[#42347] - [6.1] Subform Grid layout, an alternative for unresponsive Table layout
- Fixed in Code Base
- 9 Jan 2026
- Medium
- Build: 5.1-dev
- # 42347
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- Fedik:subform-grid-layout
User tests: Successful: Unsuccessful:
Pull Request for Issue #29241.
Summary of Changes
Adds a new layout that rendering subforms fields in Grid (which partially mimic the table look).
Which make it more responsive.
It is not 1:1 replacement for table, here is no headers and the labels is rendered within the input.
But in most cases should be good for such views.
Testing Instructions
Run npm install
Create subform field somewhere:
<field type="subform" name="subform1" label="subform1" multiple="true"
layout="joomla.form.field.subform.repeatable-grid">
<form>
<field type="text" name="text" label="Text"/>
<field type="text" name="text2" label="Text2"/>
<field type="text" name="text3" label="Text3"/>
</form>
</field>
<field type="subform" name="subform2" label="subform2" multiple="true" groupByFieldset="true"
layout="joomla.form.field.subform.repeatable-grid">
<form>
<fieldset name="set1" label="Set 1">
<field type="text" name="text" label="Text"/>
</fieldset>
<fieldset name="set2" label="Set 1">
<field type="text" name="text2" label="Text2"/>
<field type="text" name="text3" label="Text3"/>
</fieldset>
</form>
</field>And check that it looks good on small and normal screens.
Also try edit the Custom field options for List field in backend, with browser width around 1000-1200px
Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
The options input for List field is cutted:
Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
Testing field works.
The options input for List field looks good:
Link to documentations
Please select:
- Documentation link for docs.joomla.org: https://docs.joomla.org/Subform_form_field_type
- No documentation changes for docs.joomla.org needed
- Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org: joomla/Manual#572
- No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed
Please write your opinions.
Do we need this, do we do it in this way or should be something else. Thanks!
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 9de6e35
Tested with custom fields and works as expected. Just one more thing, had to use npm ci instead of npm install.
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on c80752c
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Really works nicely
Has this been checked for accessibility?
I have tested this item ✅ successfully on c80752c
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Has this been checked for accessibility?
It is a regular fields in grid arrangement nothing fancy, what can go wrong? 😉
quite a lot
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Are you really happy with the descriptions not be shown in a tooltip or only once for a column?
I mean maybe the user example is a bad example and without description it's better...
Yes, I am good with that. There are fields with much more text in description.
Also there is a switch show/hide help on this page.
the switch doesn't work. It doesn't work for any subform.
Then it is a bug. But not related to current PR.
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@tecpromotion I made PR to the manual, please check if it good it can be also merged.
@Fedik tested in an own component and really like it.
My subform in three variants after Patch: repeatable, repeatable-grid and repeatable-table