Quick Reference

Complete list of the field types including their default settings:

string

StringField

• StringField
• searchable=1

text

TextField

• StringField
• searchable=1
• TextAreaWidget()

richtext

TextField

• TextField
• default_output_type=text/html
• allowed_content_types=(text/plain,text/structured,text/html,application/msword,)

selection

StringField with SelectionWidget

• StringField

multiselection

LinesField with SelctionWidget

• LinesField
• multiValued=1

integer

IntegerField

• IntegerField
• searchable=1

float

Floatfield

• FloatField
• searchable=1
• DecimalWidget()

boolean

BoleanField

• BooleanField
• searchable=1

lines

LinesField

• LinesField
• searchable=1

date

DateTimeField

• DateTimeField
• searchable=1

image

ImageField

• ImageField
• sizes ={'small':(100,100),'medium':(200,200),'large':(600,600)}
• AttributeStorage()

file

FileField

• FileField
• AttributeStorage()
• FileWidget()

lines

LinesField

• LinesField
• searchable=1

fixedpoint

FixedPointField

• FixedPointField

date

DateField

• DateTimeField
• AttributeStorage()

reference

ReferenceField

• ReferenceField

backreference

BackReferenceField

• BackReferenceField

computed

ComputedField

• ComputedField

photo

PhotoField

• PhotoField

Tagged values for fields:

searchable

register and index the field in the catalog,

• 1 .. register and index
• 0 .. don't register and index

storage

AttributeStorage(), SQLStorage(), ....

sizes

defines the sizes of the images in a ImageField example: python:{'small':(80,80),'medium':(200,2000),'large':(600,600)}

default_method

the method that is called to compute the default value

required

defines whether a field should be rendered required, or not.

• 1 .. field is required
• 0 .. field is not required

accessor

defines the accessor of a field

vocabulary

defines the vocabulary or the method generating a vocabulary

allowed_types

defines the allowed types in a ReferenceField

relationship

defines the relationship, used in a ReferenceField

multiValued

defines whether a SelectionField accepts one or more values,

• 1 .. multivalued
• 0 .. singlevalued

These tagged values are just the ones handy for fields, the full lists of tagged values and stereotypes are shown on the next two pages.