Loading Custom View?

[ategenkamp]

I am trying to follow along with this forum thread and dev doc to change the display and add a new address field:

https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/general/867-adding-new-field-to-addresses

https://docs.espocrm.com/development/customize-standard-fields/

However, when I follow for "Customizing field type" (same in forum and docs) and I refresh the lead or account, I get the following files loaded in the DevTools instead of my custom ones:

/client/src/views/fields/address.js?_=1617214960188
/client/res/templates/fields/address/detail.tpl?_=1617214960219

I thought it would load these since /client/custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata/fields/address.json exists:
/client/custom/src/views/fields/address.js
/client/custom/res/templates/fields/address/detail.tpl

Am I misunderstanding or misapplying something? My address.json file is just as documented:

{ "view": "custom:views/fields/address" }

How can I debug this and get it to load my custom address files?

Thanks,
Andrew

[telecastg]

You need to create a custom entityDefs file for the target entity ("Lead" for example) and specify there the custom view that you wish to invoke to render the "address" field.

application/Espo/Modules/Crm/Resources/metadata/entityDefs/Lead.json

{
    "fields": {
        "address": {
            "type": "address",
[COLOR=#c0392b]          "view": "custom:views/fields/address",[/COLOR]
            "isPersonalData": true
        }
    }
}

Clear cache and rebuild.

The "Lead" entity should display the "address" field now using your custom view class.

You will need to replicate this step for each entity where you wish to render the "address" field using your custom class.

Since you are a new user (welcome to the forum by the way ) I suggest that you check this post https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/deve...ange-something , it will help giving you a "road map" for the application structure.