Custom input components can enable conditional fields in Sanity.io.
3 repliesLast updated: Jun 17, 2020
Hey guys, does sanity support “out of the box” conditional based options. What I mean by that is, if you check an item, it reveals other options?
It unfortunately does not. However, it is definitely possible to do that with a custom input component. Some relevant links:
https://www.sanity.io/guides/how-to-make-a-custom-input-component
https://www.sanity.io/docs/custom-input-widgets
There is also this collection of components that's kinda undocumented:
https://github.com/sanity-io/sanity/tree/next/packages/%40sanity/components
They're very useful for making you custom input match the rest of the studio. The
https://www.sanity.io/guides/how-to-make-a-custom-input-component
https://www.sanity.io/docs/custom-input-widgets
There is also this collection of components that's kinda undocumented:
https://github.com/sanity-io/sanity/tree/next/packages/%40sanity/components
They're very useful for making you custom input match the rest of the studio. The
sanity.jsonfile there can help you figure out what paths to use in your
importstatements to get those components.
there is also this... a custom recipe for Conditional Fields
https://github.com/sanity-io/sanity-recipes/blob/master/snippets/conditionalFieldsCustomInputComponent.js
https://github.com/sanity-io/sanity-recipes/blob/master/snippets/conditionalFieldsCustomInputComponent.js
i've used it a couple of times to good effect
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