Mastering Drupal 8

Adding fields

We can begin adding new fields by clicking on the Add field button. For the purpose of demonstration, we will add a field to capture the Full name of the user.

As shown in the preceding screenshot, we have selected the Text (plain) field from the Add a new field drop-down, followed by supplying a Label for our field called Full name.

Once we have chosen our field and provided a label, we can click on the Save and continue button.

From the Field settings page, we can choose a Maximum length of characters that our field will hold as well as the Allowed number of values. The Allowed number of values provides us with the ability ...