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I'm attempting to do some advanced layout orchestration using Matrix blocks. I'll need different blocks types – Image, Quote, Body – that can be combined, but they'll each need to share a few fields that allow their layout to be customized, such as Padding, Alignment, or Width. I'd rather not have to create the exact same field (e.g. Alignment could be a 4-option Dropdown) for each block type, but there doesn't seem to be a way to share fields between Matrix Blocks the same way you can share them between Sections.

Am I correct that there is no better way to accomplish this than just recreate the shared fields for each block type?

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Correct - currently Matrix fields are not global, so you'll need to recreate them if you want to use them in other Matrix blocks.

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  • Are there updates to this? Or is this still true about Matrix fields? Thank you.
    – userAW
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 20:24
  • Yup... still true.
    – Brad Bell
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 21:16
  • is there a feature request related to this? I'd like to vote on it :-)
    – userAW
    Commented Nov 15, 2017 at 16:17
  • @userAW yup! github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/823
    – Brad Bell
    Commented Nov 15, 2017 at 19:16
  • One day.... I hope : ) Commented Jun 21, 2018 at 14:39

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