Answers.Body: <p>Correct - currently Matrix fields are not global, so you'll need to recreate them if you want to use them in other Matrix blocks.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Are there updates to this? Or is this still true about Matrix fields? Thank you.
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Answers.Text: Yup... still true.
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Answers.Text: is there a feature request related to this? I'd like to vote on it :-)
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Answers.Text: @userAW yup! https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/823
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Body: <p>I'm attempting to do some advanced layout orchestration using Matrix blocks. I'll need different blocks types – Image, Quote, Body – that can be combined, but they'll each need to share a few fields that allow their layout to be customized, such as Padding, Alignment, or Width. I'd rather not have to create the exact same field (e.g. Alignment could be a 4-option Dropdown) for each block type, but there doesn't seem to be a way to share fields between Matrix Blocks the same way you can share them between Sections.</p>
  
  <p>Am I correct that there is no better way to accomplish this than just recreate the shared fields for each block type?</p>
  
Tags: <matrix><block-types>
Title: Is it possible to share a field between Matrix Blocks?
ThreadText: # Is it possible to share a field between Matrix Blocks?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-26)
  
  I'm attempting to do some advanced layout orchestration using Matrix blocks. I'll need different blocks types – Image, Quote, Body – that can be combined, but they'll each need to share a few fields that allow their layout to be customized, such as Padding, Alignment, or Width. I'd rather not have to create the exact same field (e.g. Alignment could be a 4-option Dropdown) for each block type, but there doesn't seem to be a way to share fields between Matrix Blocks the same way you can share them between Sections.
  
  Am I correct that there is no better way to accomplish this than just recreate the shared fields for each block type?
  
  **Tags:** matrix, block-types
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-06-26. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  Correct - currently Matrix fields are not global, so you'll need to recreate them if you want to use them in other Matrix blocks.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Are there updates to this? Or is this still true about Matrix fields? Thank you.  
  > **username_1**: Yup... still true.  
  > **username_2**: is there a feature request related to this? I'd like to vote on it :-)  
  > **username_1**: @username_2 yup! https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/823  
  > **username_3**: One day.... I hope : )  
  
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