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Here is a composite field that consists of a text field and a date field.

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To export the content of the composite fields for translation via the CTS module, the `composite` field type has to be registered in the configuration of the module. For details see Registering additional field types.

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Composite field properties

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`<composite field name>`	required Name of parent composite field.
`fields`	required Node containing child fields.
`<child field names>`	required Name of the child fields. You can use any simple field definition.
`class`	required Field definition class of the child field.
`<child field properties>`	required/optional Any properties the child field supports.
`class`	required Definition class of the composite parent field. Use `info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.CompositeFieldDefinition`.
`layout`	optional, default is `horizontal` Defines the layout of the child fields: `horizontal` or `vertical`.
`transformerClass`	optional, default is `info.magnolia.ui.form.field.transformer.composite.CompositeTransformer` Custom property transformer definition.

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title	Best practice

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When nesting composite fields, use the delegating transformer classes, DelegatingCompositeFieldTransformer or DelegatingMultiValueFieldTransformer, rather than the other available transformer classes.