[Resolved] Using relationship data as a conditional group field in a form

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[leilaG]

Hello,

We have a custom post type 'Weekly menu' that has a relationship to 'Locations'

In the post form for Weekly menu, we'd like to conditionally show some fields depending on the 'Location' relationship. Is that possible?

[Nigel]

Hi there

Conditional display groups in a form are JavaScript based and can change visibility depending on selections made in the form. There is no possibility to use these based upon data from related posts.

But maybe conditional shortcodes would meet your needs? They would conditionally output some content at the time the form is rendered (which could include only adding some fields to the form based upon the condition being met).

To use those you would need to the advanced form editor (i.e. edit the markup and shortcodes directly), where you could insert wpv-conditional shortcodes that checked values from related posts.

https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-conditional

Note, though, that there can only be a single related post, e.g. it would work for a form publishing child posts that referenced a field from the parent (there can be only one parent), but not for a form publishing parent posts that referenced a field from a child post (because there can be many child posts, so which one should it reference?).

In the former case your wpv-conditional shortcode can test the output of a shortcode which outputs the desired field (e.g. a types shortcode), adding the item attribute to specify that the origin post is a related parent.

Here's an example of the format used to output a field "status" from the parent of a project-tasks relationship:

[types field='status' item='@project-task.parent'][/types]

[leilaG]

Thanks for the solution.

Instead to make it simpler, I added a radio button field with 2 options but it doesn't seem to work for the edit forms (image attached) it's not showing any of the fields when I put them inside the conditional group.

These have been tagged with 'Standard' Radio button
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This has been tagged with 'Edinburgh' radio button
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[Minesh]

- Can you please share screenshot of how you configure the radio button field with what option and what value?

[leilaG]

There you go, let me know if you need anything else.

[Minesh]

The field configuration seems ok to me.

Can you please share admin access details.

*** Please make a FULL BACKUP of your database and website.***
I would also eventually need to request temporary access (WP-Admin) 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]

The issue was the radio field "menu-type" should be available on the form.

With you form as you can see - I've added the "Menu type" field:
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And with the form's CSS box I've added the following custom CSS to hide that field:

.wpb_wrapper .row:nth-child(3)  {display:none;}

Can you please confirm it works as expected now:
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[leilaG]

Works perfectly. Thank you!