Display Multi-Value Custom Field as List

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Problem: I have a checkboxes group custom field on a post. I would like to display a list of the checked checkboxes in the post template.

Solution: Use a series of conditionals that tests the custom field values and displays the corresponding text:

<ul>
[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field='room-size' option='0'][/types]' eq '1' )"]
   <li>Option 1</li>
[/wpv-conditional]
     
[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field='room-size' option='1'][/types]' eq '1' )"]
   <li>Option 2</li>
[/wpv-conditional]
     
[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field='room-size' option='2'][/types]' eq '1' )"]
   <li>Option 3</li>
[/wpvconditional]
</ul>

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/

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Tagged: Setting up custom fields, Types plugin, Views plugin

This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by mikaelD 5 years ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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October 31, 2019 at 4:16 pm #1374149

mikaelD

Tell us what you are trying to do?

I have a CPT that has a multi-select checkbox field. On the front-end I want to display the results as an unordered list, but the wpv-post-field only brings them in as a comma separated string or whatever separator I choose.

Is there any way with a View or a shortcode to do this?

Is there any documentation that you are following?

Couldn't find any after searching for an hour.

Is there a similar example that we can see?

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The right side-bar you can see how the "Specialties". Our users will submit similar values using checkboxes in a front-end form and display them like you see on that page.

You can see how they are currently output on our site

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October 31, 2019 at 6:04 pm #1374237

Christian Cox

Hi, with a checkboxes field you can use conditional HTML to display a list item per checkbox. Here's an example:

<ul>
[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field='room-size' option='0'][/types]' eq '1' )"]
   <li>Option 1</li>
[/wpv-conditional]
    
[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field='room-size' option='1'][/types]' eq '1' )"]
   <li>Option 2</li>
[/wpv-conditional]
    
[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field='room-size' option='2'][/types]' eq '1' )"]
   <li>Option 3</li>
[/wpvconditional]
</ul>

Let me know if you have questions about this approach.

October 31, 2019 at 8:26 pm #1374285

mikaelD

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!