How can I add custom fields to the composer?

[willie]

Does anyone know how I can put customer fields for different types of topics, for example in a selected category? Here is an example:

[Don]

Hello

Form Templates can help to achieve it.

Introducing Experimental Form Templates

Hello, Discourse Meta Community! We are excited to introduce a new experimental feature, form templates. With it, you can enforce a structured form with data validation as part of the topic creation flow. [multiple_form_templates] Enabling the feature The feature is hidden behind a site-wide experimental flag. To enable it, just turn on the experimental_form_templates site setting under Admin ▸ Settings. Managing the templates The form templates can be created, edited, and deleted a…

[willie]

Thanks for the response.

How can I active the categories?

[Don]

You can do this in category setting.
/c/category-slug/edit/topic-template

@renato

Applying a template to a category

Once you’ve created a form template, you’ll want to apply it to a category. To do this, head to the settings of the category you would like to apply the template to.

Select the Template menu, and then on the right, use the switch to turn on form templates. Once it has been enabled, you can use the dropdown to add one/more templates to a category.

[willie]

It doesn’t look the same! I would like it to look exactly the same. Is there any way to do this?

[merefield (Robert)]

My colleague at Pavilion wrote this very useful Topic:

How to add custom fields to models

This is a collection of education plugins that demonstrate how to add a custom field to different models in Discourse. They are intended as learning tools for those looking to learn how to build discourse plugins. [GitHub-Mark] How to add a custom field to a topic [GitHub-Mark] How to add a custom field to a category Who they’re for These plugins are for people looking to learn more about creating Discourse plugins. Before you start working with these plugins, you should complete the beginne…

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