Hi, First off, thanks to everyone who contributed to this module; it's great.
We've got Workflow up and running and it's working very well. We've hit a minor snag (which happens to be of great concern to the client) and it's my job to fix the problem.
We've applied Workflow to two content types;
Content Type A has the states:
draft
submitted
published
in-process
closed
Content Type B has the states:
draft
submitted
publish
expired
Content Type A's workflow sits at the top of the /node/add/[type] page and Type B's is much further down on its submission form. There are six developers working away on this site, so I'm sure Workflow is simply responding to a setting somebody set somewhere; but everyone on the team is denying involvement.
Any guidance as to how I can determine the placement of the Workflow settings on the node/add form would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-NP
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Need to adjust Workflow element weight with custom module
Dear NonProfit,
I had the same issue you're describing. It seemed to me that the Workflow section appeared at a particular part of the page and could simply end up in the middle of a bunch of fields if there were a lot of fields on the page. To account for this, I have a site-specific module that I called "form_alterations". Here's the code that you'd need from the .module file:
/*** Implementation of hook_form_alter().
*
* This lets you make changes to any form in the site. You can alter, remove
* or add form elements. You can also alter the validation and submission
* behavior. The name will always be modulename_form_alter.
*/
function form_alterations_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
// Normally a switch is used because you may want to alter more than
// one form and it is easy to add a new case for each form.
switch ($form_id) {
// This is our form ID.
case 'specialization_node_form':
case 'version_node_form':
// Adjust workflow form weight.
if ($form['workflow']) {
$form['workflow']['#weight'] = 28;
}
break;
}
}
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Thanks!
Thanks, Mark. I'll check this out.
Cool.
This worked for me. THANK YOU for posting, Mark. To clarify for other newish users such as myself, if placing the workflow piece at the bottom of a 'product_service' node type form, the php is going to look like this:
/**
* Implementation of hook_form_alter().
This lets you make changes to any form in the site. You can alter, remove
* or add form elements. You can also alter the validation and submission
* behavior. The name will always be modulename_form_alter.
*/
function form_alterations_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
// Normally a switch is used because you may want to alter more than
// one form and it is easy to add a new case for each form.
switch ($form_id) {
// This is our form ID.
case 'product_service_node_form':
// Adjust workflow form weight.
if ($form['workflow']) {
$form['workflow']['#weight'] = 28;
}
break;
}
}
I forgot to add the '_node_form' part, causing some confusion when getting started.
Best regards,
Chris
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