[SOLVED] "Use field in a group" disables value separator in values checkbox field

Hi,

I have debugged the problem.

I have an existing checkbox field filled with values which I wanted to convert to a fieldgroup field - as described the value separator did not work. As you insisted that it does work I created a new checkbox field and .... indeed the value separators work in fieldgroup mode.

So I checked that both fields old and new are configured 100% identically - yes they are. From that I suspected that the problem is related to the checkbox values ticked. And really after changing the ticked values of an already filled checkbox field which had been changed to fieldgroup mode suddenly they showed the value separators!

Conclusion: It appears that value separators are stored in the items itself and they are stored differently when the field is a standalone field and when it is a fieldgroup field. That is not nice if one has already 100 items stored with data ... My suggestion is to store the value separator somehow differently so they are independent of the values.

BTW: I just had to discover that simple opening and saving of items even deletes the existing ticked values when the checkbox field was converted to fieldgroup mode.

BR

Geejay

Hello

when not in field group fields: checkbox/checkboximage/selectmultiple
- is a an array of values
when it is in a field group it becomes
- an array of arrays


this is unlike fields e.g. text field that before being in a fieldgroup it is
- an array of values
and inside a field group is the same
also the radio,radioimage field too, when not in field group it is an array (of 1 value)

-- the original option was not to support
checkbox/checkboximage/selectmultiple
inside a fieldgroup
- we also had option to compress the checkbox values, that would make them non-filterable in category views
(like Joomla repeatable field)

we choose to support it, modifying the DB to add a
- subvalue_order column
already had the
- value_order column

even if you solve the forward problem not in grouped --> goes into group, you will still have same problem group-->not in group
- it is best not to change checkbox field in and inside fieldgroup

Hi,

thank you for your explanation. Luckily I made copies of fields before experimenting.

Is there some other way how I can create a field which groups other fields in custom html style of {{field1}}
{{field2}} for output in tables - or do I have to abuse a text field for such purposes ? I simply wanted to group several fields into one table column in the output.
www.flexicontent.org/documentation/faq/7...of-other-fields.html

Thanks a lot for your help!

Hello

if you mean custom layout in item form, we have added this in some fields,
e.g. file field, but not for field group

using (e.g. in file field)
value_NAME.php (item viewing)
field_NAME.php (item form)

more fields there will be support this in the future,
- you cannot have custom layout for field group field,

also note with custom layout in field group, you may break form validation, but it may be allowed in the future, now we do not have / do not support this