File attachments area of the comment form expanded by default (optional)

You can write a module that implements a form_alter hook, and sets the collapsed property of the attachments field to false:

$form['attachments']['#collapsed'] = FALSE;

As it has to run after CU, give it a weight of 11 in the system table.

Not really, and certainly not as an extra module vs. a patch against CU. The current behaviour is sane and applies to most situations.

I dont know php extremely well, could you give a little tutorial on how you did it? I would love to be able to do this, Im using the Drupal 6 version btw. Is there a way I can just patch the module itself?

here's a working little module if you need it. it's for drupal 6 :)
cheers,

sarah

It seems the latest release has attachment form expanded by default. I'd like to collapse it

I created a module that contains the following:

function mymodule_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {

      if ($form_id == 'comment_form') {	  
      $form['attachments']['#collapsed'] = TRUE;
     }
	 	
}

I can change everything, for example using

$form['attachments']['#description'] = 'Custom description';

I can change a text inside the fieldset, BUT CAN NOT collapse the fieldset.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Ive been searching and have tried everything but cant have "File attachments" expanded by default on comments. Is there any way to do this?

@volocuga - you'll need to manually make sure your custom module's 'weight' in the system table (your database) is 'heavier' than the comment_upload module; that way your form alter will take precedence. I think this setting should be optional—I'd rather not have the file attachments form expanded by default, because I rarely need to use the comment upload form, but I'd still like it there...

So, the steps to fix this for your site:

1. Put the following into your site's custom.module (If your module is named something_else.module, replace 'custom' with 'something_else'):

/**
 * Implementation of hook_form_alter().
 */
function custom_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  if ($form['#id'] == 'comment-form') {
    $form['attachments']['#collapsed'] = TRUE;
  }
}

2. In your {system} table (in your site's database), make sure the 'weight' value for your custom module is higher (a greater integer) than the comment_upload module (for example, if comment_upload's weight is 0, you can have your module's 'weight' be 1 or more, and that will take care of it).

That way, you can override the default behavior.

hello,
thanks geerlingguy. it works fine !

Could you tell me why if I try to add the function on the comment_upload module directly it doesn't work ??