Continuation of #10741. Field-level admin options, including the
conditional logic and custom field components, are currently documented
within the "admin > customizing views" page. This makes them hard to
find because users, myself included, intuitively navigate to the fields
overview doc first to locate this information. Now, they are rendered
within "fields > overview" as expected. This should help keep the user
from jumping around from doc to doc and getting lost.
1
`import type { Field } from 'payload/types'`
to
`import type { Field } from 'payload'`
2
`import { buildConfig } from 'payload/config'`
to
`import { buildConfig } from 'payload'`
3
```
import { SelectInput, useField } from 'payload/components/forms';
import { useAuth } from 'payload/components/utilities';
```
to
`import { SelectInput, useAuth, useField } from '@payloadcms/ui'`
4
uses `import type` for `import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'`
## Description
Adds `virtual` property to the fields config. Providing `true`
completely disables the field in the DB, which is useful for [Virtual
Fields](https://payloadcms.com/blog/learn-how-virtual-fields-can-help-solve-common-cms-challenges)
Disables abillity to query by a field with `virtual: true`.
Currently, they bloat the DB with unused tables / columns, which may as
well introduce additional joins.
Discussion https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/discussions/6270
Prev PR (this one contains only this feature):
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/6983
- [x] I have read and understand the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
document in this repository.
## Type of change
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- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [x] This change requires a documentation update
## Checklist:
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] Existing test suite passes locally with my changes
- [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
* chore: ensures example configs are being exported when necessary
* chore: adds note regarding updating of hidden fields
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Co-authored-by: Jessica Boezwinkle <jessica@trbl.design>