Developer info (D6-)

This page lists known issues and tutorials for module developers to make their modules compatible to Wysiwyg module.

Expected use of filter_form()

If your module uses an input format enabled textarea, your Form API array structure has to use 'format' as array key to trigger the loading and attachment of a client-side editor. Example:

  // Your saved or new data is supposed to have a value and a format. Just like
  // $node has a $node->body and $node->format. May also come from a
  // variable_get('mymodule_admin_setting', array('value' => '', 'format' => NULL));
  $mydata = mymodule_data_load();

  $form['myfield']['mytextarea'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#title' => t('My textarea'),
    '#default_value' => $mydata->value,
  );
  $form['myfield']['format'] = filter_form($mydata->format);

If your module uses multiple input format enabled textareas in the same form, you still need to use 'format' as array key for each input format selector, but direct filter_form() to use different #parents instead. Admittedly, the proper use of the Form API and filter_form() is not easy to grasp.

Specifically, note the third argument to filter_form(). This will be the key in the $form_state['values'] array once the form is submitted.

Wrong:

  // First textarea.
  $form['field1']['field1'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#default_value' => $myfield1['value'],
    // ...
  );
  $form['field1']['field1_format'] = filter_form($myfield1['format']);

  // Second textarea.
  $form['field2']['field2'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#default_value' => $myfield2['value'],
    // ...
  );
  $form['field2']['field2_format'] = filter_form($myfield2['format']);

Correct:

  // First textarea.
  $form['field1']['field1'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#default_value' => $myfield1['value'],
    // ...
  );
  $form['field1']['format'] = filter_form($myfield1['format'], NULL, array('field1_format'));

  // Second textarea.
  $form['field2']['field2'] = array(
    '#type' => 'textarea',
    '#default_value' => $myfield2['value'],
    // ...
  );
  $form['field2']['format'] = filter_form($myfield2['format'], NULL, array('field2_format'));

...

// In form submission:

  $myfield1 = array(
    'value' => $form_state['values']['field1'],
    'format' => $form_state['values']['field1_format'],
  );
  $myfield2 = array(
    'value' => $form_state['values']['field2'],
    'format' => $form_state['values']['field2_format'],
  );
  // ...save in whatever way in your form submission handler.