Joomla email Form Field Type

The email form field type provides a text box for entry of an email address. The Email field extends Text field type.

XML Definition

<field name="myemail" 
 type="email"
 label="JGLOBAL_EMAIL" 
 required="true"
 validate="email" />

Examples

1. Email To Field (com_contact)

<field
 name="email_to"
 type="email"
 label="JGLOBAL_EMAIL"
 description="COM_CONTACT_FIELD_INFORMATION_EMAIL_DESC"
 size="30" />

2. Email Field (com_users)

<field
 name="email"
 type="email"
 label="JGLOBAL_EMAIL"
 description="COM_USERS_USER_FIELD_EMAIL_DESC"
 required="true"
 size="30"
 validate="email"
 validDomains="com_users.domains" />

3. From Email Field (Global Configuration)

<field
 name="mailfrom"
 type="email"
 label="COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MAIL_FROM_EMAIL_LABEL"
 description="COM_CONFIG_FIELD_MAIL_FROM_EMAIL_DESC"
 filter="string"
 size="30"
 validate="email"
 showon="mailonline:1" />