Set up field groups

NOTE: This feature is only available on specific plans. Reach out to your Sales representative for more information about feature availability.

About field groups

Field groups allow you to organize the related fields of a content type into sections. Using these field groups, you can improve the editing interface for your editors.

You can set up field groups from the "Groups" section of your content type. When organizing fields into sections, they are grouped inline in an entry editor. Sections can be expanded and collapsed. 

NOTE: Sections cannot be nested so you cannot place a section inside another. The maximum number of sections per content type is 15.

Manage field groups

To manage field groups:

1. Log in to the Contentful web app.

2. Navigate to the "Content model" tab.

3. Select the content type you want to edit and navigate to the "Groups" section.
   

   

4. Select Add field group to create your first field group. The "Create a section" window is displayed where you can group fields inline in an entry editor.
   

   

5. Enter a name for the field group, and give it an optional description.
   
   NOTE: The Group ID field value is automatically generated based on the name.
   

6. Optional: You can enable the Collapsed by default option if you want to hide some less used fields.

7. Select Confirm. Your group is added.
   

   NOTE: After you add your first field group to a content type, the visual order of the fields in the entry editor is determined by the settings from the "Groups" section. If no field groups are defined, the order of the fields from the "Fields" tab is used. This is the default behavior.

8. Once added, you can drag the field group to the desired position and add the fields by dragging them into the group.
   

   

   
   

9. Click Save.