More Column Types in Table Fields

[angrybrad]

Created by: Phil Zelnar ([email protected]) on 2015/03/18 20:09:09 +0000
Votes at time of UserVoice import: 128

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It'd be a great if table fields had a bit more variety in terms of column types.

I think the most critical would be an asset since it's pretty common to have some tabular data includes a thumbnail images.

Honestly, I think a more robust set of columns in Tables would solve for a lot of the cases that lead to conversations about "matrix in matrix." The benefit I can see of using Tables is that the UI's already there and it'd be limited to one level (which seems a bit more practical then endless nesting).

[angrybrad]

Posted by Phil Zelnar ([email protected]) on 2015/03/18 20:09:09 +0000

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@josh - This is really great!

@brandon - Just FWIW, I think the feelings about this being baked into Craft are right on. I just chatted a client about it, and in the end the feeling was that (in their case) this would touch so much of their data that they'd rather wait for something native.

[angrybrad]

Posted by outline4 ([email protected]) on 2015/03/11 07:13:27 +0000

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SuperTable FTW! But it would be great if it was native!

[angrybrad]

Posted by Josh Crawford ([email protected]) on 2015/03/10 23:58:24 +0000

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FYI - please refer to https://github.com/engram-design/SuperTable, which achieves this by allowing you to pick any installed field to be used in a column!

[angrybrad]

Posted by Josh Crawford ([email protected]) on 2015/03/10 23:58:24 +0000

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I've started altering https://github.com/engram-design/SetTable to handle just this (see https://twitter.com/engramdes/status/573786359539765248). However - it's a fair bit of work, and as Brandon mentions, it's completely overriding the normal behaviour of a table.

Although I'd much rather this be a core thing :)

[angrybrad]

Posted by Christian ([email protected]) on 2015/03/09 00:49:13 +0000

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I made a plugin to add Date/Time columns to Table fields, but didn't find a better way of coding it than basically duplicating the core field an building upon this.

https://github.com/carlcs/craft-eventtable

Maybe it'd be worth implementing APIs to the base Table Field, so that it gets more straightforward extending it?

[angrybrad]

Posted by Brandon Kelly ([email protected]) on 2015/03/06 03:54:45 +0000

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Adding support for non-textual column types would be a drastic change in how Table fields work.

But your point about how this could be a solution for many of the Matrix-within-Matrix needs is a good one, so I'm thinking about it :)

[ritagya-meharishi]

Is there a way or a plugin that allows you to add columns and change column headings from within the entry ?

[brandonkelly]

@ritagya-meharishi Not that I’m aware of.

[ritagya-meharishi]

Thanks for replying @brandonkelly! I just found the supercool table maker plugin with which you can create dynamic tables.

[dougstjohn]

I'd vote for a Dropdown type. I need a Status column with 3+ options.

[brandonkelly]

@dougstjohn We currently don’t have a way to add settings to the columns (e.g. Dropdown Options), so that’s the holdup. Super Table is a great solution if you need that, though.

[kmgdevelopment]

Bump for a dropdown type. I've got a situation where I need a more robust table inside a Super Table and I'm outta luck.

[kpamaran]

+1 for dropdown type in tables

[brandonkelly]

Just added support for Dropdown columns for the next 3.2 Alpha release.

If you want to help test, change your craftcms/cms requirement in composer.json to:

"require": {
  "craftcms/cms": "3.2.x-dev#214a5703149eee33c7569fe045ca38154c345e9b as 3.2.0-alpha.2",
  "...": "..."
}

Then run composer update.

After choosing “Dropdown” for a new Table column type, you will need to click the cog icon to edit its available options.

[richhayler]

Hi @brandonkelly, awesome about adding dropdown options to the native table field. I was wondering about the mention of adding the ability to include “assets” or potentially “entries”? I followed closed issues for these requests that lead me here so just wondering if this functionality is planned or whether a couple of FRs should be raised for these now that this one is closed?