Alfresco Custom Data List Type Text Field Help Text

Question

I've successfully created a new Data List type in Alfresco, but was struggling to figure out what the tag is called to achieve a description under a field. I consulted the Data Dictionary , but was unable to find it.

It may not exist, but the this screenshot makes me hopeful. As you can see, the Modified Date field has the DD/MM/YYYY help text under it. This is exactly what I want to put under the Program Name field, but with my own string.

 <property name="orpdl:programName"> <title>Program Name</title> <type>d:text</type> <helptext>What's this tag called?</helptext> <mandatory>true</mandatory> </property> 

Answer 1

Eeuh that's just a div in the control field for all the date fields.

Take a look at alfresco/site-webscripts/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/date.ftl

The message you see is in this div:

<div class="format-info">
            <span class="date-format">${msg("form.control.date-picker.display.date.format")}</span>
            <#if showTime><span class="time-format<#if disabled>-disabled</#if>">${msg("form.control.date-picker.display.time.format")}</span></#if>
         </div>

So you want a string, just create your own custom controller based on textfield.ftl and put whatever string you like. Probably best to do that by passing it through the control-params .