Datalist FieldType

The Datalist FieldType allows you to add datalist input fields into your ExpressionEngine Channel Entries. It’s based off the <datalist>: The HTML Data List element spec and should comply with everything laid out there.

The Datalist FieldType allows you to add datalist input fields into your ExpressionEngine Channel Entries. It’s based off the <datalist>: The HTML Data List element spec and should comply with everything laid out there.

Will output an HTML input field for Channel Entries that resemble:

<input list="__my_list" type='text' name="my_list" id="my_list" value="5" />
<datalist id=__my_list">
    <option value="1">One</value>
    <option value="2">Two</value>
    <option value="3">Three</value>
    <option value="4">Four</value>
    <option value="5">Five</value>
</datalist>

Compatibility

The Datalist FieldType should work with:

• Grid FieldType
• Fluid FieldType
• Seeder by CartThrob
• Unit Tests

Modifiers

:label

Will output the label instead of the value for the field.

Example

{my_field_name:label}