Customize your fields

Your fields are what contains your data. They belong to a collection, so in order to customize them, go to your Collection settings by enabling the Layout Editor mode.

Here's an example of what you'll see in the Fields tab:

Basic settings

As you can see below - (1), you can change how your field's name will be displayed to your users.

You can also add a description (2) which will be displayed when you edit your data via this field.

Other options are also available:

• Read only: Enable if you don't want anyone modifying the data of this field

• Filtering enabled: Disable if you don't want anyone using a filter on this field

• Use labels: Enable if if you want to display values differently than how they are stored in the database.

Edit settings

This section is where you will adjust how you edit this field. First, select a widget. A widget is an interface tool which will be displayed when you edit your data. Here are a few examples:

The list of available edit widgets will depend on the type of your field. Here is the complete list:

Display settings

Then select a display widget. This is how you will control how your data is displayed in your views (table view, summary view, related data views, etc).

The list of available display widgets will depend on the type of your field. Here is the complete list: