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Version: 5.1

Plugins Form Field

The plugins form field type provides a dropdown list of plugins from the specified folder.

  • type (mandatory) must be plugins.
  • name (mandatory) is the unique name of the field.
  • label (mandatory) (translatable) is the field html label.
  • folder (mandatory) eg editors or captcha
  • description (optional) (translatable) is the field description.

Implemented by: libraries/src/Form/Field/PluginsField.php

Example XML parameter definition

<field  name="editor" 
type="plugins"
folder="editors"
description="COM_USERS_USER_FIELD_EDITOR_DESC"
label="COM_USERS_USER_FIELD_EDITOR_LABEL" >
<option value="">JOPTION_USE_DEFAULT</option>
</field>

or

<field  name="captcha" 
type="plugins"
folder="captcha"
label="COM_CONTACT_FIELD_CAPTCHA_LABEL"
description="COM_CONTACT_FIELD_CAPTCHA_DESC"
default=""
filter="cmd" >
<option value="">JOPTION_USE_DEFAULT</option>
<option value="0">JOPTION_DO_NOT_USE</option>
</field>