Widget to affect the visibility of other fields about ui-extensions-sdk HOT 2 CLOSED

Hi @dmorrow. Let me see if I understand you correctly: From a custom widget you want to show or hide the input of another field that is not a custom widget.

As you noted it is not possible to change the CSS of the main app from inside a widget due to sandboxing. Because of security reasons this is unlikely to change.

It would be possible to add an API for controlling the editor layout in general that allows you to hide or show fields. Right now this is out of the scope of this platform since its focus is interfacing with the entry data.

At the moment the only solution I see is the one you proposed: Using a custom widget for the fields you want to hide. As you observed this would mean reimplementing some of the basic inputs the entry editor already provides. However, we plan to make drop-in replacements of these controls available as custom widgets. What remains is the performance overhead of using custom widgets instead of native ones.

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@geigerzaehler You are correct in your understanding.
To give an example - I have a content type with boolean field. If the value of the boolean field is true then fields 2, 3 and 4 should be visible and field 5, 6, 7 should be hidden. If the value of the boolean field is false then visibility should be toggled.
There are also fields 8-15 which are not affected by the status of this boolean field, which is why this is a single content type, rather than 2 content types.

Thanks for your feedback. Unfortunately, this sounds like it will have to be a future improvement.

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