README

This simple module offers a backend dca input type for showing a giving the user the opportunity to copy a certain dca's field value from one record to another in Contao CMS. This is useful for fields that are very complex to configure.

Features

Technical instructions

Add the following to the relevant DCA:

'complexFieldCopier' => [
    // no label necessary
    'inputType' => 'fieldValueCopier',
    'eval'      => [
        'fieldValueCopier' => [
            'table'            => 'tl_my_dca',
            'field'            => 'complexField',
            'config' => [
                // here all available config parameters found in \HeimrichHannot\UtilsBundle\Choice\ModelInstanceChoice::collect() are possible
                'labelPattern' => '%title% (ID %id%)' // all of the dca's fields can be used here
            ],
            'options_callback' => ['huh.field_value_copier.util.field_value_copier_util', 'getOptions']
        ]
    ]
],
'complexField' => [
    // ...
]