Answered ClassExtender - modUser - textarea

I would like to use ClassExtender to create additional user fields.

I have this working OK for fields that are varchar and presented in Security / Manage Users / Update User part of the MODX Manager as single line entries.

However, I would like to create some fields as dbtype="mediumtext" (or just 'text') and present them as textareas in the Security / Manage Users / Update User part of the MODX Manager. (Like the existing user 'comment' field).

The MyExtUserSchema code works OK to create the correct entry in the ext_user_data table in my database.

But I have not had any luck with presenting this as a textarea in the manager. None of my efforts are worth recording here as they have achieved nothing.

Can anyone advise how my MyExtraUserFields should be written to get this to happen?

I am also interested in presenting some fields with form select option values, but am similarly stuck.

Any advice would be gratefully received!


MyExtUserSchema



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Quote from: BobRay at Dec 29, 2014, 04:42 PM

Try something like this in the chunk:

<textarea name="pdtiInvolvement" value="[[+pdtiInvolvement]]" class="x-form-text x-form-field" rows="10" cols="70" onclick="Ext.getCmp('modx-panel-user').markDirty();">[[+pdtiInvolvement]]</textarea>

You might have to change the class. Inspect the Create/Edit Resource page and see what the class is for the introtext or content fields.

Hello Bob, Thank you very much for getting back to me about this. I will give it a try and let you know how I get on. Andy

Hello Bob

It worked perfectly! Thank you.

As you suspected I just had to change one class name from text to textarea. See below.

I'm glad it worked for you. Thanks for reporting back on the class name

And thanks for the working code too