How to set the property $label_hidden to be true

Question

In the field.tpl.php the following code:

<div class="<?php print $classes; ?>"<?php print $attributes; ?>>
  <?php if (!$label_hidden): ?>
    <div class="field-label"<?php print $title_attributes; ?>><?php print $label ?>:&nbsp;</div>
  <?php endif; ?>

The code is printing the label of the field. I want to set, conditionally, $label_hidden = false from more general place other than the field.tpl.php itself.

I tried the following snippet from template.php:

function my_foundation_preprocess_field(&$variables){
  print_r($variables);
}

To get the value I mean but all I found is [#label_display] => hidden as an array element. In addition, the form I meant with is not found in that array, the search form.

So I need a way to set $label_hidden = true to prevent the Search label of the search text box.

Answer 1

Forms are handled differently than the variables, like node content, etc. You can find information on customising the Search form here. A common method for hiding the label is to use CSS and simply make it display:none. It's exact nomenclature will depend on how exactly you have implemented the search form.