Load the textarea field into another field in the panel

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I was trying to load the textarea field into another field, similar to how datetime loads the date and time fields.

<?php
use Kirby\Panel\Form;

class SplitfieldField extends BaseField {
	public function content() {
		$textarea = form::field('textarea');
		echo $textarea;
	}
}

I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function url() on a non-object in C:\wamp\www\splitfield\panel\app\fields\textarea\buttons.php on line 32

  1. Is it a bug?
  2. Can I get around it without copy the whole field code?

I register the field from a plugin file like this:

Might be good to know if it can be related to a bug. I also use Kirby 2.3 beta.

$kirby->set('field', 'splitfield',  __DIR__ . DS . 'field');

Update

I could do this:

$textarea = form::field('textarea', array('buttons' => false));
echo $textarea;

But then I will not get the buttons. Even if the textarea now work, the assets are not loaded.

Maybe it’s simply not a good way to do this? I just feel like duplicating the whole textarea field (which is quite large) is not the best way, but maybe it is.

2

could you extend the textarea field instead of the basefield?

3

Yes, that worked! Really simple. Here is the final code.

<?php
class SplitfieldField extends TextareaField {
  public function input() {
    $input = parent::input();
    $input->tag('textarea');
    $input->removeAttr('type');
    $input->removeAttr('value');
    $input->html($this->value() ? htmlentities($this->value(), ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8') : false);
    $input->data('field', 'editor');
    return $input;
  }
}

It also works with arguments from the blueprint. Great! Thanks!

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You’re welcome! looking forward to the next plugin :wink:

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