Setting the name of a collection

taun2160

3 months ago

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import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types';

const BlogCategories: CollectionConfig = {
  slug: 'blogcategories',
  admin: {
    useAsTitle: 'name',
  },
  access: {
    read: () => true,
  },
  fields: [
    {
      name: 'name',
      type: 'text',
    },
  ],
  timestamps: false,
};

export default BlogCategories;

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  Good afternoon @taun2160 !

  
  

  
  

  Check out the "labels" property on collections

  
  

  
  

  https://payloadcms.com/docs/configuration/collections
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  taun2160

  3 months ago

  Oh yes, forgot about labels.. Thanks Chris.

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  No prob 😄

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  taun2160

  3 months ago

  How is it written? Clearly not like this:

  
  

   import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types';
  
  const BlogCategories: CollectionConfig = {
    slug: 'blog_categories',
    label: 'Blog Categories',
    admin: {
      useAsTitle: 'name',
    },
    access: {
      read: () => true,
    },
    fields: [
      {
        name: 'name',
        type: 'text',
      },
    ],
    
    timestamps: false,
  };
  
  export default BlogCategories;

  
  
  

  In the docs i found an example of a field label in use, but not for the name of the collection

  
  
  

   fields: [
      {
        name: 'title',
        label: 'Page Title',
        type: 'text',
        required: true,
        localized: true,
      },

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  tinouti

  3 months ago

  Pretty sure the automatic labels also respect camel case. So setting the slug to

  blogCategories

  should also work.

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  taun2160

  3 months ago

  By naming it do you mean labeling it? Or sluggin it?

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  tinouti

  3 months ago

  Haha sorry just updated my message 😂

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  taun2160

  3 months ago

  Haha, cool, thanks. I assume camelcase is also GraphQL friendly?

  
  

  
  

  I received a graphql regarding the name, not sure what that was about.

  
  

  
  

  Do you know how I can define the label, instead of using the slug?

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  tylandavis

  Payload Team

  3 months ago

  To change the label of the collection, use

  labels

  on your collection config.

  
  

  labels: {
    singular: 'Blog Category',
    plural: 'Blog Categories'
  }

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  tinouti

  3 months ago

  I was gonna link to the docs, but looks like we don't use the

  labels

  property in the examples (

  https://payloadcms.com/docs/configuration/collections

  ). Probably a good PR opportunity there. 😄