custom form field and preconfigured validation https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&threadId=120680784 2026-04-05T08:19:34Z 2026-04-05T08:19:34Z Francisco Javier Rivera https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=120906174 2021-07-02T12:51:57Z 2021-07-02T12:51:56Z

<p>Hello @Uwe,</p> <p>did you manage to do this in 7.3? I am having problems creating a form field with settings in Liferay 7.3.6 GA7, do you have a code that you can share that works?</p> <p>Thank you.</p>

Francisco Javier Rivera 2021-07-02T12:51:56Z Russell Bohl https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=120689659 2021-03-22T13:17:22Z 2021-03-22T13:17:22Z

<p>Hi Uwe, I asked this internally and there should be a way to do what you want via <code>DDMFormFieldTypeSettings</code>.</p> <p>The bad news is that this isn't working as expected so there's more investigation needed into why, maybe a bug.</p> <p>The good news is that you should still be able to do what you want. Create a <code>*DDMFormFieldTemplateContextContributor</code> for your custom field and try to set the custom validation values there, like in <a>ValidationDDMFormFieldTemplateContextContributor.java</a>.</p> <p> </p>

Russell Bohl 2021-03-22T13:17:22Z Uwe Peters https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=120686998 2021-03-16T06:15:50Z 2021-03-16T06:15:50Z

<p>Well I cant find this in the docs either. Thank you Fredi B but this doesnt give much hope.</p> <p>Is there anybody else who is building own custom form fields who can help here? Or somebody who has some experience or helpful links?</p> <p> <br />I think this should not  be that difficult, but as I said I cant find any help for this specific thing online :(.</p>

Uwe Peters 2021-03-16T06:15:50Z Fredi B https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=120683895 2021-03-12T15:05:18Z 2021-03-12T15:05:18Z

<p>Sorry to say but you should not rely on forms with Liferay CE 7.3.5ga6 maybe not even with Liferay at all.</p> <p>We also had a problem with Liferay Forms with this version and decided to not use Liferay for such form-hevy demands. https://liferay.dev/#/questions/development/7-3-5-ga6-formbuilder-desaster/</p> <p>I was not able to find documentation or help for quite similar demands as you have and this forum is not really heavy frequented anymore after the &quot;style update&quot;.</p> <p>Cheers and Good Luck. </p>

Fredi B 2021-03-12T15:05:18Z Uwe Peters https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=120680783 2021-03-10T08:51:04Z 2021-03-10T08:51:04Z

<p>Hello,</p> <p>I have build my own custom form field for the forms builder. I have set the settings for my form field through an interface DDMFormFieldTypeSettings that extends DefaultDDMFormFieldTypeSettings. </p> <p>In liferay forms builder I can place my own form field and set in the validation for it in the properties tab of my custom formfield.</p> <p> <strong>Is it possible to preconfigure the custom form field validation? </strong> <br />I want to place my custom form field and then by default it should have these validation settings preconfigured:</p> <ul> <li>the the validation toggleswitch should be true </li> <li>the selected 'If Input' dropdown option should be 'does not match'</li> <li>the 'The value' input for regex should contain my custom regex string</li> <li>the 'show error message' input should contain my custom errormessage string</li></ul> <p>I think I can do this in my DDMFormFieldTypeSettings class but I dont know how.</p> <p>I am using Liferay CE 7.3.5ga6.<br /> </p>

Uwe Peters 2021-03-10T08:51:04Z