Multiple values in a field

Posted by jeditdog on January 6, 2013 at 7:08am

I'm creating a form where there will be a text field that requires 1 entry.

I'm want to add a button so they user can enter more than 1 value. -- in this case clicing the button would popup a new text field.

They would have some edit abilities, so when I populate the form with saved data, each value would show up in its own text box & then the button would be there if they wanted to add another value.

I've got some idea on how to do this-- some I think Drupal will not like.

Are there any suggestions on how to accomplish this or where I should look?

thanks

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Drupal fields allow for this

Posted by Jaypan on January 6, 2013 at 7:16am

Drupal fields allow for this out of the box. Just select unlimited (or a set number above one) values on the field configuration page.

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I get that this can happen

Posted by jeditdog on January 6, 2013 at 7:55am

I get that this can happen out of the box, but I really need to customize this functionality.

some needs:

if 1 field gets an added value, another field needs an added value as well
taking away the re-ordering ability

I'd like to use what is there, but it looks difficult to customize beyond what's there. Do you have suggestions on how to do this or at least an article to read?

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Posted by WorldFallz on January 6, 2013 at 1:28pm

Tweaking existing functionality is likely to be far easier than recreating this from scratch for only minor changes-- seems like you mostly need to tweak the js. And you might be able to use field_collection module which will allow bundled fields to add items simultaneously without coding anything, so that would leave just turning off the ordering functionality.

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will use field_collection

Posted by jeditdog on January 7, 2013 at 5:08am

I agree, tweaking is a better idea, but I've really no idea where to start.

I will use the field_collection module -- sounds really useful for what I'm doing.

Any suggestions on where to start in the the Javascript?

Thank you for the suggestions thus far.

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Posted by WorldFallz on January 7, 2013 at 3:00pm

I'm not much of a js guru, but I would start by inspecting the page to see which js enables the reordering. Also, iirc, there's a 'show row weights' link that disables the js reordering-- maybe see how that works. Also, you'll want to do a form_alter to disable the row weight fields (actually, that might also take care of the js as well).

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awesome advice!

Posted by jeditdog on January 9, 2013 at 1:24am

Thanks WorldFallz!

field_collection has done about 80% of the work I was going to have to do.

I had debated not asking the question and I would have gone in totally different direction. I appreciate the advice.

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Posted by WorldFallz on January 9, 2013 at 4:45am

glad to have helped ;-)

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also, I just used CSS

Posted by jeditdog on January 9, 2013 at 1:27am

also, I just used CSS {visibility:hidden;} to hide the handle for reordering the values themselves.

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