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Is there a way to delete a field definition. I created one to test and now I can't delete. Also if you click on edit, it will not give you the option to edit the Type.

I can see that there is a action.admin_deletefielddef.php in the new module directory, but where is the icon to allow you to delete.

Ok, I figured out how to add the delete icon. in function.admin_customfieldstab.php

find

       
$onerow->editlink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'admin_editfielddef', $returnid, $gCms->variables['admintheme']->DisplayImage('icons/system/edit.gif', $this->Lang('edit'),'','','systemicon'), array('fdid'=>$row['id']));

add above that (or below):

$onerow->deletelink = $this->CreateLink($id, 'admin_deletefielddef', $returnid, $gCms->variables['admintheme']->DisplayImage('icons/system/delete.gif', $this->Lang('delete'),'','','systemicon'), array('fdid'=>$row['id']));

To add the type dropdown:

find:

$smarty->assign('showinputtype', false);
$smarty->assign('inputtype', $this->CreateInputHidden($id, 'type', $type));

replace with:

$smarty->assign('showinputtype', true);
$smarty->assign('inputtype', $this->GetTypesDropdown($id, 'type', $type));

Was there a reason why that was hidden by default? It would be nice if there's field definition for pages.

Because deleting field definitions should go through and delete that field from all news articles, and if it is a file type field remove the file, otherwise the data is orphaned.  Similarly with changing the type there is a potential to orphan the data.

This functionality wasn't complete yet, so thererfore the edit and delete field definition options were left out.

Good to know - this Field Definition option will be great for Pages also.