I have been working with ModelAdmin and I'm having trouble getting the fields to display the way I want. When I click the create record button the fields are displayed on the tabs I have created, but some of them I want to be inside a fieldgroup.

function getCMSFields()
   {
      $fields = parent::getCMSFields();

      $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField('Name', 'Name'));   
      $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField('Country', 'Country'));
      $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField('Continent', 'Continent'));
      $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new FieldGroup(
         new TextField('FirstYear', 'First Year'),
         new TextField('LastYear', 'LastYear')
      ));

      return $fields;
   }

I get this error with this code.

Error: "collateDataFields() I noticed that a field called 'FirstYear' appears twice in your form: 'Form_AddForm'. One is a 'TextField' and the other is a 'TextField'" at line 140 of ....../sapphire/forms/CompositeField.php

Is this not supported in ModelAdmin, or am I missing something?

Hi swaiba

Thanks for the reply.

That took the error away but it did not move those two fields to be beside each other. This isn't a huge issue, purely aesthetics. I have 50 or more fields in this model and I'm just trying to minimize scrolling.

Swaiba,

Would you mind explaining this a little further.

I searched through the whole forum about creating a nicer layout for the modeladmin form. All i find are "bits-and-pieces".

I need to reorganize the modeladmin form to get a 'cleaner' presentation. Meaning; more fields in a row and put each field in the next row directly above/below the other fields.

I read a lot about insertafter insertbefore etc. but i just can't get any 'grip'on it.

I've used fieldgroups now... it works but it's not getting any nicer.

I attached a file to explain.

Swaiba,

I'm sorry...Yes you did send me that link in an other post. One question remains...how and where do i specify the strings $strStartField and $strEndField?

Would it be like $strEndField = array() ?