I've never tried to user hook_form_alter to change a form. I'd like to just add a line or two of help text to the block configuration form on the user account edit page. Is hook_form_alter even the best way to do this?
could someone just give me a pointer as to where to begin with this? Do I need to make a separate module with just the hook_form_alter in it?
Interestingly, D7 will now have a few lines of help text in the block config form, but I'm on D6.
thanks
Neil
Quoting Neil Coghlan neil@esl-lounge.com:
I've never tried to user hook_form_alter to change a form. I'd like to just add a line or two of help text to the block configuration form on the user account edit page. Is hook_form_alter even the best way to do this?
Probably this is what you want to do.
could someone just give me a pointer as to where to begin with this? Do I need to make a separate module with just the hook_form_alter in it?
Yes, if you use hook_form_alter you need a custom module.
Interestingly, D7 will now have a few lines of help text in the block config form, but I'm on D6.
This http://drupal.org/project/advanced_help might help as well.
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The form_defaults module also provides this funtionality.
-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Earnie Boyd Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 10:54 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: Re: [support] adding "description" help text to block configuration form
Quoting Neil Coghlan neil@esl-lounge.com:
I've never tried to user hook_form_alter to change a form. I'd like to
just add a line or two of help text to the block configuration form on
the user account edit page. Is hook_form_alter even the best way to do
this?
Probably this is what you want to do.
could someone just give me a pointer as to where to begin with this? Do I need to make a separate module with just the hook_form_alter in it?
Yes, if you use hook_form_alter you need a custom module.
Interestingly, D7 will now have a few lines of help text in the block config form, but I'm on D6.
This http://drupal.org/project/advanced_help might help as well.
-- Earnie -- http://r-feed.com/ -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://www.4offer.biz/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
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