[Resolved] Why no option for "required" in CRED WYSIWYG field?

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[jeffS-2]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I want to make a WYSIWYG field in a CRED form "required".
That does not appear to be an option.
Why not?

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Actually - post_content field is not required by WordPress and that is why with Toolset form that field is not required.

If you want to make post_content field required, you should try to use the Toolset Form's hook: cred_form_validate
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_form_validate

For example:

add_filter('cred_form_validate','func_validate_post_body_field',10,2);
function func_validate_post_body_field($field_data, $form_data) {
    //field data are field values and errors
    list($fields,$errors)=$field_data;
   
    
    if ( empty($fields['post_content']['value']) )  {
        //set error message for post_content field
        $errors['post_content']='Please enter post content.';
    }   
  
    //return result
    return array($fields,$errors);
}

And, another workaround would be, you should remove the post_content field from your form and add a Generic field instead.
For example:

[cred_generic_field field="post_content" type="textarea"  class="" urlparam=""]
{
"required":1,
"validate_format":0,
"persist":0,
"default":""
}
[/cred_generic_field]

More info:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/inserting-generic-fields-into-forms/

[jeffS-2]

Thanks, Minesh. I have been working with Toolset Types/Views for over 5 years now, and still have not dived into the workings of the cred_form_validate hook. I have previously taken a few quick looks at it but, I didn't have time to go further. Thanks for posting your examples; that should be a very good start for me to finally figure this out.

Yesterday, I was thinking of changing the field type from WYSIWYG to textarea, but I noticed you cannot quickly change from the WYSIWYG type to another field type. So, I think I would need to create a new field with type textarea and name it the same as the WYSIWYG field. I have 5 years history of events with slides and video I need to keep.

I originally thought I should give the job/project poster the WYSIWYG capability, but in reality, it's just not necessary. So, I will switch to a textarea.

==>> But, I still wonder why I need to use a generic field for that. Why can't I just create a normal textarea field? Is that also not able to set as "required"?

Thanks, Minesh. And have a good day/evening/whatever...
Jeff Safire
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[Minesh]

Thanks, Minesh. I have been working with Toolset Types/Views for over 5 years now, and still have not dived into the workings of the cred_form_validate hook. I have previously taken a few quick looks at it but, I didn't have time to go further. Thanks for posting your examples; that should be a very good start for me to finally figure this out.
==>
Great.

Yesterday, I was thinking of changing the field type from WYSIWYG to textarea, but I noticed you cannot quickly change from the WYSIWYG type to another field type.
==>
Yes, this is true and its a limitation.

So, I think I would need to create a new field with type textarea and name it the same as the WYSIWYG field. I have 5 years history of events with slides and videos I need to keep.
==>
Ok.

But, I still wonder why I need to use a generic field for that. Why can't I just create a normal textarea field? Is that also not able to set as "required"?
==>
if you will create textarea field with your custom field group, it will be a custom field and the value for that will be stored in the post meta table if you add that textarea field to your form and will not affect the post_content field.

So, if you just want to keep the post body (post_content) field in admin but want to display textarea instead of WYSIWYG field that belongs to (post_content) field, you should just create a generic field using the textarea and make it required and give the same name as (post_content) so it will save the value to post body (post_content) field.

Actually, its your choice what you want and how you want to save content.

[jeffS-2]

Well, some of that context is a bit confusing to me at the moment. I will have to take a look and try what you suggest in order to better understand what this means. It does appear to have a solution for me, but I prefer to keep this thread open at the moment until I try this myself.

Thanks
Jeff Safire
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[Minesh]

Sure - just changing the ticket status. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you need further assistance regarding your query.

[benjaminJ-3]

The solution in this thread did not work for me but this does (you need to do this for each wysiwyg field slug):

//Text-like fields (textarea, WYSIWYG) have only one value, which is the actual input text.
add_filter('cred_form_validate', 'validate_form_wyswyg');
function validate_form_wyswyg( $data ) {
list($fields,$errors)=$data;
if (empty($fields['wpcf-wyswyg-slug']['value'])) {
$errors['wpcf-wyswyg-slug'] = 'Missing wyswyg';
}
return array($fields,$errors);
}

[benjaminJ-3]

The solution in this thread did not work for me but this does (you need to do this for each wysiwyg field slug):

//Text-like fields (textarea, WYSIWYG) have only one value, which is the actual input text.
add_filter('cred_form_validate', 'validate_form_wyswyg');
function validate_form_wyswyg( $data ) {
    list($fields,$errors)=$data;        
    if (empty($fields['wpcf-wyswyg-slug']['value'])) {
        $errors['wpcf-wyswyg-slug'] = 'Missing wyswyg';
    }
    return array($fields,$errors);
}