Field Templates

Location: Modules > Manage Modules > {Module} > Module Configuration > Fields > Templates

A field template can be described as a filter that the administrator creates with a view to customising the set of fields available to the user. Once created and configured, a template can then be applied to certain use contexts. If more than one template is available to the user in a particular context, they will be presented in a list so that the user can choose the right template. Created field templates can be set up to be used as views of the module’s search results.

A module, in its default configuration, includes a template named All: this template consists of all fields defined in the module and is set to be available when running a search in the module and creating new module entries.

Defining a template involves two steps: first, you create a template in the Field Templates configuration section, then you go on to configure it under Field Usage — this is where you specify which fields should be included in the template you have created.

To create a field template, follow these steps:

1. On the toolbar, click Add Field Template.

2. In the dialogue box that opens, type a name for the template in the Name field.

3. Select the Show in Search/Upload checkbox if you want the template to be available to users when they search for entries or create new entries in the module.

4. In a Module, the Show on Menus checkbox will also be available. Select this checkbox if you want the template to be available for selection as one of the templates that can be applied when activating the display of fields in Menu Elements.

5. Select the Use in Search Menus check box to use the created template as a custom view in the Module’s search results. The following view modes will be available: With Previews, As List

Note: Menu Elements are decommissioned for the New UI in version 15 and replaced by Item Views

As soon as the template is configured to be used as a custom view in the search result, define fields that will be shown in the module search result when this particular view is selected as a custom view. Custom view will be available under the standard view modes of the module.

To edit an existing template, follow these steps:

1. Click the Edit icon next to the template that you want to edit.

2. Make your changes to the template in the dialogue box that opens.

To delete a template, click the Edit icon next to it, and then click Delete on the toolbar of the dialogue box that opens.