-selects the option. |
| optional, default is Read option labels from a different property. Set to the name of your custom label node. |
| optional Path to an existing option set as opposed to defining options in the current definition. |
| optional, default is When using a |
| optional, default is By default, option labels are sorted alphabetically. When set to |
| optional, default is Read option values from a different property. Set to the name of your custom value node. |
Properties specific to the select field.
| optional, default is When When
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| optional, default is To enable paging and filtering, value must be an integer > |
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| required Defines the field type via either a field alias name or a fully-qualified field definition class name. See Field definition: Field types. Use the Definitions app to check the correct form of the name. |
defaultValue | optional Pre-filled default value displayed in the field. The value can be overwritten by the user. Use alphanumeric characters.
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description | optional Help text displayed when the user clicks the help icon. The value can be literal or retrieved from the message bundle with a key such as |
i18n | optional, default is Enables i18n authoring support which allows editors to write foreign-language or regionally targeted content. A two-letter language identifier (en, de, fr etc.) is displayed on controls where |
i18nBasename | optional, default is the message bundle defined in the dialog definition Message bundle such as |
label | optional Field label displayed to editors. The value can be literal such as If you don't provide the property then Magnolia falls back to a generated i18n key and displays they key in the UI. If you don't want a label at all then define the property and set its value to empty space such as |
name | optional, default is the name of the field's parent node Name of the node where the value is saved. The name |
placeholder | optional The placeholder text to be displayed in the empty field. The property replaces the deprecated placeholder text field.
The field is optional, but you should provide a translation or a hard-coded label, otherwise the empty field will display its auto-generated 18n key instead. |
readOnly | optional, default is Makes the field uneditable. Adding this property has the same effect as creating a Static field. |
required | optional, default is Makes the field required (mandatory). An asterisk is displayed next to the field label. See also Checking for null values. |
requiredErrorMessage | optional, default is Error message displayed when required is true and the user saves an empty field. The value can be literal or retrieved from the message bundle with a key such as |
styleName | optional Adds one or more style names to this component. Multiple styles can be specified as a space-separated list of style names such as |
transformerClass | optional Property transformer classes define how field values are stored in the repository. Each field has a default transformer class. You don't need to define a class unless you want to override the default. The value is a fully-qualified class name.
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type | optional, most fields set a default value automatically PropertyType of the stored value such as |
Example: Filtered Select field
Example: Select field using startswith
filtering mode and pagination set to 10 options per page.
form: tabs: - name: tabAddress fields: - name: country fieldType: select label: Country filteringMode: startswith pageLength: 10 textInputAllowed: true options: - name: afghanistan value: afghanistan - name: argentina value: argentina - name: australia value: australia - name: austria value: austria - name: belgium value: belgium - name: brazil value: brazil - name: bulgaria value: bulgaria - name: canada value: canada - name: chad value: chad - name: chile value: chile - name: china value: china - name: cuba value: cuba - name: czech-republic value: czech-republic - name: denmark value: denmark
Node name | Value |
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form | |
tabs | |
tabAddress | |
fields | |
country | |
options | |
afghanistan | |
value | afghanistan |
argentina | |
value | argentina |
australia | |
value | australia |
austria | |
value | austria |
belgium | |
value | belgium |
brazil | |
value | brazil |
bulgaria | |
value | bulgaria |
canada | |
value | canada |
chad | |
value | chad |
chile | |
value | chile |
china | |
value | china |
cuba | |
value | cuba |
czech-republic | |
value | czech-republic |
denmark | |
value | denmark |
fieldType | select |
filteringMode | startswith |
pageLength | 10 |
textInputAllowed | true |
Here's the field in a dialog.