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field_help_text_display

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When managing fields on a Drupal entity type, the Manage Fields table shows the field name and field type — but not the help text (description). This means administrators must open each field's edit form individually to check what help text, if any, has been configured. The Field Help Text Display module solves this by adding a Help text column directly to the Manage Fields table, making all configured descriptions visible at a glance.

Features

  • Adds a Help text column to the Manage Fields table for all content types, users, taxonomy vocabularies, and any other entity type that uses Field UI
  • Displays the configured field description (the text shown below the field widget on entity forms) for each field
  • The cell is blank when no help text is configured — keeping the table clean and scannable
  • Works across all fieldable entity types (content types, media types, taxonomy vocabularies, user profiles, custom entities, etc.)
  • Requires no configuration — the column appears automatically once the module is enabled

Post-Installation

No configuration is required. After enabling the module, navigate to any entity type's Manage Fields page at Structure → Content types → [Type] → Manage fields. A Help text column will appear between the existing columns and the Operations column automatically. The same column appears on the Manage Fields pages for all other fieldable entity types.

Additional Requirements

  • Drupal 11 or higher
  • Field UI module (included in Drupal core, must be enabled)

No additional contributed modules or external libraries are required.

Compatibility

Field Help Text Display is fully compatible with the following modules. When multiple modules are enabled, all columns appear together in the Manage Fields table with no conflict or additional configuration required:

Activity

Total releases
2
First release
Apr 2026
Latest release
1 day ago
Release cadence
0 days
Stability
50% stable

Releases

Version Type Release date
1.0.0 Stable Apr 13, 2026
1.0.x-dev Dev Apr 13, 2026