Form Modes Default Approved Settings
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 |
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| 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 |
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URL alias | URL alias |
| At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget |
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Text (plain, long) | Text area (multiple rows) | Number of rows: 5 |
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Date | Date and time | Date Only | Use Smart Date for the default date implementation |
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Time | Time widget |
| Use time module |
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Entity reference Reference type: Taxonomy term Vocabulary | Select list if single value, checkboxes if multivalue, autocomplete if vocabulary is bigger than 10 ~ 15 terms |
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| 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 |
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Moderation state | Moderation state select |
| At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget |
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Link | Linkit | Create Linkit Profile (Content - Generic). Manage Matchers:
| Use Linkit widget |
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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 |
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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 |
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Language |
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| At the bottom of the manage form display list, hidden for component forms that use inline entity reference widget |
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Embedded component | Inline entity form |
| Use inline entity form module with revisions settings |
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