1. AdvSearch
      1. AdvSearch.AdvSearch
        1. AdvSearch.AdvSearch.tpl
        2. AdvSearch.Advsearch.paging1Tpl
        3. AdvSearch.AdvSearch.paging0Tpl
        4. AdvSearch.AdvSearch.containerTpl
        5. Advsearch.AdvSearch.extractTpl
      2. AdvSearch.AdvSearchHelp
        1. AdvSearch.AdvSearchHelp.helplinkTpl
      3. AdvSearch.AdvSearchForm
        1. Advsearch.AdvSearchForm.tpl
    2. cookieJar
    3. getYoutube
    4. aliasid
    5. AddHeaderfiles
    6. AjaxUpload
    7. amazonSES mailing list
    8. Analytics
    9. Archivist
      1. Archivist.Archivist
        1. Archivist.Archivist.tpl
      2. Archivist.ArchivistGrouper
      3. Archivist.getArchives
        1. Archivist.getArchives.tpl
    10. Articles
      1. Articles.Theming Articles
      2. Articles.Roadmap
      3. Articles.Retrieving Articles Outside of Articles
      4. Articles.Creating a Blog
    11. Babel
      1. Babel.BabelLinks
      2. Babel.BabelTranslation
    12. BannerX
    13. BannerY
    14. Batcher
      1. Batcher.Roadmap
    15. bdListings
      1. bdListings.bdCategories
      2. bdListings.bdHookNewListing
      3. bdListings.bdListings
      4. bdListings.bdPriceGroups
      5. bdListings.bdRedirect
      6. bdListings.bdTargets
    16. boilerX
      1. bx-head-open
      2. bx-head-append
      3. bx-head-close
      4. bx-container-open
      5. bx-container-close
      6. bx-bottom-open
      7. bx-bottom-close
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      1. BreadCrumb.containerTpl
      2. BreadCrumb.currentCrumbTpl
      3. BreadCrumb.linkCrumbTpl
      4. BreadCrumb.maxCrumbTpl
      5. BreadCrumb.categoryCrumbTpl
      6. BreadCrumb.homeCrumbTpl
    18. Breadcrumbs
    19. BxrExtra
    20. cachebuster
    21. CamperManagement
      1. CamperManagement.Customizing the Component
      2. CamperManagement.Developing the front-end
        1. CamperManagement.cmCamperDetails Snippet
        2. CamperManagement.cmCampers Snippet
        3. CamperManagement.Placeholders you can use
      3. CamperManagement.Managing your vehicle
      4. CamperManagement.Module home
    22. Church Events Calendar
      1. ChurchEvents.MODX Manager functions
      2. ChurchEventsCalendar Snippet
        1. ChurchEvents.Managing events
      3. ChurchEventsList Snippet
      4. ChurchEventsRss Snippet
    23. Cliche
    24. ClientConfig
    25. CMPGenerator
      1. CMPGenerator.5 minute example
      2. CMPGenerator.Foreign Databases
    26. Collections
    27. ContextRouter
    28. CookieList
    29. CronManager
    30. cssSweet
      1. cssSweet.lighten
      2. cssSweet.modval
      3. cssSweet.prefix
    31. CustomUrls
    32. Databackup
    33. Discuss
      1. Discuss.ChunkMap
      2. Discuss.Contributing
      3. Discuss.Controllers
        1. Discuss.Controllers.board
          1. Discuss.Controllers.board.xml
        2. Discuss.Controllers.home
        3. Discuss.Controllers.login
        4. Discuss.Controllers.logout
        5. Discuss.Controllers.profile
        6. Discuss.Controllers.register
        7. Discuss.Controllers.search
        8. Discuss.Controllers.thread
      4. Discuss.Creating a Discuss Theme
      5. Discuss.Database Model
      6. Discuss.Features
      7. Discuss.Getting Started
      8. Discuss.Installation
        1. Discuss.Installation from Git
      9. Discuss.Roadmap
      10. Configuring Sphinx for Search
    34. DitsNews
    35. Eletters
      1. Eletters.API
      2. Eletters.FormIt
      3. Eletters.Import CSV
      4. Eletters.Templates
    36. EventManager
      1. EventManager.emListEvents
      2. EventManager.emNewReservationHook
    37. eventsCalendar2
      1. eventsCalendar2.eventsCalendar2
      2. eventsCalendar2.Generating events
      3. eventsCalendar2.tplCalendar2
      4. eventsCalendar2.tplCell2
      5. eventsCalendar2.tplEvent2
      6. eventsCalendar2.tplHead2
    38. EventsX
      1. EventsX.Examples
    39. ExerPlan
    40. fastField
    41. FileDownload R
      1. FileDownload R.FileDownload
      2. FileDownload R.FileDownloadLink
      3. FileDownload R.Plugins
    42. FileLister
      1. FileLister.FileLister
        1. FileLister.FileLister.directoryTpl
        2. FileLister.FileLister.fileLinkTpl
        3. FileLister.FileLister.fileTpl
        4. FileLister.FileLister.pathTpl
      2. FileLister.Roadmap
    43. FirstChildRedirect
    44. Flexibility
    45. ForcedPasswdChange
    46. FormIt
      1. FormIt.FormItCountryOptions
      2. FormIt.FormItRetriever
      3. FormIt.FormItStateOptions
      4. FormIt.Hooks
        1. FormIt.Hooks.email
        2. FormIt.Hooks.FormItAutoResponder
        3. FormIt.Hooks.math
        4. FormIt.Hooks.recaptcha
        5. FormIt.Hooks.redirect
        6. FormIt.Hooks.spam
      5. FormIt.Roadmap
      6. FormIt.Tutorials and Examples
        1. FormIt.Examples.Custom Hook
        2. FormIt.Examples.Simple Contact Page
        3. FormIt.Handling Selects, Checkboxes and Radios
        4. FormIt.Using a Blank NoSpam Field
      7. FormIt.Validators
    47. FormIt2db
    48. FormitFastPack
      1. FormitFastPack.Tutorial
      2. FormitFastPack.fieldSetDefaults
      3. FormitFastPack.field
      4. FormitFastPack.fiGenerateReport
    49. FormSave
    50. FoundationX
      1. FoundationX.How to Use FoundationX
    51. FX2themebase
      1. FX2.How to Use FX2
        1. FX2.For Theme Authors
      2. FX2.Included Extras
    52. Gallery
      1. Gallery.Example1
      2. Gallery.Gallery
        1. Gallery.Gallery.containerTpl
        2. Gallery.Gallery.thumbTpl
      3. Gallery.GalleryAlbums
        1. Gallery.GalleryAlbums.rowTpl
        2. Gallery.GalleryAlbums.containerTpl
      4. Gallery.GalleryItem
        1. Gallery.GalleryItem.albumTpl
        2. Gallery.GalleryItem.GalleryItemPagination
        3. Gallery.GalleryItem.tagTpl
        4. Gallery.GalleryItem.tpl
      5. Gallery.Plugins
        1. Gallery.Plugins.Galleriffic
        2. Gallery.Plugins.Slimbox
      6. Gallery.Roadmap
      7. Gallery.Setting Up the GalleryItem TV
      8. Gallery.Setting Up Your Gallery
    53. GatewayManager
    54. gCal
    55. getDate
    56. getFeed
      1. getFeed.Adding a Twitter Feed
    57. getPage
    58. getRelated
    59. getResourceField
    60. getResources
      1. getResources.Examples
        1. getResources.Building a RSS feed
        2. getResources.Category Index Page with Thumbnails
        3. getResources.Google XML Sitemap
    61. getUrlParam
    62. getRTImages
    63. getVimeo
    64. GoogleSiteMap
      1. GoogleSiteMap.GoogleSiteMap
        1. GoogleSiteMap.GoogleSiteMap.containerTpl
        2. GoogleSiteMap.GoogleSiteMap.itemTpl
      2. GoogleSiteMap.Roadmap
    65. GridClassKey
    66. HandyMan
      1. HandyMan.Frequently Asked Questions
      2. HandyMan.Installation
      3. HandyMan.Roadmap
    67. Hits
    68. HitsPage
    69. HybridAuth
      1. HybridAuth.Integrating Facebook
      2. HybridAuth.Integrating Google
      3. HybridAuth.Integrating Twitter
      4. HybridAuth.Integrating VK.com
    70. If
    71. Image+
    72. imageHERE
    73. ImageStyles
    74. ImportX
    75. LexRating
    76. Lingua
    77. Login
      1. Login.ChangePassword
      2. Login.ConfirmRegister
      3. Login.ForgotPassword
      4. Login.Login
      5. Login.Profile
      6. Login.Register
        1. Register.Example Form 1
      7. Login.ResetPassword
      8. Login.Roadmap
      9. Login.Tutorials
        1. Login.Basic Setup
        2. Login.Extended User Profiles
        3. Login.Request Membership
        4. Login.User Profiles
        5. Login.Using Custom Fields
        6. Login.Using Pre and Post Hooks
      10. Login.UpdateProfile
    78. Loginza
      1. Loginza.Loginza
      2. tpl.Loginza.login
      3. tpl.Loginza.logout
      4. tpl.Loginza.profile
    79. mChimpX
    80. MetaX
    81. mhPayPal
      1. mhPayPal.Snippet Usage
        1. mhPayPal.Snippet Usage.Hooks
        2. mhPayPal.Snippet Usage.Templating
    82. MIGX
      1. MIGX.Backend-Usage
      2. MIGX.Data-Entry
      3. MIGX.Frontend-Usage
      4. MIGX.Tutorials
        1. MIGX.Fancybox-images with seperate placeholders in Richtext-Content
        2. MIGX.Simple opening hours table
        3. Using resource-specific mediasource and multifile-uploader with MIGX
        4. MIGX.Varying layout-boxes
          1. MIGX.Varying layout-boxes.Configurator-Version
        5. Creating Selectable and Sortable lists for MIGX
        6. MIGX.sortable resourcelist
        7. Using resource-specific mediasource and multifile-uploader with MIGX
        8. MIGX.Using Grid Inline Editing
    83. MIGXdb
      1. MIGXdb.Configuration
      2. MIGXdb.Tutorials
        1. MIGXdb.Create a basic gallery-management from scratch with MIGXdb
        2. MIGXdb.Create doodles manager with help of MIGXdb
        3. MIGXdb.Manage Child-Resources in a grid-TV with help of MIGXdb
        4. MIGXdb.Manage Events-Resources in a CMP with help of MIGXdb
      3. MigxCalendars
    84. MinifyX
    85. miniShop
      1. miniShop.Screenshots
    86. modActiveDirectory
    87. ModDef
    88. modExtra
    89. modMobile
    90. modSwiftMailer
    91. mxCalendar
      1. mxCalendar.Examples
      2. mxCalendar.Placeholders
    92. mxExtendedMenu
    93. mxFormBuilder
      1. mxFormBuilder.Create Form
      2. mxFormBuilder.Hooks
      3. mxFormBuilder.Field Types
      4. mxFormBuilder.Create Form List in TV
      5. mxFormBuilder.Fields
    94. mxHasTvs
    95. MoneyBird
      1. MoneyBird.Contacts
      2. MoneyBird.Invoices
      3. MoneyBird.NrFormat
    96. ObfuscateEmail-Revo
    97. PackMan
      1. PackMan.Roadmap
    98. PageBreaker
      1. PageBreaker.PageBreaker
      2. tpl.PageBreaker.ajax
      3. tpl.PageBreaker.navigation
    99. Peoples
      1. Peoples.PeopleGroup
        1. Peoples.PeopleGroup.userTpl
      2. Peoples.PeopleGroups
        1. Peoples.PeopleGroups.tpl
      3. Peoples.Peoples
        1. Peoples.Peoples.tpl
      4. Peoples.Roadmap
    100. PHP Tidy (plugin)
    101. phpThumbOf
    102. Polls
      1. Polls.Polls
      2. Polls.PollsLatest
      3. Polls.PollsPrevious
      4. Polls.PollsResult
    103. POI Manager
    104. QuickCrumbs
      1. QuickCrumbs.Example
    105. Quip
      1. Quip.Quip
        1. Quip.Quip.tplComment
        2. Quip.Quip.tplCommentOptions
        3. Quip.Quip.tplComments
        4. Quip.Quip.tplReport
      2. Quip.QuipCount
      3. Quip.QuipLatestComments
      4. Quip.QuipReply
        1. Quip.QuipReply.tplAddComment
        2. Quip.QuipReply.tplLoginToComment
        3. Quip.QuipReply.tplPreview
      5. Quip.QuipRss
      6. Quip.Roadmap
      7. Quip.Upgrading
        1. Quip.Upgrading to 1.0.1
    106. Rampart
      1. Rampart.hook.RampartFormIt
      2. Rampart.hook.RampartQuip
      3. Rampart.preHook.RampartRegister
    107. Redirector
    108. renderResources
    109. ResourceWatcher
    110. RezImgCrop
    111. Rowboat
      1. Rowboat.Rowboat
    112. sekFancyBox
      1. sekFancyBox & Gallery
    113. sekFormTools
      1. sekFormTools.input.autocomplete
      2. sekFormTools.input.combobox
      3. sekFormTools.input.datepicker
      4. sekFormTools.input.helper
      5. sekFormTools.input.textfield
      6. sekFormTools Advanced Examples
    114. sekSiteTools
      1. sekSiteTools.easytabs
      2. sekSiteTools.google.analytics
      3. sekSiteTools.printdiv
    115. sekUserGalleries
      1. sekUserGalleries.album.items.helper
      2. sekUserGalleries.album.items.manage
      3. sekUserGalleries.album.manage
      4. sekUserGalleries.album.view
      5. sekUserGalleries.browse.galleries
      6. sekUserGalleries.directory
      7. sekUserGalleries.image.information
      8. sekUserGalleries.search
      9. sekUserGalleries.users.gallery.manage
      10. sekUserGalleries.users.gallery.view
    116. selfLink
    117. Shopkeeper
    118. siblingNav
    119. SimpleSearch
      1. SimpleSearch.Roadmap
      2. SimpleSearch.SimpleSearch
        1. SimpleSearch.Faceted Search Through PostHooks
        2. SimpleSearch.SimpleSearch.containerTpl
        3. SimpleSearch.SimpleSearch.currentPageTpl
        4. SimpleSearch.SimpleSearch.pageTpl
        5. SimpleSearch.SimpleSearch.tpl
      3. SimpleSearch.SimpleSearchForm
        1. SimpleSearch.SimpleSearchForm.tpl
      4. SimpleSearch.Solr
    120. SiteEditor
    121. sitemapFriend
    122. Slideshow Manager
      1. jgSlideshow Snippet
      2. Slideshow Manager CMP
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    124. SmartOptimizer
    125. SmartTag
    126. StatCache
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    128. SocialSuite
      1. SocialSuite.getFacebookPhotos
      2. SocialSuite.getFacebookProfile
      3. SocialSuite.getFacebookShares
      4. SocialSuite.getGooglePlusShares
      5. SocialSuite.getTwitterProfile
      6. SocialSuite.prettyNumbers
    129. spieFeed
    130. StaticSaver
    131. StoreLocator
    132. SubscribeMe
      1. SubscribeMe.Configuring API Credentials, IPN and going Live
      2. SubscribeMe.Setting up the Payment Flow
        1. SubscribeMe - Listing the Products
        2. SubscribeMe - Setting up the Payment Methods
        3. SubscribeMe - Subscription Confirmation Page
      3. SubscribeMe.User Account Management
    133. SyntaxChecker
    134. Tagger
    135. TaggingAtoZ
    136. tagLister
      1. tagLister.getResourcesTag
      2. tagLister.tagLister
        1. tagLister.tagLister.all
        2. tagLister.tagLister.tpl
      3. tagLister.tolinks
        1. tagLister.tolinks.tpl
    137. TinyMCE
      1. TinyMCE.Spellchecker
      2. TinyMCE.Table controls
      3. TinyMCE.Template
    138. Upload to Users CMP
    139. VersionX
      1. VersionX.Roadmap
    140. virtuNewsletter
    141. VisionCart
      1. VisionCart.Back-end
        1. VisionCart.Category management
        2. VisionCart.Module management
        3. VisionCart.Option management
        4. VisionCart.Order management
        5. VisionCart.Product management
        6. VisionCart.Shop management
      2. VisionCart.Front-end
        1. VisionCart.vcGetCategories
          1. VisionCart.vcGetCategories.tpl
        2. VisionCart.vcGetProducts
          1. VisionCart.vcGetProducts.tpl
        3. VisionCart.vcWayfinder
      3. VisionCart.General
        1. VisionCart.Templating
        2. VisionCart.UserManagement
      4. VisionCart.vcGetProductImages
      5. VisionCart.vcGetProductOptions
    142. Wayfinder
      1. Wayfinder Introductory Examples
    143. xFPC

mxFormBuilder - Field Types

Created by Charles Sanders on Oct 12, 2013.
This is a user-contributed Extra. If you find issues or would like more info or help, please contact the author.

Field Types

Field types provide two important functions; first they define the specific input type (user generated content) that we want to collect with full presentation code control. Then in addition each field type has what is called "field rule type" that maps to the display property. In conjunction the rule type also defines what additional constraints can be place on a given input, example a field rule type of number allows you to set a min and max number value that is validated on submission. For a complete list see rules types below.

Properties

Below is a list of the field type properties that you can set.

Name Description Placeholder(s)
Name This is only used for easily identifing the type, so use a name that makes the most since to you or the end user creating the forms.
Rule Type Rule types define how the form processor renders the UI code and also extends the basic validation set depending on the type selected. For example if you choose "Number" here then when adding a field to the form with this rule type you will be given the additional options of setting a min and max value for the number, which is validated during submission. Also when using "text" for the type when they select this type in the form field window they will also be given the option of setting a min and max length that the string may be for the given input.
Options List Options list allows you to pre-define options for the field when the field type is one of the following; selectlist, radiogroup, checkbox mulitple. This saves the user time from having to recreate each option in the options grid when adding the field to the form. Use this much like you would tradiontional TV input field.

Exmaple option format (label==value):
Good==good||Fair==fair||Bad==bad

Content The content is the inputs HTML that is rendered in the output. This will also contain the placeholders used for the field and provide you with complete control of the rendered HTML structure.
Context Use the context to restrict the rule to use on specific context in the system. This would allow you to create for example a complete set of field types for mobile that are only visible when a manager is in the mobile context of the site. By default, empty, would mean that the field type is accessible to all context of the application.
Active When checked the field will be visible in the form field "rule type" drop down list.

Placeholders

This is a list of available placeholder to use in the field rule type content area.

Rule Types

The use of rule types allow the system to perform additional UI and validation logic on a given field. Below is a list of each rule including a description.

Text This is normally used with the standard input type of text on forms. Additional form field properties for this rule type allow users to specify a min and max string length for the input. When the min and/or max are present the form processor will validate the lengths.
Text Area Standard textarea field type rule; no additional properties or processing applied
Number Used to define an input field that requires a numeric value (integer only). Additional form field properties for this rule type allow users to specify a min and max value for the number being entered. When a min and/or max value is specified the form processor will validate that the input is a numeric number and within the specified contraints.
Checkbox Standard checkbox; no additional properties or processing applied
Checkbox (mulitple)
Select List/Drop Down
Select Resource
Radio Group (single item)
State LIst (Two Digit)
State List (Full name)
Hidden
Button
Button - Submit
Button - Reset
Other Typically used to add description or instructional content to a given form.

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