include fieldgroups automatically to content type export with features [#1198606]

It is quite awesome to have fieldgroups being exportable with the Features module at this point but perhaps it could be even more awesome...

Right now, when you select a content type for export in the features module, you still need to select all the fieldgroups manually to include them in the feature. Since fieldgroups don't make a lot of sense without the content type, I think it would be more straight forward to have them included automatically.

It would save some time and clicking around in the fieldgroup listing when creating a feature, something that is easily overlooked when creating a content type feature and slightly annoying since the fieldgroups are listed alphabetically by fieldgroup name and not by the content type to which they belong.

Just a thought... thanks!

Comment	File	Size	Author
#5	1198606.field_group.export-node-type-field-groups-features.patch	867 bytes	joachim

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Comment #1

sjugge CreditAttribution: sjugge commented 24 June 2011 at 06:32

Title:

include fieldgroups automaticly to content type export with features

» include fieldgroups automatically to content type export with features

fixed title typo

Comment #2

nils.destoop CreditAttribution: nils.destoop commented 1 August 2011 at 19:25

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Active

» Closed (won't fix)

I looked at the features export from node, but it's not possible to hook into it.

Comment #3

sjugge CreditAttribution: sjugge commented 10 August 2011 at 04:54

Bummer, someday perhaps... thanks for looking in to it though!

Comment #4

joachim CreditAttribution: joachim commented 1 July 2015 at 12:27

Version:	7.x-1.x-dev	» 7.x-2.x-dev
Issue summary:	View changes
Status:	Closed (won't fix)	» Active

This is definitely doable now with Features.

For example, look at the way Strongarm does it to automatically export variables that are related to a node type.

Comment #5

joachim CreditAttribution: joachim commented 17 July 2015 at 10:32

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Active

» Needs review

File	Size
1198606.field_group.export-node-type-field-groups-features.patch	867 bytes

Here's a patch.

Comment #6

DamienMcKenna

NH, USA

CreditAttribution: DamienMcKenna at Mediacurrent commented 5 January 2017 at 22:58

Status:

Needs review

» Needs work

This should already work - as of #1278252: Fieldgroups should be created when adding the fields to the feature when you add a content type it should automatically add the fields, which will then automatically add the groups that the fields are in. However, it won't add any empty groups that exist which have no fields.