Translated URL

The “Translated URL” attribute is the multilingual variant of the URL attribute. It stores a separate link per language, consisting of a title and a URL address. The values are not stored in the MetaModel table, but in the translation table tl_metamodel_translatedurl.

Typical use cases:

• Language-dependent links to external websites (e.g. German and English product pages of a manufacturer)

• Translated download links (e.g. DE and EN data sheets as separate URLs)

• Language-specific internal links to different Contao pages

See also

The monolingual variant of this attribute is described under URL.

See also

Information on multilingual support in MetaModels can be found on the Multilingual Support in MetaModels page.

Installation

The attribute is installed via the Contao Manager or Composer:

composer require metamodels/attribute_translatedurl

Settings when Creating the Attribute

In addition to the general attribute settings, the attribute offers the following specific option:

Option	Description
Remove title	If this option is enabled, only the URL field is displayed and stored — the title field is omitted. Useful when only the pure URL without descriptive text is needed.

Settings in Render Settings

The attribute has its own render setting:

Option	Description
Do not open in new tab	If this option is active, the link is output without target="_blank" — it therefore opens in the same browser window. Default (not enabled): links open in a new tab.
Template	Selection of a custom template for the output of the link.
CSS class	Optional CSS class added to the output element.

Settings in the Input Form

When the attribute is added to an input form, the following options are available:

Display

Option	Description
Backend class	CSS classes for the display of the field in the backend form (e.g. long for full width).
Template for backend	Selection of a custom widget template for the backend form.
Template for frontend	Selection of a custom widget template for frontend editing (only available if the “Frontend Editing” extension is installed).

Functions

Option	Description
Required field	Makes the field a required field.

Filter Rules

The translated URL attribute can be used with the following filter rules:

Filter rule	Note
Levenshtein-based search	Similarity search with typo tolerance; requires the package attribute_levenshtein.
Loupe	Full-text index search; requires the package filter_loupe (from MM 2.4).

Special Functions

Database storage

The URL values are stored per language in tl_metamodel_translatedurl. Two columns are stored per entry per language: href (the URL address) and title (the link text). No column is created in the MetaModel table.

Language-dependent links

Title and URL can be completely different for each language version. In the backend, a separate input form with title field and URL field (incl. page picker wizard) appears for each language.

Fallback language

If a value is missing for a language, MetaModels falls back to the fallback language.

Input wizard

In the backend, a page picker wizard is automatically displayed next to the text field, allowing internal Contao pages to be selected. If “Remove title” is enabled, only a simple text field is available.