The fm:Form_ChannelTree component generates a selectbox, populated with channels from channels in a tree indented format from your project.
This can be used for example to specify a channel in an upload form, or a list of channels and their indented children to pick when creating a gallery.
<fm:Form_ChannelTree name="channel"/>
| Name | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| class | Optional | The css classname that will be assigned to the actual html form field. Note that a few default classes might be added | |
| disabled | Optional | N/A | This will set the html disabled attribute |
| hideParent | Optional | false | When displaying the Channel Tree, this will no include the Parent channel in the drop down. |
| id | Optional | randomized | The id of the form element. Note that this id will also be used for the 'for' attribute in the <label> component |
| label | Optional | N/A | This attribute will be used to generate labels for this component, if it's used within an fm:Form component |
| language | Optional | N/A | This specifies which language to use for the display of the form_country dropdown. Choices are:
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| multiple | Optional | N/A | Setting multiple will allow the user to select multiple items in this dropdown. |
| name | Required | N/A | The name of the form field. This is how the value will be submitted back to the server |
| parentId | Optional | 0 | The id of the parent channel that you want to show the child tree of in the drop down, Defaults to 0, and shows all channels. |
| readonly | Optional | N/A | This sets the html readonly attribute and controls if the user can change the value |
| required | Optional | 0 | Set required to '1' if you'd like the form validator to check if this form element has a value before submitting |
| size | Optional | N/A | The size attribute will be directly passed through to this component and dictates how much items are showing by default. |
| style | Optional | The style attribute for the actual form component | |
| title | Optional | N/A | Sets the title attribute on the select element. |
| truncateAt | Optional | 16 | Truncate text at this length, |
| value | Optional | The current value of the form element | |
| visibility | Optional | ALL | Show only channels with the specified visbility setting. SHOWN/HIDDEN/ALL, |
You can still add custom options, just like with the standard fm:Form_Select component. These options will end up on the top of the list.
<fm:Form_ChannelTree name="channel">
<fm:Form_Option value="" label="All channels" />
</fm:Form_ChannelTree>