Add option to softly rename field labels in UI

Created on 13 June 2014, almost 11 years ago

Updated 20 March 2025, 16 days ago

When it comes to fields a user attaches to an entity, the name of the field can be anything, and later can be changed by editing the field too.

This is not possible for base fields exposed in the Entity View and Entity Form View. Sometimes one field label "cannot rule them all" and due to the context of the particular entity bundle the field may need a different name(label).

So I propose that Field UI would allow us to "softly" change the field labels in order to achieve better user and "content" experience.

My idea is that in the "manage display" and "manage form display" pages the field label would be changed into a textfield. The original field name would be used as default value and also as suffix so we won't lose track of which fields are what.

This change(the field label) would be basically picked up by field formatters and widgets only and therefore no other code would be influenced by this.

✨ Feature request

Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

field_ui.module

Created by

mbkaba22

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Comment 16 days ago →
🇺🇸United States smustgrave
Thank you for sharing your idea for improving Drupal.

We are working to decide if this proposal meets the Criteria for evaluating proposed changes. There hasn't been any discussion here for over 8 years which suggests that this has either been implemented or there is no community support. Your thoughts on this will allow a decision to be made.

Since we need more information to move forward with this issue, the status is now Postponed (maintainer needs more info). If we don't receive additional information to help with the issue, it may be closed after three months.

Thanks!

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