User Reference field Views2
Hi Drupal Ireland users,
I'm hoping some users based nearer to home will be able to help clear up a problem I am having getting a User Reference field to display the content I want the way I want.
I have a View with a page display that lists all the current users on a table list (Firstname Surname) with the firstname linked to the profile node for editing. The list is supposed to be used in a number of content types so I don't have to translate account name's when selecting users to associate with that content type.
When I change the User Reference to use the View I get a drop down list with way more details than I need
Active: No CreatedDate: DateValue Email: test@test.ie Last Accessed:Date Firstname:Tom Surname:Thumb....
Is there a way for me to modify my view so the drop down list only Displays specific field?
Should I really create a feed display instead of a node display if I want to use the same list in a number of locations?
Any help is welcome
It sounds like you have your
It sounds like you have your view setup properly.
Does it look OK in the preview when editing the view?
The userreference fields in your content type will use the default display, so make sure that looks right.
But the trick, I'm guessing, is in the setup of the userreference field itself.
Change the widget to a 'select' instead of checkboxes/radios, and it should look right.
Let us know
Alan
Hi Alan, I made a very silly
Hi Alan,
I made a very silly mistake and was working on a node type view instead of the User type view with a similar name as the source for the user reference field. Still not all wasted because managed to learn how to format up my list the way I wanted anyway.
Thanks for helping out
Not put off by my View title
Not put off by my View title mix up I was wondering if it would be possible to rewrite the output of the user reference field to show the string displayed in the select list when I created the node instead of the user account name when I create a view to show the list of nodes
Content Type Name: Article using user reference field Author using View to populate select list like
FirstName1 Surname1
FirstName2 Surname2
Node List View: Article List lists user reference field Author but displays AccountName not the FirstName Surname string I would like, I would still need the entry to link back to the associated user account
I hope I explained that properly
Probably
I reckon it can be done.
In this case, you need a 'formatter' for the user reference that displays the user-reference in the way you want.
I don't think any out-ot-the-box formatters would cut it, but this project
http://drupal.org/project/custom_formatters
might be able to do the work for you.
Alan
Thanks Alan, Will check out
Thanks Alan, Will check out the project