Help/Info-text for form fields (form generator)

[AlexanderPilhar]

It would be nice if it was possible to add help/info-text to a form field using the form generator. Just like we can see on backend.

[Aybee]

Why not use the Field type Explanation?

[fritzmg]

Why not use the Field type Explanation?

That would not be the same. It's an independent widget and does not have a logical connection to any other widget.

[cliffparnitzky]

check this out: https://github.com/hofff/contao-formtools

[Aybee]

@fritzmg It's an independent widget and does not have a logical connection to any other widget.

But there's no big difference in logical connection I think.

<!-- Contao BE -->
<div class="widget">
  <h3>Fieldname</h3>
  <input>
  <p>Explanation</p>
</div>

<!-- FE form explanation -->
<div class="widget input">
  <input>
</div>
<div class="widget explanation">
  <p>Explanation</p>
</div>

[fritzmg]

But there's no big difference in logical connection I think.

First example is one widget, second example are two widgets. How would you be able to freely align such explanations in a grid for example, if the explanation is in a completely different widget? You could wrap both widgets in a fieldset, sure. But that's rather inconvenient for the editor.

[Aybee]

Ah ok, I see. You mean that both are not wrapped together in a DIV. I thought that this is no big difference but I agree that the handling might be better when they are wrapped together. And also when the explanation belongs to the same dataset as the filed. So some of the fieldtypes need a new field explanation so we can output it as we want to.