Field Panel Tabs

A set of one or more tab cards contains the fields that make up the content item. The fields that make up a content item vary widely from publication to publication. A publication will also usually contain a number of different types of content item, each of which has different fields.

The fields may all be displayed on a single tab card, or may be divided among several. This also varies between publications (and within publications according to content type). The following illustration shows a typical set of field tabs (Main Content and Geotag). The field tabs in your publication may, however, look quite different.

At least one of the fields in a content item will often be a large text field (often called body) that is used to hold the main body of the content item. Otherwise, fields can vary widely. Some allow any kind of text to be entered, others are more restrictive: they have a maximum length, or only allow you to enter numbers, or only allow numbers within a particular range. Other fields may only allow you to select an option from a pull-down menu, or switch an option on by checking a box. One special type of field (called a gallery field) looks and behaves like a relation (see Relations), in that you can drop items on to it. This kind of field is intended to simplify the editing of picture gallery content items.

The content item's section bars (see Section Bars) are displayed at the bottom of the first field tab card.

The content item's relations (see Relations) are displayed to the right of the fields in the first field tab card, but only if relation display is switched on. To switch relation display on and off, select View > Show Content Relations or press Ctrl+F7.