How to make a List within a List

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Hi everyone,

I’d like to make a list within a list for the frontmatter formatted either like this:

system_items: [["5","Switches"],["1","Zwave Stick"]]

or

system_items:
  - ["5","Switches","Z-Wave Enabled Light Switch"]
  - ["1","Zwave Stick"]

I’ve tried using the list widget with fields, but to no avail.

Also, is there anyway to manually add or change front matter with the CMS?

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The only thing that’s supported at the moment is this syntax:

system_items:
  - - '5'
    - Switches
    - Z-Wave Enabled Light Switch
  - - '1'
    - Zwave Stick

which you can achieve by using this configuration:

- name: system_items
  label: System items
  widget: list
  fields: 
    - name: system_item
      label: System Item
      widget: list
      field: {name: text, label: Text, widget: string}

Changing frontmatter in markdown files is supported by default, just tell the CMS what fields to look after.

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