[Vtigercrm-developers] Creating a custom UIType?

[nilay khatri]

You can do this in the Vtiger_Field_Model class under the isAjaxEditable
fn. by adding conditions for the UIType.

If for a specific module, extend the Vtiger_Field_Model in your module and
restrict from there.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 6:58 PM Alan Lord <alanslists at gmail.com> wrote:

> Following up a bit on this, I'd like to make my new custom field
> read-only in Detail View, i.e. disable Ajax Editing.
>
> However the method isAjaxEditable() exists in the Vtiger_Field_Model
> (even though it mostly tests for UITypes), not in the UIType_Model which
> seems a bit odd to me and I can't see an easy way to extend/override the
> Field_Model class?
>
> I can do it from the client-side fairly easily but this method just
> seems to be in the wrong class to me - by being in the Field_Model it's
> suggesting that the function is dependent on the current *Module*, not
> the current Field...?
>
> Cheers
>
> Al
>
>
>
> On 22/06/2020 11:40, Alan Lord wrote:
> > I want to add a new UIType field to vtiger 7 that displays an html
> > canvas element.
> >
> > Am I right in thinking I should register it vtiger_ws_fieldtype and if I
> > give it a fieldtype of "canvas" then I can extend the Vtiger_Field_Model
> > to load it?
> >
> > One thing I don't quite get is how in Detail Views the UIType template
> > file does not seem to be used at all - it only seems to be called for
> > Edit Views. So for Detail View do I need to modify the
> > DetailViewBlockView.tpl for all/any modules where I might want to use my
> > new field?
> >
> > And in terms of choosing a UIType _number_ how do we prevent possible
> > collisions? I can choose something like 995 or whatever, but presumably
> > another developer could also choose the same number without knowing?
>
>
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