[development] wit's end: altering options for an optionwidgets_select element - OR - life without #DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK

[Harry Slaughter]

Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
> Harry Slaughter schrieb:
>> I want to alter the options for a cck optionwidgets_select element based on data
>> in the node itself.
> 
>> I can't use a function in the cck widget configuration page because that's
>> called before the node is loaded, so I don't know what the options should be yet.
> 
>> I can't do it in hook_form_alter() because optionwidgets_select elements have
>> not yet been fully rendered (the actual options for the select have not been set
>> yet).
> 
>> I can make the alteration using #pre_render, but then form validation has run
>> already so I've corrupted the form and I fail _form_validate() and get the
>> 'illegal choice...' error. And I cannot use the
>> drupal_process_form()/drupal_rebuild_form() trick (as seen in AHAH) because the
>> #pre_render callback does not have access to $form_state.
> 
>> I can't use #DANGEROUS_SKIP_CHECK because it has been removed.
> 
> 
> Have you considere to add a #process function that runs after the
> optionwidget one? Look at the flexifield  module how to add one.
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Gerhard

Thanks for the response. I did look into #process but was unable to quickly
figure out what the heck it does :) I was quite frustrated.

Shortly after sending out this message, I figured out that the options for an
optionwidgets_select element are accessible from hook_form_alter(), but not in
the place one would expect ($form['my_cck_select_field'][#options]) but instead
are stored as a string in
$form['#field_info']['my_cck_select_field']['allowed_values']. I can set a
string value of options there and it will show up in the rendered form. Not at
all pretty, but it works.



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