Post Form conditional group logic based on selected taxonomy term

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Problem: I would like to use a conditional group in my post Form. The conditional should test whether or not a specific term from a custom taxonomy is selected, but I cannot figure out how to set up this conditional.

Solution: Manually edit the conditions for this conditional group and use the following syntax in the editor:

($(tax-slug) eq 'Term name')

Replace tax-slug with the slug of the custom taxonomy, and replace Term name with the name of the term to test.

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/course-lesson/conditional-display-for-form-inputs/

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Last updated by Christian Cox 3 years, 11 months ago.

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March 8, 2021 at 12:47 pm #1978397

MikeS1622

I have form I am trying to recreate which has a question called "Research Areas" in which a user can select one or more answers from the list including an "Other" option. Upon selecting this "Other" option, I want a text field to appear for the user to elaborate on this.

Because "Research Areas" are a common attribute for the custom post type, I think is it best suited to a custom taxonomy *which I have created). When I create the form however, I cannot select my taxonomy from the "Field" dropdown in the "Conditions to evaluate" section.

I've tried looking in this article: https://toolset.com/course-lesson/conditional-display-for-form-inputs/ which implies that I can set a condition using taxonomies "You can display or hide elements of the form based on the values of custom fields and taxonomy inputs".

You should be able to see the front end of my form here: hidden link

March 8, 2021 at 1:29 pm #1978415

Christian Cox

Hi, you would have to edit the conditions manually to add a condition based on a taxonomy field. The syntax is like this:

($(some-tax) eq 'some-term')

Replace some-tax with the slug of this taxonomy, and replace some-term with the slug of the 'other' term.

March 8, 2021 at 1:42 pm #1978423

MikeS1622

Hi Christian,

Thanks for that, so in this instance the code would be changed to:

($(research-area) eq 'other')

Does that sound right? It doesn't seem to work still.

Thanks,
Mike

March 8, 2021 at 1:49 pm #1978429

Christian Cox

Okay can you try the capitalized version?

($(research-area) eq 'Other')

March 8, 2021 at 1:51 pm #1978433

MikeS1622

Awesome, that seems to have done the trick. So is it after the term name, rather than the slug?

March 8, 2021 at 1:52 pm #1978435

Christian Cox

Correct, I misread my example notes and the correct version is the term name.

March 8, 2021 at 1:53 pm #1978437

MikeS1622

Awesome. Thanks!
Mike

March 8, 2021 at 1:54 pm #1978439

MikeS1622

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

March 8, 2021 at 1:54 pm #1978441

Christian Cox

Closing out here, feel free to open new tickets as needed.