Beginning Drupal 8

Chapter 5 ■ Content Types
Figure 5-28. File upload configuration parameters
Figure 5-29 shows the new file upload field on the event creation form.
Figure 5-29. File upload field
Text Area
There will likely be scenarios where you want to provide a field on a content creation form that enables an
author to enter a paragraph or more of text. While you could provide this capability through a text field
(a single-line text-entry box), the more acceptable and standard way is to provide a text area. Extending our
event example, let’s add a new field that will be used to capture driving directions to the venue. To create a
text area, follow the same steps as we used to create other fields in the previous sections. Click the “Add field”
button on the “Manage fields” page for our Event content type and select “Text (formatted, long)” from the
“Add a new field” list of options (refer to Figure 5-17). Enter “Driving directions” in the Label field and then
click the “Save and continue” button.
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