Group Field

The Group Field allows Fields to be nested under a common property name. It also groups fields together visually in the Admin Panel.

Admin Panel screenshot of a Group field

To add a Group Field, set the type to group in your Field Config:

1import type { Field } from 'payload'
2
3export const MyGroupField: Field = {
4  // ...
5  type: 'group',
6  fields: [
7    // ...
8  ],
9}

Config Options

Option	Description
`name`	To be used as the property name when stored and retrieved from the database. More details.
`fields` *	Array of field types to nest within this Group.
`label`	Used as a heading in the Admin Panel and to name the generated GraphQL type. Defaults to the field name, if defined.
`validate`	Provide a custom validation function that will be executed on both the Admin Panel and the backend. More details.
`saveToJWT`	If this field is top-level and nested in a config supporting Authentication, include its data in the user JWT.
`hooks`	Provide Field Hooks to control logic for this field. More details.
`access`	Provide Field Access Control to denote what users can see and do with this field's data. More details.
`hidden`	Restrict this field's visibility from all APIs entirely. Will still be saved to the database, but will not appear in any API or the Admin Panel.
`defaultValue`	Provide an object of data to be used for this field's default value. More details.
`localized`	Enable localization for this field. Requires localization to be enabled in the Base config. If enabled, a separate, localized set of all data within this Group will be kept, so there is no need to specify each nested field as `localized`.
`admin`	Admin-specific configuration. More details.
`custom`	Extension point for adding custom data (e.g. for plugins)
`interfaceName`	Create a top level, reusable Typescript interface & GraphQL type.
`typescriptSchema`	Override field type generation with providing a JSON schema
`virtual`	Provide `true` to disable field in the database. See Virtual Fields

* An asterisk denotes that a property is required.

Admin Options

To customize the appearance and behavior of the Group Field in the Admin Panel, you can use the admin option:

1import type { Field } from 'payload'
2
3export const MyGroupField: Field = {
4  // ...
5  admin: {
6    
7    // ...
8  },
9}

The Group Field inherits all of the default admin options from the base Field Admin Config, plus the following additional options:

Option	Description
`hideGutter`	Set this property to `true` to hide this field's gutter within the Admin Panel. The field gutter is rendered as a vertical line and padding, but often if this field is nested within a Group, Block, or Array, you may want to hide the gutter.

Example

1import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
2
3export const ExampleCollection: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'example-collection',
fields: [
  {
    name: 'pageMeta',
    type: 'group', // required
    interfaceName: 'Meta', // optional
    fields: [
      // required
      {
        name: 'title',
        type: 'text',
        required: true,
        minLength: 20,
        maxLength: 100,
      },
      {
        name: 'description',
        type: 'textarea',
        required: true,
        minLength: 40,
        maxLength: 160,
      },
    ],
  },
],
29}

You can also use the Group field to only visually group fields without affecting the data structure. Not defining a name will render just the grouped fields (no nested object is created). If you want the group to appear as a titled section in the Admin UI, set a label.

1import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
2
3export const ExampleCollection: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'example-collection',
fields: [
  {
    label: 'Page meta', // label only → presentational
    type: 'group', // required
    fields: [
      {
        name: 'title',
        type: 'text',
        required: true,
        minLength: 20,
        maxLength: 100,
      },
      {
        name: 'description',
        type: 'textarea',
        required: true,
        minLength: 40,
        maxLength: 160,
      },
    ],
  },
],
27}

Named group

1import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
2
3export const ExampleCollection: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'example-collection',
fields: [
  {
    name: 'pageMeta', // name → nested object in data
    label: 'Page meta',
    type: 'group', // required
    fields: [
      {
        name: 'title',
        type: 'text',
        required: true,
        minLength: 20,
        maxLength: 100,
      },
      {
        name: 'description',
        type: 'textarea',
        required: true,
        minLength: 40,
        maxLength: 160,
      },
    ],
  },
],
28}

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Group Field

Config Options

Admin Options

Example

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