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  • July 24, 2018 at 1:08 AM #10674
    nfyp145nfyp145
    Participant

    Hi Tran

    If possible, I'd like to request a field to group other fields.

    Similar to "Fieldset Text" - not only for "Text", but also for all other fields.

    
array(
    'id'     => 'my_content',
    'name'   => 'My Content',
    'type'   => 'fieldset_for_all_field_types',
    'fields' => array(
        array(
            'id'   => 'title',
            'name' => 'Title',
            'type' => 'text',
        ),
        array(
            'id'   => 'subtitle',
            'name' => 'Subtitle',
            'type' => 'textarea',
        ),
        array(
            'id'   => 'image',
            'name' => 'Image',
            'type' => 'image',
        ),
        array(
            'id'   => 'content',
            'name' => 'Content',
            'type' => 'wysiwyg',
        ),
    ),
),

    There is a framework (Codestar Framework) supporting such field type - Codestar Framework - Fieldset

    Thanks much and looking forward to hearing back your opinion.

    July 24, 2018 at 11:44 AM #10681
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    Hi,

    Have you tried MB Group? It's the group field type, and supports all kind of sub-fields, including sub-groups. And it's cloneable (repeatable).

    July 24, 2018 at 12:24 PM #10684
    nfyp145nfyp145
    Participant

    Of course, I'm using "MB Group" to group different fields. It works well so far.

    
array(
    'id'          => 'my_content',
    'collapsible' => true,
    'group_title' => 'My Content',
    'type'        => 'group',
    'fields' => array(
        array(
            'id'   => 'title',
            'name' => 'Title',
            'type' => 'text',
        ),
        array(
            'id'   => 'subtitle',
            'name' => 'Subtitle',
            'type' => 'textarea',
        ),
        array(
            'id'   => 'image',
            'name' => 'Image',
            'type' => 'image',
        ),
        array(
            'id'   => 'content',
            'name' => 'Content',
            'type' => 'wysiwyg',
        ),
    ),
),

    But I'd like to use "MB Group" for specific tasks - such like collapsible, cloneable, sortable...

    Could it be nice having a field type (only) for grouping different custom fields? That way, it'll help reducing server load.

    Thanks again Tran!

    July 24, 2018 at 2:18 PM #10686
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    Do you mean just grouping fields via UI? A kind of putting them in a wrapper div, but no touch on the data and each of fields still can store value as normal?

    July 24, 2018 at 3:08 PM #10689
    nfyp145nfyp145
    Participant

    Hi Tran...

    Not grouping fields via UI.

    Grouping fields (each field) under one special field. Under one roof.

    
- main_id
    * text_field_id
    * image_field_id
    * slider_field_id
    * time_field_id
    ...

    That way, it'd a lot easier when naming all IDs.
    And also, the dev just needs to focus on (main_id) when getting value.

    For example,

    
/* Post Meta Box */

add_filter('rwmb_meta_boxes', 'set_post_meta_box');
function set_post_meta_box($meta_boxes) {
    $meta_boxes[] = array(
        'id'         => 'post_meta_box',
        'post_types' => 'post',
        'tab_style'  => 'left',
        'tabs'       => array(
            'box_1_tab' => 'Box 1',
            'box_2_tab' => 'Box 2',
        ),
        'title'      => 'Post Meta Box',
        'fields'     => array(

            /* Box 1 */

            array(
                'id'     => 'box_1',
                'tab'    => 'box_1_tab',
                'type'   => 'special_fieldset',
                'fields' => array(
                    array(
                        'id'   => 'title',
                        'name' => 'Title',
                        'type' => 'text',
                    ),
                    array(
                        'id'   => 'description',
                        'name' => 'Description',
                        'type' => 'textarea',
                    ),
                ),
            ),

            /* Box 2 */

            array(
                'id'     => 'box_2',
                'tab'    => 'box_2_tab',
                'type'   => 'special_fieldset',
                'fields' => array(
                    array(
                        'id'   => 'title', // Same ID from Box 1
                        'name' => 'Title',
                        'type' => 'text',
                    ),
                    array(
                        'id'   => 'description', // Same ID from Box 1
                        'name' => 'Description',
                        'type' => 'textarea',
                    ),
                ),
            ),
        ),
    );
    return $meta_boxes;
}

    To return values...

    
$box_1             = rwmb_meta('box_1');
$box_1_title       = $box_1['title'];
$box_1_description = $box_1['description'];

$box_2             = rwmb_meta('box_2');
$box_2_title       = $box_2['title'];
$box_2_description = $box_2['description'];

    Without defining long ID names for each field,
    the dev can return values for Title and Description just using box_1 and box_2 IDs.

    July 25, 2018 at 5:32 PM #10713
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    I got it. So your main purpose is not writing different IDs for groups.

    While this is not recommended, but I think it still works with the current version of Groups. I mean you can set the same ID for sub-fields in different groups. And then you can access to them using the same keys. It should work in most cases. Please just test it.

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