When creating forms for Magento, it is helpful to know the different types of built in fields that can be used while creating a form. The below examples can be used to create an admin form by extending the Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Form block.
I’d like to give a special thanks to http://excellencemagentoblog.com for providing some of the following coding examples:
Hidden Field
$fieldset->addField('id', 'hidden', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('bforms')->__('ID'),
'required' => false,
'name' => 'fieldset_id',
));
Text
$fieldset->addField('title', 'text', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Title3'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "alert('on click');",
'onchange' => "alert('on change');",
'style' => "border:10px",
'value' => 'hello !!',
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => true,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Time
$fieldset->addField('time', 'time', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Time'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'value' => '12,04,15',
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Textarea
$fieldset->addField('textarea', 'textarea', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('TextArea'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'value' => '',
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Submit
$fieldset->addField('submit', 'submit', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Submit'),
'required' => true,
'value' => 'Submit',
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Select
Example 1
$fieldset->addField('select', 'select', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Select'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'value' => '1',
'values' => array(
array("label" => 'Disabled', 'value' => '0'),
array("label" => 'Enabled', 'value' => '1')
)
)),
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Example 2
$fieldset->addField('select2', 'select', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Select Type2'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'value' => '4',
'values' => array(
'-1'=>'Please Select..',
'1' => array(
'value'=> array(array('value'=>'2' , 'label' => 'Option2') , array('value'=>'3' , 'label' =>'Option3') ),
'label' => 'Size'
),
'2' => array(
'value'=> array(array('value'=>'4' , 'label' => 'Option4') , array('value'=>'5' , 'label' =>'Option5') ),
'label' => 'Color'
),
),
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Radio
Example 1
$fieldset->addField('radio', 'radio', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Radio'),
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'value' => '1',
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Example 2 – Value as an array()
$fieldset->addField('radio2', 'radios', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Radios'),
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'value' => '2',
'values' => array(
array('value'=>'1','label'=>'Radio1'),
array('value'=>'2','label'=>'Radio2'),
array('value'=>'3','label'=>'Radio3'),
),
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Password
$fieldset->addField('password', 'password', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Password'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'style' => "",
'value' => 'hello !!',
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Obscure
$fieldset->addField('obscure', 'obscure', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Obscure'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'obscure',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'style' => "",
'value' => '123456789',
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Note
$fieldset->addField('note', 'note', array(
'text' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Text Text'),
));
Multiselect
$fieldset->addField('multiselect2', 'multiselect', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Select Type2'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "return false;",
'onchange' => "return false;",
'value' => '4',
'values' => array(
'-1'=> array( 'label' => 'Please Select..', 'value' => '-1'),
'1' => array(
'value'=> array(array('value'=>'2' , 'label' => 'Option2') , array('value'=>'3' , 'label' =>'Option3') ),
'label' => 'Size'
),
'2' => array(
'value'=> array(array('value'=>'4' , 'label' => 'Option4') , array('value'=>'5' , 'label' =>'Option5') ),
'label' => 'Color'
),
),
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Multiline
$fieldset->addField('multiline', 'multiline', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Multi Line'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'title',
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'style' => "border:10px",
'value' => 'hello !!',
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => true,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Links
$fieldset->addField('link', 'link', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Link'),
'style' => "",
'href' => 'www.excellencemagentoblog.com',
'value' => 'Magento Blog',
'after_element_html' => ''
));
Label
$fieldset->addField('label', 'label', array(
'value' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Label Text'),
));
Image
$fieldset->addField('image', 'image', array(
'value' => 'http://www.beckin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/big_developer.png',
));
Files
$fieldset->addField('file', 'file', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Upload'),
'value' => 'Uplaod',
'disabled' => false,
'readonly' => true,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Date
$fieldset->addField('date', 'date', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Date'),
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1,
'image' => $this->getSkinUrl('images/grid-cal.gif'),
'format' => Mage::app()->getLocale()->getDateFormat(Mage_Core_Model_Locale::FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT)
));
Checkboxes
Example 1
$fieldset->addField('checkbox', 'checkbox', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Checkbox'),
'name' => 'Checkbox',
'checked' => false,
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'value' => '1',
'disabled' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
Example 2 – Value as an array()
$fieldset->addField('checkboxes', 'checkboxes', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('form')->__('Checkboxs'),
'name' => 'Checkbox',
'values' => array(
array('value'=>'1','label'=>'Checkbox1'),
array('value'=>'2','label'=>'Checkbox2'),
array('value'=>'3','label'=>'Checkbox3'),
),
'onclick' => "",
'onchange' => "",
'value' => '1',
'disabled' => false,
'after_element_html' => 'Comments',
'tabindex' => 1
));
I hope this post has helped you to understand how to use some of Magento’s built in field options. I have not had the chance to test all of the above coding examples, if something needs updating or you need me to verify an example listed above, please let me know below.
