Changing the field type on frontend

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February 24, 2022 at 5:48 AM #34086

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https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-frontend-submission/?fbclid=IwAR1BpHzb0UaD1k89o9V0gsOH-UvNPSOhY5wZgtDRxzlL_OsCqmjRFtSfMIE#form-filters

I found this tutorial. Is it possible to change the field type of a custom field on the frontend from Wysiwyg to Textarea? And if the is possible can you let me see the code how to add this to my code?

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February 24, 2022 at 12:17 PM #34094
Long Nguyen
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Hi Cees,

Yes, it is possible. You can use the filter rwmb_normalize_{$field_id}_field to change the type of a field on the frontend. Here is an example code:
```
add_filter( 'rwmb_normalize_wysiwyg_field', function( $field ) {
    if( !is_admin() ) $field['type'] = 'textarea';
    return $field;
});
```
Read more on the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/filters/#rwmb_normalize_field

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February 24, 2022 at 2:27 PM #34097

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Hi Long,

Thank you. It works on a custom field, fine. But I want also change the post_content field that is loaded. The code doesn't work for that field. I have tried to make an extra filter like rwmb_normalize_{$field_id}_field but it doesn't work.

add_filter( 'rwmb_normalize_post_content_field', function( $field ) {
if( !is_admin() ) $field['type'] = 'textarea';
return $field;
});

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February 24, 2022 at 9:24 PM #34109

Long Nguyen
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Hi,

You also need to register a custom field with ID post_content to change the type. Refer to this documentation https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-frontend-submission/#reorder-post-fields

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