1. Integrating and Extending Oracle Content Management
  2. Developing Oracle Content Management Extensions
  3. Develop Custom Field Editors
  4. Create a Custom Field Editor

Create a Custom Field Editor

To create a custom field editor:

  1. Log in to your instance of Oracle Content Management using the web interface and click Developer in the side navigation.
  2. Click View All Components.
  3. Click Create and select Create Content Field Editor.
  4. Enter a name and optional description for the field editor.
  5. If your field editor can hande multiple values, such as multi-valued select boxes or tag cloud editors, enable Handles multiple values.
  6. Select the data fields to be used with the field editor. The following data types are supported:
    • Text
    • Large Text
    • Date
    • Number
    • Decimal
    • Boolean
    • Embedded Content
  7. Click Create. A new plain text field editor is created and listed on the Components page.
  8. To make the field editor available for use, select it and click Promote.
  9. Confirm you want to proceed and click OK.

The custom field editor is now available for use with supported data fields when defining content types.