Overviewing the System.xml fields

If you take a look at the code created previously, you can see that the fields are grouped inside the <fields></fields> tags, and each field includes many parts; let's explain them.

The following code is an example of single input field:

<input_field translate="label">
  <label>My Input Field: </label>
  <comment>This is a comment</comment>
  <frontend_type>text</frontend_type>
  <sort_order>20</sort_order>
  <show_in_default>1</show_in_default>
  <show_in_website>1</show_in_website>
  <show_in_store>1</show_in_store>
</input_field>

The elements used in the code are explained as follows:

• <input_field>: This is the unique node name of the option

• <Label>: This is the title of the field, displayed on the left

• <Comment>: This is useful to provide extra descriptions or information for the store manager

• <frontend_type>: This is the type...