Taxonomy dropdown in Form does not affect visibility of fields in conditional group

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Problem: I have a Form that includes a taxonomy select field. I have created a conditional group that should respond to that taxonomy selection, but it doesn't work. If I change the taxonomy field to a checkboxes group, it works.

Solution: There is currently a problem where flat taxonomies do not work well with conditional groups in Forms. The workaround is to transform flat taxonomies into hierarchical taxonomies, and use the term ID in your conditional code.

[cred_show_group if="( $(job-type) eq '12345' )" mode="slide"]
...
[/cred_show_group]

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/cred-conditional-display-engine/

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Last updated by cristianR-3 5 years, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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February 4, 2019 at 5:09 pm #1195543

cristianR-3

I am trying to: I have a taxonomy dropdown that should hide or show certain fields on a form

Link to a page where the issue can be seen: Local development

I expected to see: The pertinent fields for that Taxonomy.

Instead, I got: When I set the dropdown, nothing shows. It works if I use Checkboxes, but I only want the user to select one choice.

February 4, 2019 at 9:41 pm #1195666

Christian Cox

Hi, I'll try to help. Please copy + paste the code from your Form here for me to review.

February 4, 2019 at 10:20 pm #1195682

cristianR-3

This is the pulldown field that would dictate what would show or be hidden. It is a Taxonomy selection so I can't access it from the "Add Conditional Groups" UI. Like I mentioned, it works as expected with I use checkboxes. But when I attempt to use a pulldown field it no longer works.

<div class="form-group">
<label>Job type<br><span class= "spanish">Tipo de trabajo</span></label>
[cred_field field='job-type' force_type='taxonomy' output='bootstrap' display='select' single_select='true']
</div>

This is the code that is supposed to set the display group.
[cred_show_group if="( $(job-type) eq 'Nannies' )" mode="slide"]
...
[/cred_show_group]

Beforehand, thanks for your time and assistance.

February 5, 2019 at 3:38 pm #1196141

Christian Cox

Okay after doing some research it appears there is an issue with flat taxonomies and conditional groups. Is job-type a flat taxonomy or a hierarchical taxonomy? If it's flat, is it possible to convert it into a hierarchical taxonomy? With a hierarchical taxonomy, you should be able to use the term ID instead of the term slug in your comparison:

[cred_show_group if="( $(job-type) eq '12345' )" mode="slide"]
...
[/cred_show_group]

The term ID can be found by editing the term in wp-admin. In the URL you can find the tag_ID parameter. That's the number you should place in the conditional.

February 5, 2019 at 5:41 pm #1196232

cristianR-3

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!