Custom type definition directions

[armellarcier]

Hey all!
I need directions to create a custom field type.
I store arrays of json objects in one of my models and I need a field to sort that array.
It would basically display a sortable list.
Problem is, the directions given in doc/Custom-types.md don't say in what environment to work.
Should I fork admin-config and add my new type in there, then fork ng-admin, update the admin-config dependency to match my repository and build the minified js??

As you can see, I'm pretty lost here.

Thanks in advance and cheers to your work!

[armellarcier]

The this I'm trying to accomplish is "pretty simple" : a sortable reference_many field type with the possibility of having objects of different types (entity) in the reference array :

The feed gives me :

{
    "appId": "55e00f7c7a988f9660cdc442",
    "name": "First category",
    "categories": null,
    "children": [
      {
        "type": "category",
        "id": "55e013727a988f9660cdc446"
      },
      {
        "type": "category",
        "id": "55e013907a988f9660cdc448"
      },
      {
        "type": "post",
        "id": "55e013b17a988f9660cdc449"
      },
      {
        "type": "post",
        "id": "55e013b97a988f9660cdc44a"
      }
    ],
    "id": "55e0135a7a988f9660cdc445"
  }

And I need to display each object of children in a sortable list and be able to save that array.
as you can see, type references the entity the object refers to.

I guess I have to create a custom field type but I don't know whether I'll need to for both ng-admin and ng-config or just extend a view...

[sylvainlap]

+1

[fzaninotto]

This really depends on which tools you're using (requirejs, browserify, webpack). Let me work on an example for webpack and publish it so that you can see a reference implementation.

[armellarcier]

yay! I guess I'll need to work on sources and build on the fly then? Thanks! I'm really looking forward to this!