Custom fields

In LumeCMS, the fields are standard Web components, which makes very easy to extend it with new fields.

To define a new field, use the cms.field() function with the field definition, which is an object with the following values:

• tag: The tag name of the custom element used in the HTML code.
• jsImport: The URL of the JavaScript file with the custom element. This file will be loaded in the HTML.
• applyChanges: A function to store the new value received by the web component in the document object before store it.
• init: (Optional) A function to initialize every instance of the field.

For example, let's create a new field for percentages, that only accepts numbers between 0-100:

cms.field("percentage", {
  tag: "percentage-field",
  jsImport: "https://example.com/custom-fields/percentage-field.js",
  applyChanges(data, changes, field) {
    const { name } = field;
    const value = changes[name];
    data[name] value ? Number(value) : undefined;
  },
});

Creating a custom element

When a custom element is created, it's recommended to extend the Component class from LumeCMS, which provides some basic features that you will need.

import { Component } from "lume_cms/components/component.js";

customElements.define(
  "percentage-field",
  class extends Component {
    init() {
      // Here your code
    }
  },
);

The init() function will be executed the first time the component is inserted in the DOM. The following properties are also available:

• schema: The options of the field (name, label, description, attributes, etc).
• value: The field value.
• namePrefix: The prefix of the name attribute. Any form element generated by the component must have this prefix followed by a dot.

To create the percentage field:

customElements.define(
  "percentage-field",
  class extends Component {
    init() {
      // Get the field info
      const { schema, value, namePrefix } = this;

      // Generate the name of the input and the id
      const name = `${namePrefix}.${schema.name}`;
      const id = `field_${name}`;

      // Print the HTML code
      this.innerHTML = `
      <label for="${id}">${schema.label}</label>
      <input id="${id}" type="number" value="${value}" min=0 max=100 name="${name}>
    `;
    }
  },
);

Utils

LumeCMS provides a utils.js file with some utilities. The push function creates a new DOM element and append it to the element passed in the first argument. The example above can be improved in this way:

import { Component } from "lume_cms/components/component.js";
import { push } from "lume_cms/components/utils.js";

customElements.define(
  "percentage-field",
  class extends Component {
    init() {
      // Get the field info
      const { schema, value, namePrefix } = this;

      // Generate the name of the input and the id
      const name = `${namePrefix}.${schema.name}`;
      const id = `field_${name}`;

      // Add the <label>
      push(this, "label", { for: id }, schema.label);

      // Add the <input type="number">
      push(this, "input", {
        name,
        value,
        id,
        type: "number",
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
      });
    }
  },
);

See the default Lume CMS fields for more examples.