Magento’s configuration system is highly flexible, allowing developers to add custom settings for better control over store functionality. Whether you need to introduce a new option in the admin panel or modify an existing configuration, Magento provides a structured way to extend its settings. In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of adding a new field to the Magento configuration, ensuring it appears in the admin panel and is easily accessible in your code.
Let’s get started!
In this example, I am going to add a new field under the Configuration -> CATALOG -> Catalog -> Product Alerts, The filed name is “some text” and it is a select box with Yes, No Options.
To do that, we need to add/edit system.xml in our custom module. Here is the XMl to add a new filed.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<sections>
<catalog>
<groups>
<productalert>
<fields>
<test_field translate="label">
<label>some text</label>
<frontend_type>select</frontend_type>
<source_model>adminhtml/system_config_source_yesno</source_model>
<sort_order>6</sort_order>
<show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
<show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
<show_in_store>1</show_in_store>
</test_field>
</fields>
</productalert>
</groups>
</catalog>
</sections>
</config>
Thats it, Clear the Magento cache and test it. You will be able to see the changes.
