Drupal Default Value for Dropdown field

Posted by don_sevcik on October 2, 2012 at 2:14am

I'm trying to override the default value for a dropdown field.

In my module tester, I have

<?php
function teachhub_edit_profile_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  
   if ($form_id == 'user_register_form') {

      $form["field_howdidyoufind"]["und"][0]["value"]['#default_value'] = "- Select -";

   }

}
?>

This is not working. I tried replacing 0 with "_none" but that did not work either.

Comments

Default value needs to be the

Posted by nevets on October 2, 2012 at 2:28am

Default value needs to be the key value.

And that looks like a field added to the user object, in which case why not adjust the default setting for the field.

Here is the code below for

Posted by don_sevcik on October 2, 2012 at 2:58am

Here is the code below for the dropdown in Firebug: Would I change #default_value to "_none"?

- Select a value -
Online Search
Social Networking
TeachHUB Email
TeachHUB Newsletter
In-service Event
Word of Mouth
Other

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With code: <select

Posted by don_sevcik on October 2, 2012 at 1:39pm

With code:

<select id="edit-field-howdidyoufind-und" class="form-select required" name="field_howdidyoufind[und]">
<option value="_none">- Select a value -</option>
<option value="Online Search">Online Search</option>
<option value="Social Networking">Social Networking</option>
<option value="Email">TeachHUB Email</option>
<option value="Newsletter">TeachHUB Newsletter</option>

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'_none' would be the correct

Posted by nevets on October 2, 2012 at 2:18pm

'_none' would be the correct value, though you should be able to set the default by configuring the field.

I did this and got a 500

Posted by don_sevcik on October 2, 2012 at 2:47pm

I did this and got a 500 error:

<?php
$form['field_howdidyoufind']['und'][0]['value']['_none'] = "- Select -";
?>

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How about

Posted by nevets on October 2, 2012 at 3:10pm

How about trying

$form['field_howdidyoufind']['und'][0]['value'] = '_none';

From my paste above, the key

Posted by don_sevcik on October 2, 2012 at 3:20pm

From my paste above, the key for that field is already _none. I want to change the display value from the default of "Select a value" to just "Select".

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Solved, I looped through the

Posted by don_sevcik on October 2, 2012 at 3:39pm

Solved, I looped through the 2nd tier array and found it:

<?php
$form['field_howdidyoufind']['und']['#options']['_none'] = "- Select -";
?>

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