[Resolved] Create child with cred form, assigning it to correct parent given by view-item

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[Andreas]

Hi there,
I have two CPT: "Custom Cluster" and "Custom Cluster Post", where "Custom Cluster" is parent of "Custom Cluster Post".
I am displaying the nested list with a child-view inside the parent-view as described here: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/using-a-child-view-in-a-taxonomy-view-layout/
You can see the situation in the attached screenshot.

What I am trying to do:
I want the user to add a new "Custom Cluster Post" (child) for any "Custom Cluster" (parent) with a Cred form and have the new child automatically assigned the relationship with its correct parent, which is determined by the corresponding item of the parent-view.
I am aware of this solution: https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/selecting-parent-posts-using-forms-create-child-items/ (hiding the pre-selected option with css).
But since I am not on a single parent-page, but displaying all the parents within a view on the same page, this does not work. There is no option for the parent pre-selected (see screenshot).

I searched through the forum, but couldn't find a solution for this situation, pulling the correct parent from the view-item.
Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks!
Regards, Andreas

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Can you please send me a problem URL where you are listing all the clusters and its associated child posts.

*** Please make a FULL BACKUP of your database and website.***
I would also eventually need to request temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP) to your site. Preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated if possible in order to be of better help and check if some configurations might need to be changed.

I have set the next reply to private which means only you and I have access to it.

[Minesh]

Thank you for sharing the access details.

I see within your view you added the following shortcode:

 [fusion_modal_text_link name="create-new-custom-cluster-post" class="" id=""]Add new post[/fusion_modal_text_link]

I'm not sure how you link the Toolset form to open with this shortcode. Can you please tell me how you link the Toolset form to open with the above shortcode?

[Andreas]

Hi Minesh,
thank you for your reply.
This is a Avada shortcode, opening the form in a modal window. I removed this and put the Toolset form-shortcode "[cred_form form="create-custom-cluster-post"] " now directly into the view's template.

[Minesh]

Can you please check now: hidden link

I've removed the parent field dropdown from the child form:
=> hidden link

<div class="form-group">
		<label>Custom Clusters - Custom Cluster Posts</label>
		[cred_field field='@custom-cluster-custom-cluster-post.parent' class='form-control' output='bootstrap' value="[wpv-post-id]" use_select2="never" select_text='--- not set ---']
	</div>

And added the following generic field that will hold the parent field ID:

[cred_generic_field type='hidden' field='related_parent_post_id']
{
"default":"[wpv-post-id]"
}
[/cred_generic_field]

Now, to connect the child post with the parent:
- we need to use the Toolset Form's API hook: cred_save_data
- post relationship API function: toolset_connect_posts() to connect the post.

To do that, I've added the following code to "Custom Code" section offered by Toolset:
=> hidden link

add_action('cred_save_data','func_connect_parent_to_child',15,3);
function func_connect_parent_to_child($post_id,$form_data) {
    if ($form_data['id']==441) {
          toolset_connect_posts('custom-cluster-custom-cluster-post',$_POST['related_parent_post_id'], $post_id);
    }
}

I can see when you add the child post title with the following link: hidden link
The newly created child post will be connected automatically to the correct parent from where you created the child post.

I hope the solution I shared helps you to resolve your issue.

[Andreas]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!