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1.4 KiB
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37 lines
1.4 KiB
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Field collection
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Provides a field collection field, to which any number of fields can be attached.
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Each field collection item is internally represented as an entity, which is
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referenced via the field collection field in the host entity. While
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conceptually field collections are treated as part of the host entity, each
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field collection item may also be viewed and edited separately.
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Usage
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* Add a field collection field to any entity, e.g. to a node. For that use the
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the usual "Manage fields" interface provided by the "field ui" module of
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Drupal, e.g. "Admin -> Structure-> Content types -> Article -> Manage fields".
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* Then go to "Admin -> Structure-> Field collection" to define some fields for
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the created field collection.
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* By the default, the field collection is not shown during editing of the host
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entity. However, some links for adding, editing or deleting field collection
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items is shown when the host entity is viewed.
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* Widgets for embedding the form for creating field collections in the
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host-entity can be provided by any module. In future the field collection
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module might provide such widgets itself too.
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Restrictions
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* As of now, the field collection field does not properly respect field
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translation. Thus, for now it is suggested to only use the field for
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entities that are not translatable.
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