How to set the default value of an exposed filter rather than -Any-?

Question

I have a view with exposed filters in Drupal 7 and I need to set the default value of a filter to current year. I also need to unset/remove the - Any - option from the select list.

Answer 1

This solution is working on Drupal >= 8

function YOURMODULE_form_alter(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, $form_id) {
  if ($form['#id'] == 'views-exposed-form-my-view-display') {
    $request = \Drupal::request();
    if (is_null($request->get('EXPOSED_FILTER_FIELD_MACHINE_NAME'))) {
      // get all input fields first then modify the one you want to change
      $input = $form_state->getUserInput();
      $input['EXPOSED_FILTER_FIELD_MACHINE_NAME'] = 'DEFAULT_VALUE;
      $form_state->setUserInput($input);
    }
  }
}

for instance, here I set the current node as the default category referenced

<?php
use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;

/**
 * Implements hook_form_alter().
 */
function unsw_dev_form_alter(&$form, FormStateInterface &$form_state, $form_id) {

  // set default category
  if ($form_id == 'views_exposed_form') {
    $request = \Drupal::request();
    if (is_null($request->get('field_cause_category_target_id'))) {
      $node = \Drupal::routeMatch()->getParameter('node');
      if ($node instanceof \Drupal\node\NodeInterface && $node->getType() == 'cause') {
        $form_state->setUserInput(['field_cause_category_target_id' => $node->id()]);
      }
    }
  }
}

Answer 2

You can use hook_form_alter() to alter any form.

function yourmodule_name_form_alter(&$form,&$form_state,$form_id) {
  if ($form_id == 'views_exposed_form') {
    $form['field_width_value']['#default_value'] = 'whatever you want';
    unset($form['field_width_value']['#options']['All']);
  } 
}

Answer 3

My case scenario for a taxonomy field and filtered results, not just default value:

if ($form_id == 'views_exposed_form') {
  $account = user_load($user->uid);
  $country = taxonomy_term_load($account->field_country[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['tid']);
  $form['country']['#options'] = array($country->tid => $country->name);
  $form['country']['#default_value'] = $country->tid;
  $form_state['input']['country'] = $country->tid;
}

Answer 4

where are you going to set default value of current year? If you want to remove -any- from options, make it required. or use Better Expose Filter to override the -any-.

I'm not sure if this post is your duplicate but I'm going to put my answer here also.

An expose filter but by default is the current year.

This is what you're going to do.

• Add your date field to your filter criterion
• Date selection form element: SELECT
• Filter granularity: YEAR
• Expose it
• Operator: Is equal to
• Choose "Enter Relative Date"
• Type this: now

First Part:

Second Setting:

Expose Filter with Default Value

Is this what you want?

Answer 5

Having also this need I just found this module: Views Advanced Labels and successfully used it, replacing the - Any - by a custom simple text for 2 exposed filters in the same view.

It says that it works with tokens. So I guess using [date:custom:Y] or maybe creating a date format could be an option.

Some more resources here: Auto update to the current year in the copyright footer (© 2010-2013)

Answer 6

This is my solution; it works for Drupal 7 too.

function my_theme_form_alter(&$form,&$form_state,$form_id) {
  if ($form_id == 'views_exposed_form') {
    $form['**FIELD_ID**']['#options']['All'] = '**YOUR TEXT**';
  }
}