Wow that was much harder to do than I really thought it would be, for anyone interested in how to do this, you can use the information below, in case anyone is interested I've taken most of the information from this site about how to remove the drag handles, but the principle is the same, added to which, I wanted to remove the drag handles anyway
First you have to create your own module, and use hook_theme_registry_alter
to change where the default theming is defined for multiple value fields
/**
* Implements hook_theme_registry_alter().
*/
function mymodule_theme_registry_alter(&$theme_registry) {
if (isset($theme_registry['field_multiple_value_form'])) {
$theme_registry['field_multiple_value_form']['type'] = 'module';
$theme_registry['field_multiple_value_form']['theme path'] = drupal_get_path('module', 'mymodule');
$theme_registry['field_multiple_value_form']['function'] = 'mymodule_theme_field_multiple_value_form';
}
}
Then you can re-define how it's themed by copying the existing theme_field_multiple_value_form code and writing it into your new function. BUT, be aware that this is going to redefine how ALL unlimited field values work, so really you just want to add in an 'if' clause somewhere, I just put mine at the start
function mymodule_theme_field_multiple_value_form($variables) {
$element = $variables['element'];
$output = '';
if (($element['#cardinality'] > 1 || $element['#cardinality'] == FIELD_CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED) && $element['#field_name'] != 'field_myfield') {
// Input normal code, this is for any unlimited input field you DON'T want altering
} else if (($element['#cardinality'] > 1 || $element['#cardinality'] == FIELD_CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED) && $element['#field_name'] == 'field_myfield') {
$table_id = drupal_html_id($element['#field_name'] . '_values');
$required = !empty($element['#required']) ? theme('form_required_marker', $variables) : '';
$header = array(
array(
'data' => '<label>' . t('!title !required', array('!title' => $element['#title'], '!required' => $required)) . "</label>",
'colspan' => 2,
'class' => array('field-label'),
),
);
$rows = array();
// Sort items according to '_weight' (needed when the form comes back after
// preview or failed validation)
$items = array();
foreach (element_children($element) as $key) {
if ($key === 'add_more') {
$add_more_button = &$element[$key];
}
else {
$items[] = &$element[$key];
}
}
usort($items, '_field_sort_items_value_helper');
$count = 1;
// Add the items as table rows.
foreach ($items as $key => $item) {
unset($item['_weight']);
$cells = array(
array(
'data' => $count,
'class' => array('count'),
),
drupal_render($item),
);
$rows[] = array(
'data' => $cells,
);
$count++;
}
$output = '<div class="form-item">';
$output .= theme('table', array('header' => $header, 'rows' => $rows, 'attributes' => array('id' => $table_id, 'class' => array('field-multiple-table'))));
$output .= $element['#description'] ? '<div class="description">' . $element['#description'] . '</div>' : '';
$output .= '<div class="clearfix">' . drupal_render($add_more_button) . '</div>';
$output .= '</div>';
} else {
foreach (element_children($element) as $key) {
$output .= drupal_render($element[$key]);
}
}
return $output;
}
Hope this helps someone in the future