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Reference View in Entity Reference field

I have a content type that has an entity reference field allowing you to link to other pages and add a custom image, for nice big CTAs.

However, it's come to light that some of the links may need to be to Views that show content as a list or map.

The ER field has autocomplete enabled and it can't find the view by its URL e.g /my-view

Is there a plugin that would allow the field to find Views? Or do I have to change the content type and add a Link field instead?

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Views are config entities so you can target them to be referenced (see screenshots) and check [this post][1].

[![Add new field][2]][2]
[![Selecting ER field target type][3]][3]

The caveat is you can only point to a given entity type when using ER fields so you cannot have an ER field targeting content and config alike.

On the other hand almost any market solution referencing views aim to render it not just displaying a link pointing the view.

As you suggest using a link field can work around with your use case but the link form element only autocompletes content entities, you cannot type your views' display title and wait for it to get the proper URL for you. For that I'm afraid you need to provide your own widget/form element (and controller). Check [this][4] and [this][5] about how to build your own autocomplete widget/form element for a text field and [this post][6] from Drupal.org docs on how to build your own field formatter.

Also worth noticing that Views URL's are used on limited display types (Page, Feeds, possibly 2 more but I'm not quite sure) and is considered a route, not a path or link like when building a menu link item.

Hope this points you in the right direction.

  [1]: https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/225905/entity-reference-field-pointing-to-a-configuration-entity
  [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/Y9Rx3.png
  [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/bSe0P.png
  [4]: https://antistatique.net/en/we/blog/2019/07/10/how-to-create-a-custom-autocomplete-using-the-drupal-8-form-api
  [5]: https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/200038/adding-autocomplete-for-text-field
  [6]: https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/creating-custom-modules/creating-custom-field-types-widgets-and-formatters/create-a-custom-0

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There is a Catch 22 with this situation too: When editing your page and searching for your View, all enabled Views will be exposed. You would normally change the Field to use 'Entity Reference View' to only expose the subset you want, but ER Views can't expose Views themselves as they are config, not content.

Timmah
– Timmah

2023-01-04 21:49:27 +00:00
Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 21:49
Yes, is an disadvantage but can be "solved" either extending ER field widget to exclude certain views or just include the ones required for the feature, or by implementing hook_form_alter or hook_field_widget_single_element_WIDGET_TYPE_form_alter if you want a nip tuck solution.

d70rr3s
– d70rr3s

2023-01-09 08:47:57 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2023 at 8:47

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