Questions tagged [forms]
Use it for questions about the Form API. Don't use it for entity or entity field forms.
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Why is hook_form_alter() so messy?
Here's an example I just ran into. I'm trying to put some HTML in the label of my field.
$form['field_feedback']['und']['#title'] <- has the title
$form['field_feedback']['und'][0]['#title'] <- ...
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Dynamic select list in the form (dependent dropdown)
I'm using Drupal seven. I want to make the options in a select list be dependent on the value chosen in another select list in a form. I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I am having ...
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Custom validation for a form?
I need to add custom validation to a form, lets says add article form.
I was expecting something like hook_FORM_ID_validate() to handle this, but cannot find anything relavant in the API ...
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Add a custom submission handler to a form
How can I add a custom form submission handler?
I tried adding $form['#submit'][] = 'mymodule_form_submit'; or $form['actions']['submit']['#submit'][] = 'mymodule_form_submit'; to hook_form_alter().
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How to a use a template file to theme a form?
While nodes, comments, blocks and many other things in Drupal are themed using theme template files (like node.tpl.php), forms are a different story. There are no theme template files for forms. How ...
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How can I implement AJAX form submission?
My task is to submit a contact form via AJAX and then to show a "Thank you for submission!" message, loaded in place where the form was. So I need to ajaxify existing contact form.
I found ...
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Change a normal submit 'input' type to 'button' type with button tag
Is it possible in Drupal 8 to change a regular form submit button from Drupal into a button tag?
This is the output I need to achieve:
<button type="button" class="search-box__button">
<...
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Resolve the error "An illegal choice has been detected..."
I have written code like below and all works fine, but while submitting the form I get the error below. I am trying to filter the second dropdown based on the first drop down selection.
An illegal ...
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How can I find the form ID of a form?
How do I get the form id of my form? I've just begun to make my modules and I'm at a standstill. I got this code from someone else and am trying to customize it:
function hook_form_alter(&$form, &...
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How can I make a form element required with states?
I have a drop down list that displays various fields based on what is chosen and I know that I can toogle the visibility with states but when I try to use required the * span is display but it isn't ...
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Show forms in a modal window [closed]
I have a form and I am using Drupal 7. I need to show this form in a popup when a user clicks a link. The user should then be able to complete the form whilst in the pop up window. I can use anything ...
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How to render specific form elements from the *.theme file
I am using Drupal 8 and would like to customize how form elements are being displayed. Specifically, I don't like how uneditable, populated textfields are displayed as plain text. I would have it ...
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Custom registration twig template
What would be the best way to make a custom registration twig template ?
I have implemented the hook :
function THEMENAME_theme_suggestions_form_alter(array &$suggestions, array $variables) {
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Adding CSS and JS to form with attachments
I need to add some external and local CSS and JavaScript files to a form, but I can't seem to find the right way to do this. Do I simply add the paths and URLs for the JS and CSS files?
I assume $...
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How do I add a custom validation handler to an existing form/field?
How do I add a custom validation handler to an existing form (or form field) in Drupal 8?
I have a form that I haven't created. I want to add my own validation rules on some fields when the form is ...
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How to redirect to a page after submitting a form
I have a custom module that displays a form.
Upon submitting the form, I want to redirect the user to a different page.
How can I do that?
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How do I load a form with a specific form display (form mode)?
On a custom page I'm trying to load an user edit form with a specific form display.
I'm able to load the form however I can't figure out how to load the form with the specific display.
This is what I ...
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Create any number of paragraph fields in a multiple value field on node create form
I have a paragraphs field that takes a term reference.
I need to count how many terms there are for a specific vocabulary and then create that many instance of the paragraphs multiple value field for ...
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Form within a block
I'm using drupal_get_form('event_signup_form') to embed my custom form inside a block. The form is being rendered as intended, but submitting the form triggers nothing.
The form function itself is ...
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Can I use ajax to target multiple form elements from one input?
I'm trying to use ajax to update two different parts of a drupal form from just one form input blur.
I have the standard ajax stuff on my input:
$my_form['my_input']['#ajax'] = array(
'callback' =&...
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Date popup form field doesn't show the default value correctly
I am creating a custom form with "date_popup" form fields.
The only issue I have is that the default_value for the date popup form field shows only the first digit of the year, not the whole date.
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Managed file: the file used in the field may not be referenced
I am having some issues with the managed_file type. Whenever I try to edit and save a form that has a managed_file element in it an error occurs: The file used in the Picture field may not be ...
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How can I display a change password form on its own?
I have a need to place a user's password reset form in areas outside the context of the user edit page.
This Change Password module looked promising; however, it is only available for drupal 6 and ...
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How to force a redirect (override the destination query string in the URL)
I have a custom form submit callback to redirect users to a specific page:
function MYMODULE_authfrontpageredirect_callback(array &$form, FormStateInterface &$form_state) {
$url = \Drupal::...
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How to implement a multi step approval with webforms/entityforms based on form components?
Is it possible to invoke multi-step submission workflow using either Webform or Entityform? Here is the scenario of workflows:
An employee submits the form
Superviser gets notification,...
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How to replace the search submit button with a Font Awesome character?
I would like to replace the search submit button with a Font Awesome character like the Magnifier (Search Icon) character, and put Search the site inside the search box.
How can I achieve something ...
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How do you theme a content type's create/edit form?
Like it says -- I've got a D7 content type whose editing form needs to be themed. I did this all the time in D6 by registering theme functions in template.php and writing the associated theming ...
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Cannot deal with multiple iterations of same form on one page
I am designing a site that has a variety of points in which I need to render "workflow" buttons that are used to send actions to an external application.
I used the form API to generate these ...
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Form Redirect not working if 'destination' is in URL
In one of my forms, I'm trying to set a $form_state['redirect'] so the form will go to that destination after the user clicks one of the action buttons.
If I inspect $form_state['redirect'] both ...
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specify $form elements to be excluded from display?
I want to hide certain elements in form using form_alter or a template file. I have read somewhere that in Drupal 7 , we can specify $form elements so it will not display in form, but I can't remember!...
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How do you implement a custom submit handler in hook_form_alter()?
I've been updating one of my Drupal 7 modules to 8 and I'm having an issue with my form alter. I'm adding a validation function and a submit handler. The validation function is getting called just ...
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How do I add an additional submit handler in commerce checkout form?
How do I add an additional submit handler? I have tried this but it did not work.
function c_coupon_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
drupal_set_message($form_id);
switch($form_id) {...
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How to customize the default search block form template?
How can I customize the default search block form template, I now use below template to display a search form block, but this code doesn't allow me to edit and customize each part of this form ...
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How to place Contact form in block?
I have to embed a contact form inside of a block, and I'm trying to use the entity.form_builder service, But I'm not sure which entity I should give it, I found Message and ContactForm entity, so what ...
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How to theme webform elements (radio buttons etc.)?
I would like to know how to theme Drupal 7 Webform elements?
I want to change the HTML structure of every element, not just wrap form with div or something like that. And I want to leave theme's ...
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How to pre-populate multiple "field collection" fields in node form [closed]
I'm building a multistep node add form where you upload a zip of files on page 1, let the module read file names into an array when the uploader presses the "next" button, and then allows the uploader ...
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AJAX callback on form item generated by AJAX
I'm trying to add AJAX callback to form element that was previously rendered by AJAX but with no luck. Code below.
A bit of description. There are three main methods here:
buildForm - base form
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Adding Constraint to entity referenced Paragraph field
I'm attempting to follow this documentation to add a custom constraint to a field in a Paragraph but I'm having trouble in adding constraint to that field.
Currently I have book content type with ...
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"Illegal Choice has been detected" [duplicate]
I am dynamically populating <select> throught javascript in Drupal 7. The system gives me an error on submit:
"Illegal Choice has been detected"
How to mark, that this <select> must skip ...
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Webform - Submit values from Drupal 7 from to external url
I am a self-proclaimed newbie to creating forms in Drupal. I have a form hosted on a Drupal 7 website (using the webform module) and need to submit the form values to an external url. I've been ...
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How do I print results after submitting a Drupal form?
I have a simple Drupal Module setup which has a single textbox.
I can return what was typed in the textbox using drupal_set_message():
function firstmodule_form1_submit($form, &$form_state) {
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How to make form buttons call only javascript?
I'm experimenting with JavaScript and Drupal forms. Currently I'm trying to make a button in the administration form of a module that will use JavaScript to append options to a select list. The ...
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How to implement "Add another item" for custom forms?
I am writing a module which is basically a form that creates a relation between two end points.
I want a user to be able to create multiple relations at once. I want to add a button which says "add ...
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How to customize the user login form?
I'm trying to customize user login form in /user/login page and I want to use a hook_form_alter function to add some awesome style and placeholder to each of user login form fields and remove or hide: ...
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form_state->setRedirect(to_a_new_node_page) from the submitForm function, route "does not exist" issue
I created a custom module, It generate a custom Form in a page.
When I submit my form, I create a new node.
So, I am redirect to the form page but I would like be redirect to the new node page.
I add ...
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Ajax submission leads to => An unrecoverable error occurred. The uploaded file likely exceeded the maximum file size (2 MB) that this server supports
So i'm trying to submit a form using ajax, in my form i have the following:
$form['actions']['#type'] = 'actions';
$form['actions']['submit'] = array(
'#type' => 'submit',
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Theme Drupal Form API checkboxes as a grid
I have a custom form that displays a form element of about 2 dozen checkboxes. I would like to output them 3 per row, in a table if possible. How can I go about doing that?
$form['preference'] = ...
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How to programmatically create a title for a new node?
I want the title field of each new node of the Agenda content type to be constructed automatically from a date field in that same node.
I have variously tried setting the #default_value and #value on ...
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Load form via ajax and submit by ajax not working
I have loaded a form via ajax and submit by ajax not working. But if I load form directly by url ajax submission is working. Form is loaded by ajax is using jQuery.
$('#button').on('click', function (...
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How to omit form's validation at AJAX button click?
I have an AJAX button that should update form fields according to data already provided by user:
'ajax_button' => array(
'#type' => 'button',
'#value' => t("Scan for tags"),
'#...
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