Element field mapping - display only option

[anchovy]

Issue

We've got some entry fields that we want to display on a form, but don't want these to be changed/pushed back into the integration(/element) on update.

For example, we've got 2x fields

1. canComment - admin only change
2. notifyOnComment - user can change.

Then - in the form we'd have a conditional that if canComment = true, display the notifyOnComment field allowing the user to toggle this on/off.

Issue is - we can only get the form canComment value by mapping it to the craft users canComment field - meaning they can toggle this on/off.

Solution

In the Element Connections field mapping table add another column 'view only' with a radio field per row defaulted to false. If changed to 'true' then when the form is processed this field & value would not passed to the integration, but the original value should still be available in the field values for email templates etc.

NB - I know we could use a hidden field etc, but this could still be modified by a user/bot, so we need to ensure that the submitted field value is totally ignored and dropped from the data sent to the integration.

Thoughts?