Ideally I would like to override individual blocks to say "By type", "By Color" etc. Instead of --Select-- when nothing is selected.

I'm not quite up to par with overriding functions in the templete.php file.

Can anybody help me?

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nagarajanl’s picture

nagarajanl commented

You can override this 'select' drop down options by using phptemplate_select() in template.php. The quickmenu uses the 'block-id' as a reference in this dropdowns. So you can make a switch case based on block-ids and override the null element by 'Color', 'Type' etc..

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mcfilms commented

nagarajanl I have this exact same issue. However, my PHP skills are puny.

I understand conceptually what you are saying about overriding the null element of the block-ids of the menus in template.php. Or at least I think I do. But when I go into my current theme's template.php file, I don't see a reference to the block-id.

Would it go inside here?:

/**
 * Override or insert variables into the block templates.
 *
 * @param $vars
 *   An array of variables to pass to the theme template.
 * @param $hook
 *   The name of the template being rendered ("block" in this case.)
 */
function zen_preprocess_block(&$vars, $hook) {
  $block = $vars['block'];

  // Special classes for blocks.
  $classes = array('block');
  $classes[] = 'block-' . $block->module;
  $classes[] = 'region-' . $vars['block_zebra'];
  $classes[] = $vars['zebra'];
  $classes[] = 'region-count-' . $vars['block_id'];
  $classes[] = 'count-' . $vars['id'];

  $vars['edit_links_array'] = array();
  $vars['edit_links'] = '';
  if (theme_get_setting('zen_block_editing') && user_access('administer blocks')) {
    include_once './' . drupal_get_path('theme', 'zen') . '/template.block-editing.inc';
    zen_preprocess_block_editing($vars, $hook);
    $classes[] = 'with-block-editing';
  }

  // Render block classes.
  $vars['classes'] = implode(' ', $classes);
}

/**

There is a field to Override the default title for the block in my 'QUICK MENU: Availability' block

It says:
"Override the default title for the block. Use to display no title, or leave blank to use the default block title."

I wish there was a way to specify the use of the title in the drop down menu. I guess this is more of a feature request.

Thanks!

hankpalan.com’s picture

hankpalan.com commented

Ok I'm rather stuck. Here is what I have so far:

function phptemplate_select() {
   if ($block_id = 'menu-genre') {
    $options = array( '' => '-> By Genre' );
   }
   else {
    $options = array( '' => '-- Select --' );
   }
	return $output;
}

I thought I knew what I'm doing but by the looks of it I'm in over my head. I have scoured the net but in reality my php skills are lacking.

mcfilms’s picture

mcfilms commented

EUREKA! I got it. Hopefully this will help someone else.

Open quickmenu.module in a text editor
Remove the line:
$options = array( '' => '-- Select --' );

The module will now default to using the first item in the menu list as the title.

(Wish this was documented somewhere.)

MorganG’s picture

MorganG commented

Great, thanks for this solution!

MantasK’s picture

MantasK commented

I use:

function phptemplate_select($element) {
   if ($element['#id'] == 'quick_menu_block_id') {
      $element['#options'][''] = t('Custom title') ;
   }
   else {
    $element['#options'][''] = t('-- Select --' );
   }
return theme_select($element);
}

you can use print_r($element) to check block id.