From d2939e20170af47719d2fda9bcc25573fbc40ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aidan Saunders <aidan.saunders@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 11:16:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update hook_civicrm_buildForm.md
Minor formatting issues, remove stray backslashes
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docs/hooks/hook_civicrm_buildForm.md | 17 ++++++-----------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/hooks/hook_civicrm_buildForm.md b/docs/hooks/hook_civicrm_buildForm.md
index c610b61b..c6cbc19e 100644
--- a/docs/hooks/hook_civicrm_buildForm.md
+++ b/docs/hooks/hook_civicrm_buildForm.md
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ elements attributes, and to add new fields to a form.
}
}
-
-
-
-
!!! tip
To access useful values in your hook_civicrm_buildForm function, consider the following:
@@ -48,8 +44,6 @@ elements attributes, and to add new fields to a form.
$form->getVar( '_gid' );
$form->setVar( '_gid', VALUE ); // sets the variable
-
-\
Change a price set field to be required for a specific event.
function example_civicrm_buildForm($formName, &$form) {
@@ -62,17 +56,18 @@ elements attributes, and to add new fields to a form.
!!! tip
With the QuickForms system that CiviCRM uses, you need to do two things to make fields appear:
- 1. You need to create the element in the form, which is what you can do in the buildForm() hook,\
- 2. You need to modify the Smarty template used to display the form so it contains the generated HTML for the new form element.
+
+ 1. You need to create the element in the form, which is what you can do in the buildForm() hook,
+ 2. You need to modify the Smarty template used to display the form so it contains the generated HTML for the new form element.
The later can be achieved by:
- overriding the core CiviCRM template with a new one (either in the custom templates directory, or within the templates directory of an extension),
- - or dynamically inserting a template part in the page through the Regions API.\
+ - or dynamically inserting a template part in the page through the Regions API.
This is demonstrated in the next example.
- NOTE: the Regions API is only available if the template contains Regions in the first place - this is not the case with the Inline edit forms! You will then need to either add fake form elements, or modify existing elements' attributes to reach your goals.\
+ NOTE: the Regions API is only available if the template contains Regions in the first place - this is not the case with the Inline edit forms! You will then need to either add fake form elements, or modify existing elements' attributes to reach your goals.
@@ -101,4 +96,4 @@ elements attributes, and to add new fields to a form.
{* reposition the above block after #someOtherBlock *}
<script type="text/javascript">
cj('#testfield-tr').insertAfter('#someOtherBlock')
- </script>
\ No newline at end of file
+ </script>
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