Cannot find $form['path'] to hide form URL path settings

You have to ensure that your code gets run after path_form_node_form_alter().

In order of execution: hook_form_alter(), hook_form_BASE_FORM_ID_alter(), and then hook_form_FORM_ID_alter().

So your best bet is to use hook_form_page_node_form_alter() to modify $form['path'].

I'm having the same problem. I can hide everything except "URL path settings" in my edit form for a "child" node. Here is the code in node.module (please note: the content type is "child"):

function node_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
if($form_id == 'child_node_form') {
$form['field_child_node']['#access'] = false;
$form['revision_information']['#access'] = false;
$form['options']['#access'] = false;
$form['path']['#access'] = false;
$form['comment_settings']['#access'] = false;
$form['author']['#access'] = false;
}
}

Thanks for any assistance.

I don't know why, because I haven't taken the time to walk through the code yet, but this module, http://drupal.org/project/nodeformsettings, seems to work for hiding the path prompt on forms. After installing and enabling the modle, go to the relevant content type and click the "edit" link for the content type. A new link for "Node form settings" will allow you to hide the "Path" field, along with others.

@stevek123: That's because core's URL alias 'path' fieldset gets added in path_form_alter, which runs after your node_form_alter since both modules have a weight of 0 and p > n alphabetically.

#7 also answers the original comment

Sorry to reopen. My custom module has a weight of 99. I'm still not able to get the $form['path'] disabled with hook_form_FORM_ID_alter(). Please advise.

These menu items are added to the form after the alter of the form takes place. You can use an after build to hide these menu's.
In your alter:

function cowork_form_booking_node_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state){
	$form['#after_build'][] = 'custom_after_build';
        ....
}

function custom_after_build($form, &$form_state) {
		$form['path']['#access'] = FALSE;
	$form['menu']['#access'] = FALSE;
	return ($form);	
}

This will remove the items from the form after the build of the form is created.
Regards,
Kris

After build works great, thanks for the explanation, KayBe!

Can you explain a little further how answer #12 works and if it'll work for taxonomy_term_form?

Thanks

Solution provided in #12.

I have a view that has a link as one of the fields. the display shows the entire link path i.e, http://www.example.com/user i want just the /user to show up in the view. is this something that requires a rewrite or a creation of a template? any ideas?

@newme154: Please file a support request in Views. This seems unrelated to Pathauto, and you are posting on an issue which has been marked closed/resolved for over a year.

#12 works great for taxonomy terms!!!!!