Choose field types

The type chooser grows when you enable core, contributed or custom modules that provide compatible Drupal field types. A compound uses each plugin's normal widget, formatter and validation.

Values to group	Example field types	Provider
Session names and summaries	Short text, long text, formatted text	Core; Text for formatted values
Prices, capacity and flags	Integer, decimal, boolean	Core
Contact details	Email, telephone, link	Core; Telephone and Link modules
Dates	Date, date range, timestamp	Core; Datetime and Datetime Range modules
Fixed choices	Text and integer lists	Core Options
Uploaded files	File and image	Core File and Image
Existing content	References to content, taxonomy terms or media	Core Entity Reference; the target's module
Postal addresses	Address, country, zone	Contributed Address module
Revisioned content	Entity Reference Revisions	Contributed Entity Reference Revisions
Another grouped record	A compound field you have defined	Compound Field

Build a session with Address, Media, taxonomy, content references, email and a link. The example shows the different selection widgets behind the reference fields, as well as the Address module's country-specific form.

A custom field type uses the same Drupal plugin system. Its values can join a compound without writing a second implementation specifically for Compound Field. The compatibility guide covers limits that affect field settings, repeated values and other modules' integrations.