collective.fieldedit

A view to edit selected fields of a content type.

Features

• Useable by simply calling a view with a the fields you want to edit as query-string-parameters
• Select the field or fields you want to edit
• For each field you can choose between input, display and hidden
• Uses the same widgets and validators as the default edit-form
• Respects schema-hints like field-permissions, invariants and widgets
• Nice to use in modals/popups fo allow editing one ore more fields (but not all)

Use it by adding a link to the view @@field_edit_form and pass the fiels you want to edit as a query-string with up to three parameters separated by a ":" for each field.

Examples

Edit the text of a document:

http://localhost:8080/Plone/front-page/@@field_edit_form?fields=IRichTextBehavior.text

Edit the fields title and subjects:

http://localhost:8080/Plone/front-page/@@field_edit_form?fields=IDublinCore.subjects&fields=IDublinCore.title

Display the text and edit the publishing date:

http://localhost:8080/Plone/front-page/@@field_edit_form?fields=IRichTextBehavior.text:display:0&fields=IRelatedItems.relatedItems

Render a link to edit the title in a modal:

<a href="${python:context.absolute_url()}/field_edit_form?fields=IDublinCore.title"
   class="pat-plone-modal"
   data-pat-plone-modal='{"actionOptions": {"reloadWindowOnClose": false, "redirectOnResponse": true, "disableAjaxFormSubmit": true},
                          "buttons": ".formControls > button"'>
    Edit the Title in a modal
</a>

Edit multiple fields:

<a href="${python:context.absolute_url()}/@@field_edit_form?fields=field1&amp;fields=field2&amp;fields=field3"
    Edit some fields.
</a>

Display one field, edit another"

<a href="${python:context.absolute_url()}/@@field_edit_form?fields=field1:display&amp;fields=field2"
    Edit one field, display another.
</a>

Hide the label:

<a href="${python:context.absolute_url()}/@@field_edit_form?fields=field1::0"
    Edit one field, display another.
</a>

Add a hidden field:

<a href="${python:context.absolute_url()}/@@field_edit_form?fields=field1:hidden&amp;fields=field2"
    Edit one field, display another.
</a>

Behavior-fields need to be prefixed with the Behavior:

<a href="${python:context.absolute_url()}/@@field_edit_form?fields=IBasic.title"
    Edit one field, display another.
</a>

Supported Versions

collective.fieldedit is tested in Plone 5.1, 5.2 and 6.

Installation

Install collective.fieldedit by adding it to your buildout:

[buildout]

...

eggs =
    collective.fieldedit

and then running bin/buildout

Then got to the add-on controlpanel (/prefs_install_products_form) to enable it.

Contribute

• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/collective/collective.fieldedit/issues
• Source Code: https://github.com/collective/collective.fieldedit

License

The project is licensed under the GPLv2.