I'm new to October CMS and learning to create a Form Widget. But I'm getting the following error :

The partial '_field_actorbox.htm' is not found.
/opt/lampp/htdocs/octobermovies/modules/system/traits/ViewMaker.php line 65

My widget folder name is 'formwidgets' My partials file name inside partials folder is '_widget.htm' Content of my formwidgets > Actorbox.php

namespace Watchlearn\Movies\FormWidgets;

use Backend\Classes\FormWidgetBase;
use Config;

class ActorBox extends FormWidgetBase
{
    public function widgetDetails()
    {
        return [
            'name' => 'Actorbox',
            'description' => 'Field for adding actors'
        ];
    }

    public function render(){
        return $this->makePartial('widget');
    }

    public function loadAssets()
    {
        $this->addCss('css/select2.css');
        $this->addJs('js/select2.js');
    }
}

My code to register the widget in plugin.php

public function registerFormWidgets()
    {
        return [
            'Watchlearn\Movies\FormWidgets\ActorBox' => [
                'label' => 'ActorBox Field',
                'code' => 'actorbox'
            ]
        ];
    }

I tried to find and looked into the documentation also but could not find any solution for this.

The problem is that your form widget is not properly registered (as in: The system doesn't know a formwdiget with the code actorbox exists). Thats why it is assuming its a partial type and tries to load _field_actorbox.htm.

So here are a few things to check:

• Is your plugin recognized by the October plugin. Please check if it is listed under Settings > Updates or try to register a navigation item and see if that displays.
• Check for any spelling mistakes, especially in your registerFormWidgets-method. Output something from there (using dd()) to actually confirm it is ever called.
• Depending on your October Version, you might want to adjust your registration code to respect the new simplified registration procedure: http://octobercms.com/docs/backend/widgets#form-widget-registration

alxy said:

The problem is that your form widget is not properly registered (as in: The system doesn't know a formwdiget with the code actorbox exists). Thats why it is assuming its a partial type and tries to load _field_actorbox.htm.

So here are a few things to check:

• Is your plugin recognized by the October plugin. Please check if it is listed under Settings > Updates or try to register a navigation item and see if that displays.
• Check for any spelling mistakes, especially in your registerFormWidgets-method. Output something from there (using dd()) to actually confirm it is ever called.
• Depending on your October Version, you might want to adjust your registration code to respect the new simplified registration procedure: http://octobercms.com/docs/backend/widgets#form-widget-registration

Thank you @alxy for your response. I tried what to wanted me to do and found that the plugin in which I'm creating the widget is there in the Settings > Update. But registerFormWidgets - method is never called. I tried to print something in the method by using dd() but nothing happens.

Hello In your plugin you have registered a FormWidgets with code: actorbox
And in render function you call :
return $this->makePartial('widget');
Does not exist you need to change like this :

file formwidgets > Actorbox.php
public function render(){ return $this->makePartial('widget'); }
See this example here : https://www.sitepoint.com/building-octobercms-form-field-widgets-like-a-pro/

Last updated 8 years ago

I know this is too late to reply on this issue but I have already face this issue and the solution is move your "ActorBox" class file from "actorbox" folder to "formwidget" folder. And this will solve your problem.

@pushkar9168 Thank You! Moving formwidget class file to the formwidgets directory solved my issue.

pushkar9168 said:

I know this is too late to reply on this issue but I have already face this issue and the solution is move your "ActorBox" class file from "actorbox" folder to "formwidget" folder. And this will solve your problem.

Really helpful, thank you!