Field Formatter module provides a collection of generic formatters for entity reference fields that output only a specific field of the referenced entity. There are currently three formatters:
- Field formatter with inline settings (Entity reference fields)
- Field formatter from view display (Entity reference fields)
- Link field formatter, which will wrap output of any other formatter with a link (all fields)
- Download Field Formatter from Drupal.org.
- Install it in the usual way.
- Create entity reference field:
- On
admin/structurechoose Content types. - Choose content type entity reference field should be added to, for example: Article, and click Manage fields and then + Add field.
- From References dropdown choose Other, fill the Label and click Save and continue.
- Choose Type of item to reference, for example: Content, and click Save field settings.
- Select which content types you want to reference in Reference type section, for example: Article, and click Save settings.
- Choose field formatter for your entity reference field:
- Open Manage display page for the selected content type (in our case Article).
- Choose which formatter you want to use, Field formatter with inline settings or Field formatter from view display.
- In formatter settings define which field from the referenced entity you want to display in your article.
- You also need to configure View mode if you're using Field formatter from view display.
- Click Update and then Save.
- Go to your entity's manage display page.
- On the field you want to be wrapped with a link, select the formatter to be Field Linker.
- This will wrap this field in a link pointing to the main entity's URL.