System Field access

Hi aev,

There's an option for fields under Advanced Options called "Admin Only - Field can only be modified by admin or editor user."

However, I don't think this will help you, since your user is an Editor and the option says "admin or editor." :(

Maybe this can be a feature request? Can you let us know what it is you're using the field for?

Hi Chris,

I don't use the 'Admin Only' field, I use the 'System Field', but it can still be edited by 'Editors' – isn't that a strange behavior?

I want to add a hidden/system field called template, the value I (or the website admin) put inside this field should tell my php page how to present the records from that section. Note: I use the same php file for several sections.

I was first trying to create a drop-down list with only one value, but CMSB doesn't allow me to set a default value for list fields [:/]

-aev-

Hi aev,

"System Fields" is only for the field editors and makes it so you can't edit or remove fields unless you "Enable System Field Editing" from the "Advanced Commands" pulldown on the bottom left. It's purpose is to make it hard for users to break fields they aren't meant to change.

"Admin Only" (under Field Editor > Advanced Options) makes it so only Admin's or Editors can see or edit the field.

So we'll have to find another solution because it doesn't sounds like either of those will work for you.

If you wanted to try your drop-down approach that you suggested you could try making it required. Then even though it only had one option the user would be forced to select that option to save or modify.

Hope that helps! Let me know how it goes.

Hi aev,

Yea, we need fields like that sometimes too. Sometimes we have them in MySQL but not in the CMS. I'll add a note to the feature list to add support for an advanced option [x] hidden field.