Joomla url Form Field Type

This field is like a text field with the type of url.

Example XML field definition:

<field 
 name="mytextvalue"
 type="url"
 label="Enter URL"
 default="http://www.example.com"
 description=""
 size="10" />

Parameters

Mandatory Parameters

1. type must be url.
2. name is the unique name of the field.
3. label (translatable) is the descriptive title of the field.

Optional Parameters

• size is the width of the text box in characters.

• maxlength limits the number of characters that may be entered.

• default (not translatable) is the default value.

• description (translatable) is text that will be shown as a tooltip when the user moves the mouse over the drop-down box.

• class is a CSS class name for the HTML form field. If omitted this will default to 'text_area'.

• readonly - The field cannot be changed and will automatically inherit the default value.

• disabled - The field cannot be changed and will automatically inherit the default value - it will also not submit.

• required - The field must be filled before submitting the form.

• filter - Allow the system to save certain html tags or raw data.

• validate - Makes a validation

• relative - Set to true for relative URLs

• hint - The text displayed in the html placeholder element, usually a lighter coloured hint displayed inside a blank field