Come together with the global Drupal community in Rotterdam, 28 Sept – 1 Oct 2026. Sessions, contribution, connection, and Early Bird savings until 8 June.Please add helper text to the Pattern for the title field that shows a couple of examples of proper use. Right now, the user has no helper text, and there is no formal documentation whatsoever for this feature.
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| #6 | noHelperText.jpg | 23.49 KB | aren cambre |
Comments
Comment #1
Bèr Kessels commentedwhat is not good about
?
I think you are really saying that you don't know PHP, which is fine, but in that case: don't use the feature :)
Comment #2
aren cambre commentedTrue, I don't know PHP or the Drupal API well. Is your module intended for the masses, or is it intended only for uber-PHP Drupal wizards?
The helper text says nothing about the format of the strings. I had to search extensively to figure out that I can use
[field_name_1] [field_name_2]to combine fields in the title.Please provide at least a modicum of helper text. Anything is better than nothing.
Comment #3
aren cambre commentedOops!!! Now I see that you have a Replacement patterns section that opens up to explain more. I never clicked it because I thought that Replacement patterns referenced some additional functionality that I didn't think I needed, when in fact it references documentation. Sorry about that!
Comment #4
fagoComment #5
(not verified) commentedComment #6
aren cambre commentedOk, need to reopen. It appears the Replacement Patterns helper text is not always displaying. See attachment.
Comment #7
fagoYou need the token module to be installed. Of course the help text wouldn't show else, because the feature isn't available.
Comment #8
aren cambre commentedThanks. You are correct.
You have a module dependency that does not show up in the module's description at /admin/build/modules. I will open a separate bug report about this.
Comment #9
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