[6.0] Made the alias field always visible in the article edit form (site)

[raj20889]

Pull Request for Issue #45010

Summary of Changes

• Made the alias field always visible in the article edit form.
• Removed the condition that restricted alias visibility to only new articles.
• Ensured consistency in the form structure and UI.

Testing Instructions

1. Go to Content → Articles → Edit any article.
2. The alias field should now be always visible, even for existing articles.
3. Save the article and verify that the alias updates correctly.

Actual Result BEFORE Applying This Pull Request

• The alias field was only visible for new articles and hidden for existing ones.

Expected Result AFTER Applying This Pull Request

• The alias field is always visible, allowing users to modify it when editing an article.

Link to Documentation

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• No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed

[raj20889]

Hey, I’ve submitted PR #45044 to always show the alias field in the article edit form.
Could someone please review it when they have time? Thanks!

[ghost]

@raj20889 Please change in the title "Fix:" to "[5.2]".

[HLeithner]

This pull request has been automatically rebased to 6.0-dev.

[ceford]

I have tested this item 🔴 unsuccessfully on be56882

Testing this in 6.0.0-alpha1-dev: the summary says a lot but the diff only shows one line changed in one file. Should this be a front end test - in which case the instructions make no sense.

I applied the patch and got this error in all edit pages:

0 Call to undefined method Joomla\CMS\Form\Form::renderControlFields() 

Call Stack
# 	Function 	Location
1 	() 	JROOT/components/com_content/tmpl/form/edit.php:153
2 	include() 	JROOT/libraries/src/MVC/View/HtmlView.php:416
3 	Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\HtmlView->loadTemplate() 	JROOT/libraries/src/MVC/View/HtmlView.php:204
4 	Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\HtmlView->display() 	JROOT/components/com_content/src/View/Form/HtmlView.php:197
5 	Joomla\Component\Content\Site\View\Form\HtmlView->display() 	JROOT/libraries/src/MVC/Controller/BaseController.php:697
6 	Joomla\CMS\MVC\Controller\BaseController->display() 	JROOT/components/com_content/src/Controller/DisplayController.php:123
7 	Joomla\Component\Content\Site\Controller\DisplayController->display() 	JROOT/libraries/src/MVC/Controller/BaseController.php:730
8 	Joomla\CMS\MVC\Controller\BaseController->execute() 	JROOT/libraries/src/Dispatcher/ComponentDispatcher.php:143
9 	Joomla\CMS\Dispatcher\ComponentDispatcher->dispatch() 	JROOT/components/com_content/src/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php:56
10 	Joomla\Component\Content\Site\Dispatcher\Dispatcher->dispatch() 	JROOT/libraries/src/Component/ComponentHelper.php:361
11 	Joomla\CMS\Component\ComponentHelper::renderComponent() 	JROOT/libraries/src/Application/SiteApplication.php:218
12 	Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication->dispatch() 	JROOT/libraries/src/Application/SiteApplication.php:261
13 	Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication->doExecute() 	JROOT/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php:306
14 	Joomla\CMS\Application\CMSApplication->execute() 	JROOT/includes/app.php:58
15 	require_once() 	JROOT/index.php:32 
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[brianteeman]

This is only for the front end com_content form. Knowing that the instructions make perfect sense.

[exlemor]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on be56882

Hello Raj, thanks for the work - I have tested this successfully.

I understand this is NOT in this PR, but this led me to realize that it would be great if the backend tooltip of hovering over the Check-In lock would include information on whether someone has checked out an article using Front-End or the Back-end - i.e. currently it only has:

Check-in
Emmanuel Lemor
Friday, 06 June 2025
22:53

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[muhme]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on be56882


Tested with JBT before applying this PR

• Checked in the frontend view, editing the article, the alias field is not existing

Applied this PR

• in the frontend view, editing the article, the alias field exists, value can be changed and saved, checked changed value in the backend view ✅

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[richard67]

RTC

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[softforge]

Thank you, @raj20889, for your work, and the testers involved in getting this over the line