Joomla XML Standard Field Type – URL

Standard field type Joomla XML – URL displays a plain text field with data validation for the input of an address (URL).

It looks like this:

The field code from the image looks like this:

<field
    name="mytextvalue"
    type="url"
    default="http://www.example.com"
    label="Введите адрес URL" 
    description="Описание поля"/>
Code language: YAML (yaml)

This field supports attributes:

• name – the system name of the field.
• type – the type of the field, in this case «url».
• label – the display name of the field.
• description – the displayed field description. In Joomla 3, it is displayed as a tooltip when hovering over a field name.
• maxlength – sets the maximum number of characters entered.
• size – the width of the field, which is specified by the number of characters.
• default – sets the default value of the field.
• class – applied CSS field classes.
• readonly – sets the field to read-only mode, the field value cannot be changed. The options can be true and false.
• disabled – makes the field unavailable. The options can be true and false.
• required – sets the attribute of a required field. Possible choices are true and false.
• filter – sets the option for filtering data in the field.
• validate – connects to a field for validation.
• relative – if true, free URLs can be entered.
• hint – adds a placeholder to the field.

For now, that’s all there is to it about the Joomla XML Field Type – URL. If we receive new information, it will be added to this article.

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