How to show a view inside another view on only first row?

Question

I need to display a view inside another view and I'm using Views field views module, It works well, but I need the field (view) only appears in the first row result of the view page, like the following.

• View page - results
  • Title node 1
  • Image node 1
  • View field 1 (this should appear only here)
  • Title node 2
  • Image-node 2

Answer 1

I'm not sure if Views nodes split module will be useful for your situation as @DnBase mentioned.

However, because you're using Views Field View; you can follow the following steps to achieve what you're looking for:

• Edit field view actual view (referenced view)
• Add Global: Null from CONTEXTUAL FILTERS menu

• From the next dialog box that appear, select Hide view from WHEN THE FILTER VALUE IS NOT AVAILABLE fieldset.

• Then from WHEN THE FILTER VALUE IS AVAILABLE OR A DEFAULT IS PROVIDED fieldset, check Specify validation criteria and select PHP Code from validator dropdown menu

• Then add the following code in PHP Validate code field

• From Action to take if filter value does not validate dropdown menu select Hide view

Code:

if($argument == 1) {
  return TRUE;
} else {
  return FALSE;
}

• Now edit the main view
• Add Global: View result counter from FIELDS menu, then from field configuration dialog box, check Exclude from display
• Then edit Global: View field, from field configuration dialog box, add this replacement pattern [%counter] into Contextual filters field

By applying these steps, you'll notice that view field will only appear on first item.

Answer 2

I can see 2 ways to 'split' the displays in your view so far:

1. Use an 'Attachement' display and attach it to your view.
2. Use Views nodes split module. See lullabot's review to have an idea.

BTW you can still use a display mode to display your content type fields in your view if you want. See my post here.

edit: The second solution will work only if your display mode contains the view by using EVA or Viewfield module. So never mind but I leave it just for the Views nodes split module if you're interested. In your case the first solution will be just fine.

Answer 3

I would rather use views template file, and put some PHP scripts using flags to ensure that the view field renders only first time.