[Resolved] Post edit forms relationship selector stopped working

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[nickH-5]

I am trying to: use forms which have worked in the past to edit a post's relationship with another

I expected to see: the dropdown populate or allow me to search for a relationship

Instead, I got: no matches

I have tried amending one form to the new format for relationships but this had no effect.

Post creation forms for the same CPTs and relationships work fine.

The uploaded images show the two forms as examples and here are the two shortcodes used:

Related to which show?
</label>
[cred_field field='@show_podcast.parent' class='form-control' output='bootstrap' select_text='--- not set ---']

Related to Show
</label>
[cred_field field='_wpcf_belongs_show_id' value='']

Thanks

[Nigel]

Hi Nick

Is this an older site where the relationships were created in Types 2?

Have you run the migration to convert the relationships to the new Types 3 relationships?

field='_wpcf_belongs_show_id' is the older format.

field='@show_podcast.parent' is the new format, except(!) the attribute would be item and not field.

In such a situation I would auto-generate the form markup and it should create the correct field in the correct format. (If you don't want to lose your current form markup, create a new one that you can copy markup from and then discard.)

[nickH-5]

Thanks.

Yes this is a site migrated from Types 2 and I believe I did run the migration.

I have created a new edit form but have the same problem. The code used is now:

[cred_field field="@show_podcast.parent" class="form-control" output="bootstrap" select_text="--- not set ---"]

The issue appears to be that I have a view which includes the link to the edit form as follows

[cred_link_form form='102108' form_name='Edit podcast 2' text='Edit' target='_self']

If I don't do that but I insert in a separate page a form with a specified post (e.g. [cred_form form='edit-podcast-2' post='102081']) it works fine.

Do I need to rethink how I am listing posts with an edit link?

Nick.

[Nigel]

Hi Nick

I wouldn't expect this to break, but maybe upgrading to Types 3 and running the migration has.

The way edit forms are handled changed some time ago (before Types 3 was released if I recall correctly).

The current requirements for displaying edit forms are detailed here: https://toolset.com/documentation/getting-started-with-toolset/publish-content-from-the-front-end/forms-for-editing/

You need to add the edit form to a content template, and then generate an edit link to the post using that template.

Could you try updating how you use your edit forms to match the current methodology?

As I say, I wouldn't have expected it to break, but that seems the most likely cause.

[nickH-5]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

It does seem a bit odd that a different layout is needed for each edit form for each CPT but it is a solution which works.