Creating a new field type using an existing field type as foundation

• Scott Stanford

• March 12, 2015 at 1:30 am

I am attempting to create a new field that accesses the image and page link field types in ACF Pro as

<?php function render_field($field){ ?>
    <?php
        do_action('acf/render_field/type=page_link', array(                        
            'name' => $field_name . '[page_id]',
            'value' => $field['value']['page_id']
         ));                                    
    ?>
 <?php
        do_action('acf/render_field/type=image', array(                        
            'name' => $field_name . '[page_id]',
            'value' => $field['value']['page_id']
         ));                                    
    ?>
<?php }

This gets the field to load on the edit screen in WP, but the necessary JS is missing to:

a/ get an ajax list of the posts in a select2 field (or any list for that matter)
b/ get the wp media lightbox/upload prompt to load on click

I know how to tie into custom JS actions, but need the specific JS to include to get the above to work.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated