Use this tag for questions about the field API, how to use it, or which hooks are required to implement a field in a module; use "tag:fields" for questions about fields implemented in modules you are using.
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How can I override the autocomplete.js file while developing a module?
I want to override the default tags field wherever it is used. After looking through a few files, I figured that I should override drupal/misc/autocomplete.js and the Drupal.jsAC object.
Is it ...
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Rewrite View field value
I have a Views table that simply shows a list of Entities.
Now at the moment, field 'status' just outputs the raw data 0 or 1.
I want this to be rewritten as 'Pending' or 'Approved' respectively.
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How do I structure node data that records time and quantity?
I have a node that will have one field that will be updated often by adding a field with a time and quantity of an item. I would like to output the data as a table.
Some fields the node will have ...
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Drupal 7 Customize Node Add Form
First, let's describe what I have already:
Vocabulary: "Categories" with some terms added(cat1, cat2, cat3)
New content type "custom_page" where I added a new field of type "Term reference" using ...
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How do you display fields created via the File Entity settings configuration?
I have a question about adding fields to the file type field. Someone suggested usingthe file_entity module, and I tried it out and it lets me modify it's configuration settings, adding a few fields, ...
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Port back to d6 $instance
I have this code that I am trying to get back to d6
$field_name = variable_get('blogger_importer_node_tag_field', '');
$instance = ...
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Module: Extend “Authoring information”-tab and adding new field to it
I'm looking for a way to attach a custom field of my module to "Authoring information"-tab.
Thanks for any hint
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Modules/Methods for Faster Data Entry
I have an unlimited-cardinality text field on a node that users need to enter 50-100 values on. Right now, the user has to type in one value, click "add another item", and then click inside the text ...
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Saving custom field value leads to mysql error
I created a custom field as in field_example described, using text_format as type and it shows up a multi line editor without any problems.
But I'm facing a mysql error when trying to save a node:
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Keep empty values
I have the following case: I have a field (Long text) with unlimited values. Now I have the following values:
Value 1
- empty value -
Value 3
By default, the second value would get removed. How can ...
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How do I prepopulate the value of a taxonomy term reference field on the node creation form?
I'm using an approach similar to the one taken in this question. The difference is that I have a taxonomy term reference field in the user profile that I want to use to prepopulate a custom content ...
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field_get_items / value when creating new content
I think I am about to lose my mind .. how in earths name do I get the value of a field in a widget during creation? I created a custom field widget, and during creation of new content I want to be ...
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field_widget_form get value
I am creating a custom field and I am looking to get the value of a textfield during node creation. In the callback I need to get the value of the textfield, how do I do this?
function ...
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Check for field values to be unique when storing into the DB
I have a content type "Research assignment" which has several fields including the field "field_user" and "field_project".
I want to remove any old research assignments having the same user and ...
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Single input area widget
In D7, is it possible to create a custom field widget in the way Roles UI (admin/people/permissions/roles) does it, i.e with just a single input area at the very bottom, instead of n input sets for ...
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field label class
How do I add a class to the label of every field of a specific content type.
Module?
Theme?
Is this possible?
I'm using the bootstrap theme, if that makes any difference I can see that this theme ...
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How to debug hook_field_formatter_settings_summary()
In my code I have add:
function mymodule_field_formatter_settings_summary($field, $instance, $view_mode) {
$display = $instance['display'][$view_mode];
$settings = $display['settings'];
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How to programmatically add / remove a value for an unlimited multivalue field?
I was looking at http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-push.php but it seems one cannot use it as multi value fields are associate arrays. Any built in functions perhaps?
Here is an example array
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Toggle text field depending on checkbox value in drupal 6
I need to toggle a textbox depending upon the checkbox value.
Basically i need to take email entries for updates.
Here is the form elements I used.
$form['chkupdates'] = array(
'#type' ...
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Altering select elements to include data-img-src
I am trying to create a content type with select list options that are replaced by images that you can pick.
Plugin here http://rvera.github.io/image-picker/
How would I go about altering the option ...
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integer field select list with min and max value
I would like to have integer field that ranges from 0 to lets say 100000 with "select list" widget. It doesn't have to have keys i just don't want to type 10000 numbers in field settings of "List ...
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How to implement a mysql date or datetime field correctly in hook_schema()?
I have written a mymodule.install file which contains a schema definition to create a table in my database. This table contains two data fields. Theese fields will be populated by the users when they ...
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Custom field not showing on edit form
I'm fairly new to drupal development and still trying to wrap my brain around the API. I run an athletic based website and need to be able to store race times using a mm:ss.00 format. I haven't seen ...
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Text input onchange event
I'm working on a custom field that will store a string. The text will have a custom formatter applied to it that will manipulate the structure of the string (adding dashes in the right places). I ...
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Why do certain fields not behave like fields?
Why do certain fields not behave like fields? For example 'Product title' and 'Product price' fields from Drupal Commerce:
You can tell that these two fields are composed very differently. I have ...
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How to get a field value of multiple nodes?
I have some node ids from entityfieldquery. I would like to get the values of a field from all of these nodes. Should I use db_query, or should do a node_load_multiple, and get the field value with a ...
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Extracting a specific data part of a Field Collection Item
I've been playing around with this for the better part of a few days now with no luck. Here is my Collection data:
Collection name: field_video_collection
Within the collection there is a field ...
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In a widget settings form, how do I detect that the user has clicked my custom submit button on form build?
I'm adding some settings to a content type widget settings form that I want to be in a collapsed fieldset. These settings include a custom form submit button which lets the user upload a file or ...
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DisplaySuite, but for fields?
Ok, DisplaySuite is nice, Views is nice. But, I often find myself doing PHP coding using EFQ to achieve the result I need.
Thing is, dealing with render arrays and field API is a massive pain, ...
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Change values of user input in hook_field_validate?
I have setup a custom field and have a validater setup for it. I would like to be able to adjust and actually change the user input from within my validator. so say this is a multi value field, each ...
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How can override or customize the field_add_more_submit to add a 10 or 100 items with a single click
For a field set to multiple values, I am looking for a way to let the user add a x number of items in a single click like :
Add [100] items [add button]
and replace the [Add another item] button.
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How do you add a taxonomy reference select list or checkboxes to a custom field?
I'm creating a custom drupal 7 module that adds a custom compound field. For this question, I've posted part of my code below (my schema and also part of my hook_field_widget_form). It contains a ...
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How to show images below a select box according to the value?
Let's say I have a select box with values : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Every value has it's own image, which I want to display as a description below the select field. Any Drupal / AJAX way to show this?
By ...
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Predefined and lock the name of a field in a new content type
I have made video field provided by video module generic to be used by all content types (past or future). For some reason I need everytime a new video field is created to have a predefined name e.g. ...
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Trouble setting up field instance
I have isolated my error to the field_create_instance($instance) line but can't make sense of what I'm doing wrong.
function my_module_quote_add_qid() {
$field = array(
'field_name' => ...
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How to override a module theme function in a custom module but still allow themes to override the template file?
I'm writing a fairly simple module which allows the removal of colons from field output on a per field basis and I need to override the core field module's theme_field function in my module.
I can ...
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mark single form field as cause of error on form validation
I've a custom field, and I'm trying to write the validation for the field values. however when a particular field causes the failure, the whole fielset is marked in red. I only want the specific field ...
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Is it good practice for a module to add fields to a certain content type?
I have a content type of "album" that is used for displaying reviews of music albums. It has fields like "artist", "genre", "publication_date", etc.
I also have a supporting module that displays ...
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Making a new field via module
I've been following the Drupal example on how to create a new field. I can get their example to work fine, but when I try my own it does not seem to store any data, i.e. the field is always blank when ...
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how to assign first img linked on a node to image field
What I have: a D7 site with around 2k nodes on it, many of these nodes have images <img> in the html of the body but those images are not assigned to the image field. (It is an old drupal site ...
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How do I get fields of a certain field type?
I've seen how to get lists of fields by entity and bundle with field_info_instances() and field_info_field(), but I'm not seeing a way to get all fields of a particular type.
I was able to cook this ...
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Custom form: How to implement a module's field widget
In my custom form I have a file upload, which follows the array structure of file_element_info() in file.module in core. This is consistent with examples in examples module and date module has ...
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Print term's field value on node tpl
The term reference is field_prodcat. Each term of the taxonomy has decimal field named field_jaja. I want to print the value of field_jaja to the node template
To see the value of the term, I'm ...
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How to make specific field disabled on node submit, but enabled on node edit?
In content type testtype I have 2 required field: field_one & field_two.
I need to make field_one only enabled on node submit, while field_two only enabled on node edit.
So, when submitting, we ...
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Is there a submit handler for custom fields?
I built a custom field, and now I'm adding an image upload to that custom field. The type is managed_file. When the user saves the content, where can I handle the file after submit?
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Drupal 6 alternative to Drupal 7's managed_file Field API type
Is there a Drupal 6 alternative to the Drupal 7 managed_file field type?
I have an configuration form using multiple image fields, and I'm using managed_file field type in Drupal 7 which works ...
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this hook_uninstall isn't deleting fields in my module!
I've trying to make a simple module that creates a node-type and adds a few custom fields to it with the Field API.
Here is my module's .install
Here is my module's .module
The module installs ...
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How to programmatically set a file field to allow multiple uploads/values?
I have created a file field with field_create_field() and added an instance of it to my custom node type with field_create_instance() in my module's hook_install()function. But how do I set it to ...
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Can't get drupal_array_get_nested_value to work
I'm trying to use this helper function drupal_array_get_nested_value and I can't seem to get it to run. ...
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Display form within a custom field?
I've created a module that has a 'form builder' on the admin side. Once the form has been created, I store the form array in the database. Then on the front end I've created a custom field that ...
