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Changing Admin Text field to Textarea 24 Dec 2012 04:07 #6262

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Hi, where in the Joomla Admin area code do I find where to change a field from a Text field to a Textarea with editor?

No changes to the database are required, but I have the wrong field type in a few places.

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Geoff

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Re: Changing Admin Text field to Textarea 24 Dec 2012 10:27 #6265

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Hi @geoffr

You can locate the field in the XML for your form (JForm) in [site root]/administrator/[your component name]/models/forms/[yourform].xml

Hope it helps,

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Re: Changing Admin Text field to Textarea 24 Dec 2012 21:54 #6266

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Thanks Gez. That's great. How do I add the editor above that field? It's now just a simple textarea.

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Geoff

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Re: Changing Admin Text field to Textarea 25 Dec 2012 10:22 #6269

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Hi @geoffr,

in the XML, change the type to ckeditor.

Hope it helps!

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