On the page to add a forum topic, in the Forum select field several unnecessary/unwanted items are shown:
There is both a - select - and a - select a value - entry
Next to this, containers are also shown, while it is not possible to add forum topics to containers

CommentFileSizeAuthor
#1 options.patch1.06 KBdroplet
Screen shot 2011-01-15 at 03.58.37.png262.52 KBdaften

Comments

droplet’s picture

droplet commented
Title: Add new forum topic shows too many values in Forums select field » Field Select list widget shows wrong select values
Version: 7.0 » 7.x-dev
Component: forum.module » field system
Status: Active » Needs review
StatusFileSize
new options.patch1.06 KB

It has 2 problems:
1. as topic
2. Required field or not, it always shows - none - or dobule -select ...xxx-

Status: Needs review » Needs work

The last submitted patch, options.patch, failed testing.

droplet’s picture

droplet commented

Absolutely needs work, my patch is going into very wrong way.

daften’s picture

daften commented

Can you point me in a direction for helping to create a patch (haven't done it before)

droplet’s picture

droplet commented

@daften,
http://drupal.org/patch/create
(http://drupal.org/node/707484)

I have dig more yesterday, it doesn't all Select list widget have this problem. Maybe I need to change issue title back to originally.

droplet’s picture

droplet commented
Status: Needs work » Closed (duplicate)

#932584: Forum has two "select" options

daften’s picture

daften commented

it's not a full duplicate. There is a problem reported here that is not in the other issue, namely that containers are shown as potential parents for topics (which is impossible)

droplet’s picture

droplet commented

@daften,
2nd issue: #12089: Better method of showing forum containers in form

daften’s picture

daften commented

Thanks!
Too bad it's only for d8 though :)