Options in Collection and Collection Fields

Question
#1

Hie @vishsahu

I have a few question regarding options one can select when adding collection fields. Need to understand the implications of selecting certain options. What does it do later on when setting forms, fields or in the UI etc. I will go field type by field type, may leave some or may also ask what seems obvious but please bear with me…

  1. Under large text what does “Use As WYSIWYG Editor” what happens if I select that option.
  2. Under Reference: what does selecting “Use As Text Field” achieve and in what circumstances does one select the “file type” option
    3.Under Child of, what does selecting “Use As Text/Hidden Field” Help or achieve?
  3. What does the "Color " field do?
  4. Under the “File” field, what does the option “Generate Icons” mean?

If I do not select any of the options mentioned, what are the implications later on as I build.

Thanks

#2

Hi @WillieMak,

Sure, please find the answers below.

#1. WYSIWYG editor opens a rich text editor where you can format your text like you write a blog post. In regular text area, there is no option to provide formatting to the large text.

#2. Reference as text field is used when you want to pass the reference object id as hidden field. Ignore the file option, that is for some other use case which we are still finalizing.

#3. Color fields open up a Color Picker for person to choose the color, like a date picker.

#4. It will generate the thumbnail/icon of the files so that you can use it for display purpose, like it happen with Dropbox/Google drive.

Thanks.

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#3

Thanks @vishsahu , so does it mean if I have a functionality that allows users to set their own profiles etc, they are able to personalize their profiles, colour-wise?

#4

Yes @WillieMak. They can do that.