{"id":1017343,"date":"2015-10-23T09:07:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/feature-request-description-text-for-custom-fields\/"},"modified":"2015-10-26T17:11:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T00:11:16","slug":"feature-request-description-text-for-custom-fields","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/feature-request-description-text-for-custom-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature Request: Description Text for Custom Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>It would be really useful if I could add description text for custom fields.  This text would appear on the admin page probably in small italics underneath the provided Field Label.  Currently, I have to access the field by the full label in the code.  For example<\/p>\n<pre><code>$fields = tribe_get_custom_fields();\n$show_accommodations_info = $fields[&quot;Hide Accommodations Info Links? (shown by default)&quot;] != &quot;hide&quot;;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This is kind of awkward, especially if I need long\/detailed help text.  And, it is error prone &#8211; if I want to change the help text, I have to change the Field Label, which means I have to change any code that accesses it in the array.<\/p>\n<p>It would be helpful if I could access the $fields array another way, such as:<\/p>\n<pre><code>$fields = tribe_get_custom_fields();\n$show_accommodations_info = $fields[&quot;_ecp_custom_10[]&quot;] != &quot;hide&quot;;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This would alleviate the potential error caused by changing the &#8220;Field Label&#8221; text, though it would still be useful to have a description that is separate from the label.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1017343","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Feature Request: Description Text for Custom Fields -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/feature-request-description-text-for-custom-fields\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Feature Request: Description Text for Custom Fields -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello, It would be really useful if I could add description text for custom fields. 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