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When I wrap a field in a container, the field value doesn't get saved to the database. But if it lives in root, it works properly.

public function formElement(
  FieldItemListInterface $items,
  $delta,
  array $element,
  array &$form,
  FormStateInterface $form_state
) {

    $item =& $items[$delta];
    $element += array(
      #type' => 'fieldset',
    );

    /** a bunch of fields **/

    $element['concelhocontainer'] = [
      '#type' => 'container',
      '#attributes' => ['id' => 'concelhocontainer']
    ];

    /** works properly **/
    $element['concelho'] = [
      '#type' => 'select',
      '#title' => t('County'),
      '#default_value' => isset($item->concelho) ? $item->concelho : '',
      '#options' => $this->getConcelhoList()
    ];

  /** does not work
  $element['concelhocontainer']['concelho'] = [
    '#type' => 'select',
    '#title' => t('County'),
    '#default_value' => isset($item->concelho) ? $item->concelho : '',
    '#options' => $this->getConcelhoList()
  ];
  */
  return $element;
}

The problem is that the value of the second input is not saved to the database (I've confirmed it in the database).

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  • Look up the #parents and #array_parents properties. – user21641 Sep 24 '17 at 4:06
  • @IvanJaros I did, but the documentation is appaling. – Tivie Sep 24 '17 at 4:34
  • If you are altering the structure of the form element you should implement \Drupal\Core\Field\WidgetBase::massageFormValues to fix it into expected format. – user21641 Sep 24 '17 at 11:44
  • Also see \Drupal\Core\Field\WidgetBase::formMultipleElements – user21641 Sep 24 '17 at 11:45
  • @IvanJaros WidgetBase::massageFormValues seems to do the trick. – Tivie Sep 24 '17 at 17:13
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It seems Drupal adds a #tree = true property to the field parent so you need to process the data output by the form youserlf or the form nested elements will be ignored. As @IvanJaros poited out, WidgetBase::massageFormValues let's you alter the data.

public function massageFormValues(array $values, array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state)
{
  for ($i=0; $i < count($values); ++$i) {
    if (isset($values[$i]['concelhocontainer']['concelho'])) {
      $values[$i]['concelho'] = $values[$i]['concelhocontainer']['concelho'];
    }
  }
  return $values;
}
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Life saver. massageFormValues above did the trick. Only that I had to get my values from $form_state->getUserInput() and store them in a new $values = array()

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