There is a current D7 dependency on the references (http://drupal.org/project/references) module, however it appears from the project page that references is lacking maintainers.

- As the past couple months showed, the current maintainers are not up to the task. This module accepts new maintainers.
- References will most probably be deprecated in the near future in favor of Entity Reference (http://drupal.org/project/entityreference), which should probably be considered first on fresh D7 projects.

Is there any plan to support the Entity Reference module?

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quicksketch’s picture

quicksketch
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I thought I'd answered this question once before, but I can't find the relevant issue.

Is there any plan to support the Entity Reference module?

In short: No. If we decide to support Entity Reference module, we'll start a new project. It doesn't make any sense for nodereference_url_widget to support entities, users, profiles, or anything other than nodes. This module was based around the Node Reference module, and since that module has now become deprecated, this module will follow suit and let a replacement module take its place.

That said, I don't really have a problem with Node Reference module yet, so I'll continue to support this module as long as the Node Reference module is popular.

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Encarte commented

See #1263118: Have equivalent of Node Reference URL Widget also.

quicksketch’s picture

quicksketch
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Thanks Encarte! I'm following that issue too, it'll be interesting to see what comes of it.

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karens commented

Note that http://drupal.org/project/entityreference_prepopulate is now a full project, although it doesn't have a release yet.

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johnhanley commented

Good timing for my project, as the initial release of Entityreference prepopulate is now available.

This issue could probably be closed, but I'll leave that up to the maintainer.

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niklp commented

ER_prepop doesn't do nearly as much as this project does... I feel a port coming on.

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damienmckenna
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FYI EntityReference Prepopulate has stable releases, is now up to v7.x-1.4, is being actively maintained and, IMHO, worth sticking with instead of this module.

I'd honestly recommend marking this Fixed and adding a note to the project page, possibly even deprecating NodeReference URL Widget in favor of EntityReference Prepopulate.

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quicksketch
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Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Thanks guys, I added a note to the project page.