Custom Fields

[darkdecoy]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

We have a client that is looking at moving from Contactzilla to Nextcloud. One thing that is missing is the ability to create custom fields for contacts. This is something they used extensively on Contactzilla and would be nice to have on Nextcloud Contacts. Thanks.

Describe the solution you'd like

Right now you can add additional fields of a variety of types. I would like to be able to create a general text field and give it a custom name.

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

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[gopher333]

You can do that by renaming the mime Types for the given fields in Nextcloud. But only so if you administrate the server yourself (if you have a hosted Server the Hoster will hardly give you permission to do so and fiddle around on Operating System Level).
And-everything is back to standard Fieldnames every time a package (here:Contacts) is updated.

[meichthys]

There was some interest for this in the past as well: #303
Hopefully this issue remains open so others can contribute if they have the skills.

[christophjahn]

Please consider this comment as a vote for this enhancement/feature.

I was really surprised that custom fields are not possible. At least that is what my "research" suggests so far. In a business context this is a standard requirement in my experience. I am open to workarounds.

[SebastianKrupinski]

Hello Everyone,

We do have a planned update for the contacts app to support V4 cards which will support many new features. There is no timeline at the moment for the update tho.

But I will add custom fields to the list.

[SebastianKrupinski]

@hamza221

[fberke]

I had the same need and took a stab at the config-based flavor of this: admin-defined custom field types, configured with a single occ command — text and select fields that show up in the contact editor like built-in ones and are stored as plain X-… vCard properties, so they survive sync with other CardDAV clients.

PR: #5659

No settings UI yet — that could be layered on top later if the approach fits. Feedback welcome.