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The transition form field extends the groupedlist form field type. In this case it shows all work flow transitions from one stage to the next grouped by stage title. If the field has a saved value this is selected when the page is first loaded. If not, the default value (if any) is selected.

• type (mandatory) must be transition.
• name (mandatory) is the unique name of the field.
• label (mandatory) (translatable) is the field html label.
• description (optional) (translatable) is the field description.
• default (optional) (not translatable) is the default help site URL (not the visible help site name).
• workflow_stage which stage is current. An integer value.

Implemented by: libraries/src/Form/Field/TransitionField.php

Example XML parameter definition¶

<field
        name="stage"
        type="transition"
        label="JOPTION_SELECT_STAGE"
        class="js-select-submit-on-change"
        activeonly="true"
        extension="com_content.article"
        workflow_stage="2"
/>