Modal Layout for Complex Fields

[emohamed]

@holmar proposed a modal layout for the complex field:

Related discussion: https://github.com/htmlburger/carbon-fields/issues/63#issuecomment-261060467

Potential issues:

• Nested complex fields with modal layouts will need to "stack" the modals
• Validation should probably need to happen on blur rather than on submit

[holmar]

Thanks for taking this into consideration!

Here's an idea how nested modals could work:

I agree that validation needs to happen on blur for this layout option.

[martinhahn]

I find this one very important. Since we have a lot of content sections in one complex field (as multiple groups) I would also love to have a modal for adding sections (multiple groups).

The modal could contain Tabs as Categories (e.g. Content, Conversations, Galleries, ...) and then list the sections available. Inspired by Visual Composers backend modals: http://pauple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/visual-composer-page-elements.png

[mindfullsilence]

This would be killer awesome, but would be nice to have the option for the modal via a method or config option so we could define whether to load in a modal.