Display Section does not work in CF8?

Hello,

In CF6 it was possible to create sections and give them a name, e.g. "bottomsection".
You could then insert a text field in this section, for example.

You could then use the following shortcode in a custom HTML field to display the bottomsection there: {section:bottomsection}.
How can I do this in CF8?

Many thanks for your help!

Hi kgw

May I know the scenario in which you are trying to do this ? v8 does not have a display section but it can be added if it's necessary

Hello Max,

Thank you for your reply. I hadn't expected it anymore 🙂
I use the scenario when I design the form as HTML, for example, and want to insert an upload field there, or a calendar, etc.
The SECTION function is very helpful for me and I would like to design my forms with CF8. But without this function it is almost impossible for me. And I also don't want to use CF6 for new projects. 
So it would be great if you could implement this function as soon as possible or at least tell me how I could do it myself in the meantime. Thanks a lot for your always great job !!!

if I understand correctly, you want to use custom HTML ? if this is the case then you can use your HTML code in an HTML view in v8

Check this tutorial:

How to use your own HTML code in ChronoForms - ChronoForms8

Hello Max,
Thank you very much for your reply.
Yes, you understood me correctly, I am making my form in CUSTOM HTML. But I would also like to load a section there, as was possible in CF6, with the code {section:bottomsection}. 
Do you understand what I mean?

Thanks and regards Klaus

Hi kgw

with the latest v8.0.21 you can call any views or actions using this syntax:

{view:view_name} or {fn:action_name} or {action:action_name}

does this solve your problem ?

Hello Max,

Thank you for your reply. I have now installed version 8.0.21, but unfortunately I can't manage to integrate the calendar into my HTML content, for example. Can you please make me a small example and make it available for download here?

Thank you very muchKlaus

please explain to me in steps how did your form work before so I can tell you how to do it in v8

Generally, you can place your HTML in a HTML view, and if you want to call this view from another page then you just use {view:html_view_name}

is this what you need ?

Hello Max,I have a form with 1x HTML content and 1x a calendar with the alias "calendar1".

If I insert {view:field_calendar1} in the HTML code, the calendar is displayed twice. However, it should only be displayed once.

For this reason, I have always created a section in CF6 (e.g. mysectionname) and stored the calendar there. I then inserted {section:mysectionname} in the HTML code.

I hope this makes it easier for you to understand.

Greetings Klaus

Hello Max,

yes a screenshot would be very helpful for me, thank you very much :)

here you are, your form page has 2 views, the calendar is disabled, and you call it in html

Hello Max,

perfect, now it works! 

Super, many THANKS!!!

Klaus

you are welcome! 😃