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Expand Up @@ -245,6 +245,30 @@ You may have noticed the entries for both `default_language` and `portal_timezon
`plone.distribution` adds both definitions at runtime, providing a list of languages and timezones available on the installation.
````

If you want to hide fields in the form, you can use the `uischema`.
This is especially useful for fields that must be in the schema, but for which you always want the default value.
The next lines hide three fields:

```json
{
"schema": {
...
},
"uischema": {
"description": {
"ui:widget": "hidden"
},
"default_language": {
"ui:widget": "hidden"
},
"portal_timezone": {
"ui:widget": "hidden"
}
}
}
```


## Add a dependency on an add-on

If you want to add a Plone backend add-on to your Plone distribution, then you must perform the following steps.
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