Structured Content in an Unstructured World.

Insert Field provides a method of inserting fields into any text field on the current entity. It does so by using HTML Comments <!-- field_name[delta] --> that can easily be ignored if Insert Field is disabled.

Insert Field allows the administrator to assign which fields can be inserted and which text fields they can be inserted into. The editor is provided with tabs (closed by default) where the specific field can be selected. An "Insert" button is provided for editors to be able to easily insert the HTML comment at the current cursor. If the editor modifies the order of the fields (thereby changing the "delta"), Insert Field will accommodate for this and alter the delta in the text field. The admin also has the ability to dynamically control the display of the inserted field on a per display mode basis. The field may not even be inserted at all in some display modes (such as "Teaser"), in which case processing will be skipped almost entirely and the HTML comment will be printed rather than the field itself.

1. Install as you would normally install a contributed Drupal module. See: https://drupal.org/documentation/install/modules-themes/modules-7 for further information.
2. Enable Insert Field UI which provides the UI documented.
3. Clear Drupal's Cache. See: https://www.drupal.org/documentation/clearing-rebuilding-cache

Insert Field requires the following modules:

• Text

Insert Field UI requires the following modules & libraries:

• Insert Field
• jQuery Caret Plugin

1. Create a Content Type (or use an existing one). See: https://www.drupal.org/node/774728
2. Add a Text Field (or use an existing one). See: https://www.drupal.org/node/774742
3. Create a field you'd like to be inserted into the text field (or use an existing one). See: https://www.drupal.org/node/774742
4. From the Manage Fields page, move the field that will be inserted beneath the text field and slide it to the right. This should look like a Drupal hierarchy (Menus, Taxonomy Terms, etc.).
5. From the Manage Display go to the view mode (default, teaser, etc.) that should have the field inserted. Perform the same action from step 4 on this display.
6. Create a new peice of content (or use an existing one) of the same type in step 1. See: https://www.drupal.org/node/120635
7. There should now be a tab to the top right of your text field, click the tab and the insert field will be revealed.
8. Set a value for the field.
9. Click somewhere inside of your text field and click Insert. This will insert an HTML comment like <!-- field_name[0] --> into your text field.
10. Click Save at the bottom of the form.

Current maintainers:

• David Barratt (davidwbarratt)