Array of strings type Fieldtype

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Hi everyone, i’m struggling to make an array of strings field type.
I’m using the ‘tags’ field type, but i need to be able to repeat values on the array, and the tags field type is not helping :frowning:, at least using cockpit from the web interface.
Is there a way to allow tags to be repeated in the same field?

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Sorry to bother again, but no one knows how to allow same tag names in “tags” field from backend?

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Hey @mpw,

If you want something similar to taxonomies (tags), you have many options, e.g.:

Create a collection (named tags) and have a collection link (multiple) linking to tags collection.
Create a repeater field that has only one text field.
Create your own field with the functionality you need, you can copy the cockpit/assets/components/field-tags.tag to your addon (with a different name) and make the changes there.

Hope that helps.

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Thanks @pauloamgomes, i’ll try to create my own field, because using a collection link screws up my ‘desired’ json structure

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Ok, but remember that you can hook on the API and change the json, for example, let’s imagine you are using a collection link for tags, but you only want in the json the name (not the default attributes like _id, modified, etc…), you can create:

$app->on('collections.find.after.myCollectionName', function ($name, &$entries) use ($app) {
  foreach ($entries as $idx => $entry) {
    $entries[$idx] = $entry['name'];
  }
});

so when fetching a collection that links to “myCollectionName”, the linked field will have only the name as result.

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