Concat Field

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This module provides a new field type that allows you to select other fields from that content type (or any bundle), and it will concatenate their display values into a single field on save.

The example use case is then using the field as an exposed filter in a View.

Ideally you would use Apache Solr for this sort of thing, but in some cases when your theming focuses on view modes and formatters, and not Views output (by using Display Suite, for example), it allows you to build a regular view and still have an easy search across all fields.

Inline entity form rendered

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Attempt to provide an alternative IEF widget that renders the entities using a specific view mode. This has the added benefit of being able to re-use core's default multiple value widget handling.

Screenshot of the goals of this project:

Multifield

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This project seeks to provide a true compound field solution for Drupal 7. As much as I love Field collection, it still has to save actual entities, and can cause performance problems due to having to load all the referenced field collection entities on node, or parent entity load.

View the demo preview on YouTube

Limitations

  • The sub-fields inside the multifield are limited to one value. You can have a multiple value multifield, but the individual fields in in the multifield can only have one value.
  • You cannot have a multifield inside another multifield.
  • I've tried to test this with all the core field types, but more advanced fields may cause issues. I haven't run into any yet, but just be aware and test what you want to use.
  • I will be the first to admit, this solution is doing all kinds of unholy things to Drupal's field and entity APIs, so there may be unexpected dragons laying around that I haven't discovered.

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Recommended Modules

  • Multiple Value Widget: Improves the UI for managing complex multiple-value field widgets by using jQuery UI tabs.

Comparison to similar modules

  • Composed Field: Stores field values as serialized data. Hard to expose sub-fields in Views, Search API, etc.
  • Field Collection or ECK + Inline Entity Form: Stores field values as a reference to a sub-entity which contains the actual sub-field values. Adds additional layers of entities and fields.

Field Widget Storage API

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Description:

The Field Widget Storage API module is a storage engine that can be used by any field widget that needs to save extra configurations alongside a field. Developers are able to leverage the modules API so they don't have to worry about implementing CRUD functionality for their field widget.

Field Label Format

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This module provides configurable formatted field labels – including its HTML element, ID and classes – in alternate field formatters for each original formatter.

The label produced from this module does not override the default labels, meaning there will be duplicate labels if the original label is not set to Hidden.