# Adding a field to the create event modal in the calendar/events plugin - I'm stuck!

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-field-to-the-create-event-modal-in-the-calendar-events-plugin-im-stuck/392281
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** events
**Created:** [28 בדצמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-field-to-the-create-event-modal-in-the-calendar-events-plugin-im-stuck/392281 "2025-12-28T18:58:05Z")
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### Author: ![jenmck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jenmck/32/332487_2.png) [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)
#### Post date: [28 בדצמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-field-to-the-create-event-modal-in-the-calendar-events-plugin-im-stuck/392281/1 "2025-12-28T18:58:05Z")

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I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around creating a field for the create event modal.

I know that the `Discourse post event allowed custom fields` setting allows for creating custom fields - but, there’s no control over the field type, it’s just a string, but I need it to be a checkbox. The dream would be to create whatever field types are supported.

I’m pretty new to creating custom components, so that kind of compounds things.

One thought I had was to create a component that allows an admin to change the field type for the allowed custom fields, and possibly use a transformer to change the field type. But, I’m not sure that would work if there are multiple custom fields.

So, I thought maybe it’d be possible to add a new field altogether and bypass the custom fields? But I’m not quite sure where to start with that. I don’t actually need it to populate in the event box after the post is composed, but it’d be a nice-to-have.

Any suggestions or advice welcome!

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