On one of my content types, I have a node reference field that I would like prepopulated with a node based on what's in the URL. I'm currently getting the node ID out of the URL, and populating the node reference field's #default_value with that nid, which works great for select lists or radio button widgets.

However, for better usability/performance, I'd like to use an autocomplete widget, but I can't seem to populate the #default_value appropriately - the field is empty.

Here's approximately how I'm trying to do this based on an nid:

function fn_notes_form_article_node_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  // If there's a list nid in the URL, store it (which prevents errors if the
  // Upload button is clicked).
  if ($list_node = node_load(arg(3)) and $list_node->type == 'list') {
    $form_state['storage']['list_node'] = $list_node;
  }

  // If list node is present, prepopulate the list reference field.
  if (!empty($form_state['storage']['list_node'])) {
    $form['field_article_list_reference']['und']['#default_value'] = $form_state['storage']['list_node']->nid;
  }
}

This is not working for autocomplete, as I said above. It seems that, for autocomplete, the #default_value might need to be populated in some other way, as the field is built differently. Does anyone know an easy way to get it filled in correctly?

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Fidelix’s picture

Fidelix CreditAttribution: Fidelix commented

Aw... I'm needing this too..

thirdender’s picture

thirdender CreditAttribution: thirdender commented

I had some success with the latest version of References and the following code. I used the Devel module's dpm() function to examine the form and get the path I used for the #default_value value. I'm not sure this is the correct or best way to set the #default_value, so if someone could comment that'd be great.

$form['field_company']['und'][0]['nid']['#default_value'] = '1';