Questions tagged [forms]
Don't use it for entity or entity field forms.
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Form alter overriding submitted values
I have a form_form_id_alter function that sets some default values and a checkbox checked.
If I submit the form, with the checkbox unset and it fails validation, the re-rendered form re-sets the ...
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Automatic username generation from name fields at registration
Drupal core 8.6.5
I am trying to change the user registration process to omit the username field and generate the username from the first name and last name.
Since I am new to Drupal and want to ...
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How to clear the publish checkbox in form or form element validation
I have a D8 form where when a test involving the value of other fields fails, if the publish (field = status) checkbox has been checked the validation should fail and the checkbox should be cleared ...
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How can I build a Presentation Manager? [on hold]
My project's structure:
I'm building a Presentation Manager.
A Presentation has a title, an image and Slides
A Slide has a type (can either be text, image or video)
We want to be able to re-order ...
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Find different node in hook_node_form_alter [closed]
In the function hook_node_form_alter(), i still want to get an other node, because i want to set a field value programmatically in dependencies on the value of an other node (the parent node).
But i ...
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How can I add a property definition to an existing field?
I have a file reference field FileItem that has a display and description property but I want to add an extra one.
I was hoping I could just override the default widget but I can't use this to store ...
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Form action as controller method?
I'm trying to fix a form that was created using a twig template. The form was not working because there was no action, nor was the form created using FormStateInterface. It's just a block that is ...
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Altering Views Exposed Form Elements and their Associated Labels
I have a series of Views Exposed Forms across a Drupal 8 website. My goal is to generate unique template suggestions so I can theme each individual input and their labels differently as needed.
Here ...
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onchange autosubmit autocomplete not working for safari
I created a custom autocomplete form in Drupal 7. Its working fine for chrome and firefox. but it's not working for safari and Mac.
My code:
function fitnessHomeSearch_form($form, &$form_state) {
...
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Add another button removes the default values from my fields on node form
I have a node form on which two fields are displaying.
One is a list of radio buttons which is required field.
I am getting a value from url using arg(3) and setting the default value of that field
$...
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Contact form throws “an illegal choice has been detected” error
I try to add a contact form with add contact form from the contact module on Drupal 8 but I have this error when I try to save the configuration:
The recipient field is required
An illegal choice has ...
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Programmatically disable content translation options in content edit form
I want to programmatically disable the content translation options located at the bottom of the content edit form (see yellow area in screenshot):
I know that i can disable the revision information ...
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Validate a field only if the value has changed and/or if it is a new value
I'm building a module that get information from the NCBI database API -- specifically it get's publications, from my group, by using a publication ID. I want anyone in the group to be able to add a ...
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Upload file using File type=“managed_file” disappears immediately when clicked on upload?
I want implement upload zip file using FORM API where I want to show the progress bar for uploading file so I have written code like:
$step2['browse']=array(
'#type'=>'managed_file',
...
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Embed user edit form in a block
I am trying to embed current user edit form in block. Actually I want just to embed some of the newly added fields. I tried to follow this code:
Embed some user profile fields in a block form
But I ...
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How to create depended fields in drupal custom module [duplicate]
I know this has been asked before and I'm trying to use the example at Dynamic select list in the form (dependent dropdown) but I am struggling to get the desired results.
I Have a form that presents ...
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Webform Submission Using Rest API POST method
I just created the webform and added fields.
I need to create a Webform Submission Using Rest API POST method. I just installed Rest & Rest UI modules for this.
But when I try to test my API ...
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Proper Schema file for integer and select
We have a custom module, mymodule that has an admin form where it stores field of type: number and select. I need to create a mymodule/config/schema/mymodule.schema.yml file, but don't know what to ...
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Form multiselect item and url encoding with GET method
I have a form on a Drupal 7 site, which is submitted using the GET method to refresh the page's display using the query parameters.
One of the parameters uses the select box, with the multiple option. ...
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Block with form input serving other blocks data
I have a custom module which had a form with some inputs and after submitting it, it creates two tables with some info.
I'm now changing the way I show the information. For that, I'm using Panels, ...
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Turn form builder response into HTML
I have a node type called "competition". I can get a form for it like so:
$values = array('type' => 'competition');
$node = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
->getStorage('node')
->create($...
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$form_state->setError not working for add_more buttons
I am altering a paragraphs form to add a validation function to the "Add More" button using this code: [This button add widgets for multiple value fields]
function ...
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Getting form variables data into twig templates
I need to pass an array to twig along with the form.
public function buildForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
$form['job_locations'] = $job_locations;
$form['#theme'] = '...
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Index Form API forms with Solr search
My site uses Apache Solr search and Apache Solr Multisite Search. I need to be able to index some Form API forms created in custom modules so that they return in search results. For instance, when a ...
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How do I enable an onclick event in a link on a form?
I am using the following code.
$form['test'] = array(
'#type' => 'link',
'#href' => "javascript:;",
'#title' => t('Show'),
'#attributes' => array(
...
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Prevent underscores from removing text?
Drupal seems to be removing all text prior to an underscore in my form. This is in the Form.php file of my module implementing Google CSE, so I cannot change the attribute name.
if (array_key_exists('...
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Hiding group_group field programmatically
I am trying to hide the group_group (request membership) field for organic groups based on a radio button. Here is what I have done that doesn't work:
/**
* Implements hook_form_alter().
*/
...
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Theme Form Elements
I'm using the following to format field elements in my theme:
function theme_form_element($element, $value) {
$t = get_t();
if ($element['#type'] == 'checkbox') {
$output = '<div class="...
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Ajax Form “back to form” link not reloading form via ajax
This just started happening today. We have a site form that built with 'Ajax' turned on. The form submits, and ajax displays the 'confirmation' message with the 'back to form' link. When clicking '...
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Fieldset collapsed by default
I'm working on a Drupal 7 project where I use the form API to build a form. I want my form's fieldsets to be collapsed by default.
I use the following code:
$form['fieldset'] = array(
'#type' =&...
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Webform Validation Allow Lowercase Only
I have an email field in a webform that will trigger a rule that checks against that field against a user's email. The issue is, rules is case sensitive so if the webform field had capitals, and the ...
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Field value empty in submitForm
I've got a form field that is empty ("") when I submit my form and I cant figure out where I am going wrong. The field in question is reason - as in the reason why this record is being changed. I also ...
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How to compare before and after state in whatever_submit($form, &$form_state)
In a custom module, I have a form allowing some Create/Update/Delete data in a specific table of the database.
In the submit part of the code, I'd like to compare 'before' state (what was displayed to ...
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How to display form element and label inline
This must be simple, but I cannot find the answer.
I want the label and the textfield on the same line. I tried this:
'odt-filter' => array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => 'Filtra',...
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Configuration form confirmation
I have a configuration form which extends ConfigFormBase.
How can I add a confirmation popup/page to give a message to the user that some field has certain value and do you wish to continue form ...
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Apply constraint conditionally
I've just started to use Drupal 8's Entity Validation API and I'm applying constraints to entities in the following way using hook_entity_bundle_field_info_alter:
...
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Get form values into hook_node_insert / hook_node_update
I need to get in hook_node_insert and hook_node_update the value of a field I manually added to a form.
function hook_form_FORMID_alter(&$form, FormStateInterface $formState, $form_id) {
$...
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Limit theme_webform_element() to One Form for Placing Description Above Field?
I have a very long webform, more than 200 fields, where the description needs to go above the input/textarea and below the label, instead of below the input/textarea. I am using webform 7.4.x and I ...
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How to add autocomplete to a textarea on a form?
I would like to add autocomplete functionality to a textarea form element in Drupal 8. I have a fully functioning custom textfield which has autocomplete working on the same form. I have confirmed ...
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Using JCF with dynamic forms
I want to use Javascript Custom Forms (JCF) to get more attractive and consistent looking forms on my Drupal 7 site. I've got it working to a degree, however when the form changes with AJAX, the new ...
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Override one line in core tabelselect jQuery behavior so custom checkboxes aren't affected
I have created a custom table using a Form API tableselect element, and within my table, I have embedded a checkbox form element that is checked based on an entity field (see here for details). The ...
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How to set fields (widgets) to readonly in hook_form_alter
Some fields of my nodes get regularly updated by an external datasource and therefore should not be edited by editors in Drupal. But for UX reasons I still need those fields visible on the edit form.
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Modify/Alter Password Policy Constraints Text
I'm looking for the easiest possible way to modify or alter the password policy constraints error text. The following is the default the users see.
The password does not include enough variation to ...
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Custom Ajax forms with managed_file form element
We have a form with three fields - where depending on the value of the first select field, we will show the other two form elements - one select field (the options depends on the value of the first ...
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file name constraint in form
I've got a basic field constraint figured out (per question here: Validation constraints on form fields ignored )
Next, I want to constrain the main image field to limit the file name. For example, ...
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Display entity as options_select multi-select
Below is my code for the view. I have tried multiple = true, multiple_values=true, multiple = multiple. None have worked.
->setDisplayOptions('form', [
'type' => 'options_select',
'...
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Validation constraints on form fields ignored
Trying to figure out custom validation with constraints, but no luck yet. Right now, my form posts content and gives no errors when form is filled out incorrectly.
(Please avoid suggesting ...
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Unable to set default value for checkbox form element inside tableselect
I've created a custom table using a tableselect element, and within each row, I have a checkbox form element that should populate the checkbox from a checkbox field in the node. I've tried every ...
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How to make a select form element with textfields for the array id and key?
In a custom module which I'm working on, I have a select list which currently has a hard-coded array of key=>value which could change and I would like to expose these options to the user.
I would ...
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How to use ConfirmFormBase to confirm the action of another form?
I have a form that allows users to upload a CSV file. Upon submit, I would like to show a confirmation form ("Are you sure you want to import this file?").
However, the Drupal 8 examples for ...
