Enable all fields to be moved to any manager tab/panel using form customization

[SnowCreative]

Feature request

Summary

Currently, only TVs can be moved into any editing panel using form customization. Standard fields are fixed to particular tabs/panels.

Why is it needed?

This limits the flexibility of designing custom editing interfaces.

Suggested solution(s)

Set up the standard fields just like TVs in form customization, so that a specific tab and order can be assigned.

I'm sure this is a big request, requiring significant updating to the code, but it sure would enhance the "creative freedom" of MODX!

[modxcommunity]

This issue has been mentioned on MODX Community. There might be relevant details there:

https://community.modx.com/t/resource-edit-panel-how-to-move-fields-from-one-region-to-another/8287/2

[smg6511]

@SnowCreative - Hey Michael - Totally agree that this would be great. It is, however, unlikely to happen until the next-gen MODX is developed. This will likely involve a major re-write of the back end (especially if it moves to a REST or other architecture) and definitely a new front end. Ext JS will almost certainly be out, unless Sencha does a complete 180 on their licensing policies. Even if they did, I suspect folks might prefer moving to a declarative framework (such as React) instead of the more imperative, config-based Ext JS.

There's a lot of hating on Ext, but there's something to be said for 2011-12 tech (the ancient 3.4 version we're stuck with) that still manages to run our front end here in 2025 without too many issues (issues directly a result of the framework and not of our usage of it).

[SnowCreative]

I figured that might be the case. Sadly, I expect it will be many years before any next-gen version is developed.