Form Modes Default Approved Settings

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While building form modes, please ensure the following:

Form fields are placed in the logical content flow order that ideally would match the order in which they will appear on the front end
All not needed fields for a particular form mode are disabled (hidden)
All required fields are marked as such and discussed with the client
All fields are set to be translatable on multilingual sites
Language selector is hidden from the form mode by default
Appropriate form widgets are setup to aid to editorial experience
All fields have help text
Preview is disabled on the content type
Appropriate menu settings, scheduler settings, rabbit hole, sitemap and metatag settings are selected per content type
Content moderation is only enabled if required by the client and workflow is properly configured as per client’s requirements
Layout Builder is only enabled if required for this content type and proper restrictions are in place. Please read Layout Builder best practices documentation in the wiki.

Kalamuna recommends the following form widget settings for the common fields as a baseline.

Field	Widget	Settings	Implementation Details	Recommended help text
Title	Textfield	Textfield size: 60	At the top of the node form	This is the title of the page/node
Entity reference Reference type: Media Media type: Image	Media Library			Add image (hero, promotional…)
Text (formatted, long, with summary)	Text area with a summary	Number of rows: 9 Number of summary rows: 3		Main page content, add a copy of basic textual content such as Privacy Policy, etc.
Authored by	Autocomplete	Autocomplete matching: Contains Autocomplete suggestion list size: 10 Textfield size: 60 No placeholder	At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget	Author of the node
Boolean	Single on/off checkbox	Use field label: Yes
URL alias	URL alias		At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget
Text (plain, long)	Text area (multiple rows)	Number of rows: 5
Date	Date and time	Date Only	Use Smart Date for the default date implementation
Time	Time widget		Use time module
Entity reference Reference type: Taxonomy term Vocabulary	Select list if single value, checkboxes if multivalue, autocomplete if vocabulary is bigger than 10 ~ 15 terms			Select taxonomy term, if you don’t see the term that’s required please add it to the vocabulary prior to assigning it to the page, or ask administrator for help
Authored on	Datetime Timestamp		At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget
Moderation state	Moderation state select		At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget
Link	Linkit	Create Linkit Profile (Content - Generic). Manage Matchers: Bundle Restrictions: check desired bundle types Bundle Grouping: Group by bundle Limit search results: 100 Include unpublished nodes	Use Linkit widget
Icon	Media Library	Tab order: Image, SVG Icon	Use SVG module, allow svg to be show as an image in settings	Select an SVG icon from the media library or upload a new SVG, make sure SVG has view port assigned height and width
Promoted to front page	Check boxes/radio buttons		At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget
Sticky at top of lists	Check boxes/radio buttons		At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget
Language			At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget
Embedded component	Inline entity form		Use inline entity form module with revisions settings