Field Types

Every Type a field definition may use, what it stores, and where it is valid.

A Type decides what a field stores and how an editor supplies it. Data definitions - template fields, datastore schema, and custom site settings - accept one set of types; forms accept a different set, and some types serve both.

List variants such as articlelist are documented on the singular type they extend rather than on pages of their own.

Type	Summary
`checkbox`	A single on-or-off choice.
`checkboxlist`	Any number of choices from a list of checkboxes.
`code`	Source code edited in a code editor, stored verbatim.
`date`	A calendar date with no time of day.
`datetime`	A date and a time of day.
`dictionary`	Key and value pairs an editor can add to, with unique keys.
`emails`	One or more email addresses held in a single field.
`html`	Rich text edited with the WYSIWYG editor and stored as HTML.
`labels`	Key and value pairs where the same key may repeat.
`objecttype`	One or more CMS object type names.
`path`	A path to a code object in the CMS.
`radio`	One choice from a visible list of options.
`select`	One choice from a dropdown, or several when you allow it.
`text`	A single line of plain text, stored without markup.
`textarea`	Multi-line plain text, stored without markup.
`textlist`	Several text values held in one field, entered as a list.
`timezone`	A time zone, chosen by name.
`toggle`	An on-or-off choice rendered as a switch, with labels and colours you choose.
`url`	A link, either to something in the CMS or to an address you type.
`fieldset`	A set of related fields treated as one value, optionally repeating.
`group`	A visual grouping of related fields that stores nothing itself.
`label`	Fixed explanatory text shown in the editor.
`button`	A button that does not submit the form.
`captcha`	A bot check the visitor must pass before the form submits.
`file`	An upload, optionally turned into a CMS Image or Document.
`hidden`	A value submitted with the form but never shown to the visitor.
`submit`	Submits the form.
`article`	A reference to an Article chosen by an editor.
`author`	A reference to an Author chosen by an editor.
`blog`	A reference to a Blog chosen by an editor.
`blogpost`	A reference to a Blog Post chosen by an editor.
`calendar`	A reference to a Calendar chosen by an editor.
`calendarentry`	A reference to a Calendar Entry chosen by an editor.
`datastore`	A reference to a Datastore chosen by an editor.
`datastoreitem`	A reference to a Datastore Item chosen by an editor.
`document`	A reference to a Document chosen by an editor.
`entity`	A reference to any content record chosen by an editor.
`errorpage`	A reference to an Error Page chosen by an editor.
`folder`	A reference to a Folder chosen by an editor.
`form`	A reference to a Form chosen by an editor.
`gallery`	A reference to a Gallery chosen by an editor.
`galleryitem`	A reference to a Gallery Item chosen by an editor.
`image`	A reference to an Image chosen by an editor.
`imagepreset`	A reference to an Image Preset chosen by an editor.
`javascript`	A reference to a Javascript object chosen by an editor.
`menu`	A reference to a Menu chosen by an editor.
`menuitem`	A reference to a Menu Item chosen by an editor.
`profile`	A reference to a Profile chosen by an editor.
`sitedomain`	A reference to a Site Domain chosen by an editor.
`snippet`	A reference to a Snippet chosen by an editor.
`stylesheet`	A reference to a Stylesheet chosen by an editor.
`tag`	A reference to a Tag chosen by an editor.
`template`	A reference to a Template chosen by an editor.