By ALT83 on

Hi,

I'm finding that my users are not entering important information into node submission forms because they don't notice there is a collapsed fieldset. I would therefore like to turn these off for for my various content types. How can I do this without damaging core functionality?

Specifically things I need to stop hiding is the fieldsets for upload.module and also the location.module.

Thanks,

Alex

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SolarFlare’s picture

SolarFlare commented

Isn't this an option in the content type edit page?
Or maybe in the group's configuration page.

dharmatech’s picture

dharmatech commented

You could write a module that implements hook_form_alter().

For example, to open up the "published/promote to front page/etc." fieldset, you could use
$form['options']['#collapsed'] = FALSE;

Lullabot has a page on it... http://www.lullabot.com/articles/modifying-forms-5-and-6

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ALT83 commented

Thanks guys, but surely there must be a simpler way than creating a whole module to do this?

SolarFlare, I think there may be some kind of options if this were a CCK field, but it's not, it's the actual upload.module ("File Attachments") fieldset and also the "Location" fieldset created by location.module

dharmatech’s picture

dharmatech commented

Creating a module to accomplish a task isn't so bad. However, you might be able to override the fieldset in the theme by implementing phptemplate_fieldset() in template.php.

Never tried it so I don't know if it will work but it seems like it should.

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I would also find it helpful to be able to do this, specifically for the Image Attach collapsed group in my case.

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BassistJimmyJam commented

I wanted to do the same thing for the "File attachments" fieldset on my forum post content type. I acheived this by adding the following to my theme's template.php:

/**
* Implementation of theme_fieldset(), used to achieve custom styling of
* fieldsets on the node form.
*/
function phptemplate_fieldset($element, $b = null) {
  // check to see if we have a node id
  $node_type = arg(2);
  if ($node_type != 'forum' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
    $node = node_load(arg(1));
    $node_type = $node->type;
  } // end if we have a node id

  // check to see if this is the file attachments fieldset for a forum node
  if ($element['#title'] == t('File attachments') && $node_type == 'forum') {
    $element['#collapsed'] = false;
  } // end if this is the file attachments fieldset for a forum node

  return theme_fieldset($element);
} // end function phptemplate_fieldset()

If you want to turn of collapsing completely for the fieldset, just set $element['#collapsible'] = false.

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freefall235 commented

Thanks for the reply BassistJimmyJam,

But would there be any way to remove this element from the form altogether?

I wish to hide the file attachments node for a specific node.

Cheers,
Justin

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tsi commented

Thanx BassistJimmyJam, works great !

Tsachi Shlidor (@shlidor)