2015-08-22, 09:41 AM
Profile fields in MyBB 2.0 have received a much needed update. Profile fields can be organised within groups, and can be a configured to use a variety of different input types. In addition, profile fields can also have validation rules to ensure only certain types of data can be entered by users. Some of the currently supported field types are:
All of these different input types will use semantic HTML5 input types, and we plan to add support for running the parser upon profile fields and using the rich text (WYSIWYG) editor.
![[Image: screen-shot-2015-07-01-at-20-03-04.png]](https://camo.mybb.com/4154be67474f45adecd3720f26cb3fd83f854f64/68747470733a2f2f626c6f67646f746d796262646f74636f6d2e66696c65732e776f726470726573732e636f6d2f323031352f30372f73637265656e2d73686f742d323031352d30372d30312d61742d32302d30332d30342e706e67)
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![[Image: screen-shot-2015-07-01-at-20-03-34.png]](https://camo.mybb.com/731ea6b6aaeaf856a9fe232964d3d36536693c54/68747470733a2f2f626c6f67646f746d796262646f74636f6d2e66696c65732e776f726470726573732e636f6d2f323031352f30372f73637265656e2d73686f742d323031352d30372d30312d61742d32302d30332d33342e706e67)
- Select – a drop down box of options from which a single value can be chosen.
- Text – A simple textbox.
- Email – A textbox allowing only valid email addresses.
- URL – A textbox allowing only valid URLs.
- Number – A numerical input box, with up/down arrows.
- Text Area – A simple text area to input larger amounts of text.
All of these different input types will use semantic HTML5 input types, and we plan to add support for running the parser upon profile fields and using the rich text (WYSIWYG) editor.
