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Netlify CMS Quick Fields

Using the manual initialization beta feature allows defining the CMS config in Javascript, which as opposed to YAML, is quite good at abstracting repetition. Netlify CMS Quick Fields adds a few sensible defaults on top.

page('home', [
  group('hero', [
    title(),
    string('subtitle', { hint: 'Aim for 10-30 charachters' }),
    image('backgroundImage'),
  ])
])

Features

Quickly define collections and fields
Handy defaults and shortcuts
Autocompletion-friendly types

Install

npm i netlify-cms-quick-fields

Usage

Follow the manual initialization instructions in the official docs.

In the collections field of the config file, use the postType function to generate folder collections and the page function for file collections. Collection functions and field collections share the same parameter convention (name, fields?, args). By default, labels are generated automatically by capitalizing names.

Currently, this package assumes ESM.

// config.js
import { postType, page, title, text, string } from 'netlify-cms-quick-fields'

const config = {
  backend: {
    name: 'git-gateway',
  },
  //...
  collections: [
    {
      posts: postType('posts', [
        string('headline'),
        text('content')
      ]),
      pages: {
        label: 'Pages',
        name: 'pages',
        files: [
          page('home', [
            title(),
            text()
          ]),
        ]
      }
    },
  ]
}

All primitive fields are optional by default. Inside a page or postType you can use the following fields corrosponding to their respective widgets:

string
text — name defaults to text
markdown / md — Name defaults to text
image — name defaults to image
date — name defaults to date
boolean
select — accepts an array of options (e.g. select('choice', [option('yes'), option('no')]))
object
list — by default is collapsed, and the label_singular is the name with the last letter truncated.
field — can be used for any widget, defaults to string
required — a required field
title — a required string with the default name title
url — a string with URL validation

Annotated example for a page

// about.js
import { page, title, object, string, image, list, md, text } from 'netlify-cms-quick-fields'

export default page('about', [
  object('hero', [
    title(), 
    //-> {widget: 'string', name: 'title', label: 'Title'}
    
    string('subtitle', { hint: 'Aim for 10-30 charachters' }),  
    //-> {widget: 'string', name: 'subtitle', label: 'Subtitle', required: false, hint: 'Aim for 10-30 charachters'}
    
    image('backgroundImage'),
    //-> {widget: 'image', name: 'backgroundImage', label: 'Background Image', required: false}
    
  ]),
  //-> {widget: 'object', name: 'hero', label: 'Hero', fields: [...]}
  list('features', [
    image('icon'),
    //-> {widget: 'image', name: 'icon', label: 'Icon', required: false}
    
    title(),
    //-> {widget: 'string', name: 'title', label: 'Title'}
    
    md()
    //-> {widget: 'markdown', name: 'text', label: 'Text', required: false}
  
  ]),
  //-> {widget: 'list', name: 'features', label: 'Features', collapsed: true, label_singular: 'Feature', fields: [...]}

  list('team', [
    image('headshot'),
    //-> {widget: 'image', name: 'headshot', label: 'Headshot', required: false}
    
    string('name', { required: true }),
    //-> {widget: 'string', name: 'name', label: 'Name'}
    
    text('bio'),
    //-> {widget: 'text', name: 'bio', label: 'Bio', required: false}
  
  ], { collpased: false, label_singular: 'Team Member' })
  //-> {widget: 'list', name: 'team', label: 'Team', collapsed: false, label_singular: 'Team Member', fields: [...]}
])

Todo

Better docs
Quick fields for all widgets
Better types for posts and pages
Include manual initialization and config file in package
Tooling to escape config to YAML

Thanks

Everyone working on Netlify CMS

Sanity Quick Fields for finally helping me figure out what to call this thing.

Usage no npm install needed!