Sitecore form's custom field not saving in database

Question

I have created a custom field "RichtextCheckbox" in Sitecore forms after following this tutorial (https://pushpaganan.home.blog/2020/02/06/adding-a-custom-rich-text-field-to-sitecore-forms/)

I have created RichtextCheckbox under /sitecore/client/Applications/FormsBuilder/Components/Layouts/PropertyGridForm/PageSettings/Settings/RichTextCheckbox

/sitecore/templates/System/Forms/Fields/Custom Fields/RichText Checkbox

/sitecore/system/Settings/Forms/Field Types/Basic/RichText Checkbox

This is the code.

protected override void InitItemProperties(Item item)
        {
            base.InitItemProperties(item);
            RichText = StringUtil.GetString(item.Fields["Rich Text"]);      
        }

        protected override void UpdateItemFields(Item item)
        {
            base.UpdateItemFields(item);
            item.Fields["Rich Text"]?.SetValue(RichText, true);         
        }

 @Html.Raw(Model.RichText)

I have created a form and added Default form save action. While posting form data to database,the custom field is not saved in database

I have inherited Save settings template in the RichText Checkbox template and also the "Allow Save" option is checked under the form (/sitecore/Forms/Test form/page/richtextcheckbox)

But the custom field is not saving. Is there anything missing in my code?

Answer 1

Based on your provided code, you are trying to implement a custom form element, which does not have any HTML input, so nothing will be saved in the database. (Nothing will be posted to the server).

If you want to save any data to the database, you should create a custom form field. You can follow this article

https://doc.sitecore.com/developers/90/sitecore-experience-manager/en/walkthrough--creating-a-custom-rating-element.html

If you need to prefill your custom field some data, you can implement a form value provider https://doc.sitecore.com/developers/91/sitecore-experience-manager/en/walkthrough--setting-up-a-value-provider-for-prefilling-forms.html

I think you can have a look at this extension, it might cover what you want to achieve it. https://github.com/bartverdonck/Sitecore-Forms-Extensions

Answer 2

I've had the same issue, but mine was a result of duplicating an existing template.

The new item contained the wrong value for the field type in Standard Values, so the model being posted back was wrong.

You can double check this by checking what template the field is using under /sitecore/Forms/form/page/field