Tabs not working for specific matrixblocks inside matrixblocks

[Joorren]

Using the configuration below, tabs do show for the 'contentBlocks' (main Matrix) and 'hero' (child Matrix) matrix blocks. But I cannot seem to get it working for the 'columns' (child Matrix) and 'callToAction' (child Matrix) matrix blocks.

Is there something I'm missing or misunderstood?

This is a small preview of what my Matrix field looks like:

contentBlocks (Matrix)

hero (Matrix Block Type)

hero (Super Table)

hero (Matrix)

primaryHero (Matrix Block Type)

heading (Plain Text) body (Redactor) settings (Super Table)

secondaryHero (Matrix Block Type)

body (Redactor) settings (Super Table)

callToActions (Matrix Block Type)

callToActions (Super Table)

callToActions (Matrix)

button (Matrix Block Type)

callToAction (Super Table) settings (Super Table)

textButton (Matrix Block Type)

body (Redactor) callToActions (Super Table) settings (Super Table)

---

<?php

$content_blocks = [
    'logoLint', 'testimonials', 'subheading', 'heading', 'body', 'image', 'heroImage', 'form', 'contactList',
    'faq', 'columns', 'video', 'icon', 'downloadAsset', 'contentBlocks', 'default', 'iconHeader',
    'imageHeader', 'card', 'quote', 'authorName', 'company', 'hero', 'members',
];
$cta_blocks = ['callToActions', 'callToAction'];
$setting_blocks = ['settings'];

$matrixes = [
    'contentBlocks' => [
        'text', 'textImage', 'image', 'video', 'faq', 'heading', 'logoLint', 'quote', 'testimonials',
        'callToActions', 'columns', 'hero', 'team',
    ],
    'hero' => [
        'primaryHero', 'secondaryHero', 'formHero',
    ],
    'columns' => [
        'default', 'iconHeader', 'imageHeader', 'card',
    ],
    'callToActions' => [
        'button', 'centeredTextButton', 'textForm', 'downloadForm', 'form',
    ],
];

$types = [];

foreach ($matrixes as $key => $field) {
    $types[$key] = [];
    foreach ($field as $type) {
        $types[$key][$type] = [
            'tabs' => [
                [
                    'label' => 'Content',
                    'fields' => $content_blocks,
                ],
                [
                    'label' => 'Call To Action(s)',
                    'fields' => $cta_blocks,
                ],
                [
                    'label' => 'Settings',
                    'fields' => $setting_blocks,
                ],
            ],
        ];
    }
}

return [
    'fields' => [
        'contentBlocks' => [
            'groups' => [
                [
                    'label' => 'Text',
                    'types' => ['text', 'textImage', 'heading'],
                ],
                [
                    'label' => 'Image + Video',
                    'types' => ['textImage', 'image', 'video'],
                ],
                [
                    'label' => 'Blocks',
                    'types' => ['faq', 'heading', 'logoLint', 'quote', 'testimonials', 'team'],
                ],
            ],
            'types' => $types['contentBlocks']
        ],
        'hero' => [
            'types' => $types['hero']
        ],
        'columns' => [
            'types' => $types['columns']
        ],
        'callToActions' => [
            'types' => $types['callToActions']
        ],
    ],
];

[mmikkel]

This is expected behavior; MatrixMate does not support Matrix fields nested in SuperTable or Neo fields.

You might want to check out the Spoon plugin if you need nested Matrx support.

[Joorren]

Thanks for the answer!

Would you have any idea why it does work for the hero MatrixBlock, that's inside the contentBlocks MatrixBlock? That's the reason why I thought it should work for the other ones too 😛

[mmikkel]

Right, I didn't catch that detail in your original post 😅

If MatrixMate actually works for a Matrix field inside a SuperTable, that'd technically be a bug on our end, as we specifically designed and intended for MatrixMate to not initialise on any Matrix field nested in a different field.