Module Development Series – Magento Admin Module

n this tutorial, we are going to see all the different form fields we can use in admin forms.

Magento has many different type of field available by default, so lets see the syntax of using each of these fields. This tutorial is in continuation of the previous tutorial so the same classes will be used as in the previous post.
All the code’s written below are written in the class Excellence_Form_Block_Adminhtml_Form_Edit_Tab_Form inside the _prepareForm() function as shown in previous tutorial. All the different type of form fields available in magento are located in folder lib\Varien\Data\Form\Element

Text Field

Here is how to add a text field to an admin form, with a list of all the options

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$fieldset->addField('title', 'text', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Title3'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "alert('on click');",
          'onchange' => "alert('on change');",
          'style'   => "border:10px",
          'value'  => 'hello !!',
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => true,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
Time
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$fieldset->addField('time', 'time', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Time'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'value'  => '12,04,15',
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
TextArea
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$fieldset->addField('textarea', 'textarea', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('TextArea'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'value'  => '<b><b/>',
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
Submit Button
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$fieldset->addField('submit', 'submit', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Submit'),
          'required'  => true,
          'value'  => 'Submit',
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
DropDown
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$fieldset->addField('select', 'select', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Select'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'value'  => '1',
          'values' => array('-1'=>'Please Select..','1' => 'Option1','2' => 'Option2', '3' => 'Option3'),
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));

Here is another version of the drop down

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$fieldset->addField('select2', 'select', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Select Type2'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'value'  => '4',
          'values' => array(
                                '-1'=>'Please Select..',
                                '1' => array(
                                                'value'=> array(array('value'=>'2' , 'label' => 'Option2') , array('value'=>'3' , 'label' =>'Option3') ),
                                                'label' => 'Size'
                                           ),
                                '2' => array(
                                                'value'=> array(array('value'=>'4' , 'label' => 'Option4') , array('value'=>'5' , 'label' =>'Option5') ),
                                                'label' => 'Color'
                                           ),                                         
                                 
                           ),
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
Radio Button
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$fieldset->addField('radio', 'radio', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Radio'),
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'value'  => '1',
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
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$fieldset->addField('radio2', 'radios', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Radios'),
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'value'  => '2',
          'values' => array(
                            array('value'=>'1','label'=>'Radio1'),
                            array('value'=>'2','label'=>'Radio2'),
                            array('value'=>'3','label'=>'Radio3'),
                       ),
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
Password Field
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$fieldset->addField('password', 'password', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Password'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'style'   => "",
          'value'  => 'hello !!',
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
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$fieldset->addField('obscure', 'obscure', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Obscure'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'obscure',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'style'   => "",
          'value'  => '123456789',
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
Note
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$fieldset->addField('note', 'note', array(
          'text'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Text Text'),
        ));
Multiselect
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$fieldset->addField('multiselect2', 'multiselect', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Select Type2'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "return false;",
          'onchange' => "return false;",
          'value'  => '4',
          'values' => array(
                                '-1'=> array( 'label' => 'Please Select..', 'value' => '-1'),
                                '1' => array(
                                                'value'=> array(array('value'=>'2' , 'label' => 'Option2') , array('value'=>'3' , 'label' =>'Option3') ),
                                                'label' => 'Size'
                                           ),
                                '2' => array(
                                                'value'=> array(array('value'=>'4' , 'label' => 'Option4') , array('value'=>'5' , 'label' =>'Option5') ),
                                                'label' => 'Color'
                                           ),                                         
                                 
                           ),
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
       
Multiline
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$fieldset->addField('multiline', 'multiline', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Multi Line'),
          'class'     => 'required-entry',
          'required'  => true,
          'name'      => 'title',
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'style'   => "border:10px",
          'value'  => 'hello !!',
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => true,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
Link
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$fieldset->addField('link', 'link', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Link'),
          'style'   => "",
          'href' => 'www.excellencemagentoblog.com',
          'value'  => 'Magento Blog',
          'after_element_html' => ''
        ));
Label
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$fieldset->addField('label', 'label', array(
          'value'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Label Text'),
        ));
Image Upload
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$fieldset->addField('image', 'image', array(
        ));
File Upload
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$fieldset->addField('file', 'file', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Upload'),
          'value'  => 'Uplaod',
          'disabled' => false,
          'readonly' => true,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
Date
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$fieldset->addField('date', 'date', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Date'),
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1,
          'image' => $this->getSkinUrl('images/grid-cal.gif'),
          'format' => Mage::app()->getLocale()->getDateFormat(Mage_Core_Model_Locale::FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT)
        ));
Checkbox
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$fieldset->addField('checkbox', 'checkbox', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Checkbox'),
          'name'      => 'Checkbox',
          'checked' => false,
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'value'  => '1',
          'disabled' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));
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$fieldset->addField('checkboxes', 'checkboxes', array(
          'label'     => Mage::helper('form')->__('Checkboxs'),
          'name'      => 'Checkbox',
          'values' => array(
                            array('value'=>'1','label'=>'Checkbox1'),
                            array('value'=>'2','label'=>'Checkbox2'),
                            array('value'=>'3','label'=>'Checkbox3'),
                       ),
          'onclick' => "",
          'onchange' => "",
          'value'  => '1',
          'disabled' => false,
          'after_element_html' => '<small>Comments</small>',
          'tabindex' => 1
        ));

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