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Hi!

I wonder how can I set a default status with my Safecracker form. I have a custom status named “Draft”. How can I set this as the default choice?

best regards,
Jay

Hi Jay,

I might be wrong on this but I’m fairly sure that Safecracker should adhere to whatever status you put into :

Admin > Channel Administration > Channels > Edit Preferences (Your Channel) > Administrative Preferences

Perhaps give that a go and see if it works.

Hope that helps a bit.

Best wishes,

Mark

Saying that, looking at the documentation it does seem as though there is a setting for that.

Also see:

http://eehowto.com/index.php/howto/articles/howto-set-the-default-status-for-a-safecracker-entry

Does that help?

Hi Jay,

I might be wrong on this but I’m fairly sure that Safecracker should adhere to whatever status you put into :

Admin > Channel Administration > Channels > Edit Preferences (Your Channel) > Administrative Preferences

Perhaps give that a go and see if it works.

Hope that helps a bit.

Best wishes,

Mark

I did this but still the status won’t show as default for new entries. By the way, it will work for new entries if the status is not included in the SAEF form. So it will automatically use the default.

Maybe jumping into the documentation will help.

Thanks again….

Cheers,
Jay

Also see:

http://eehowto.com/index.php/howto/articles/howto-set-the-default-status-for-a-safecracker-entry

Does that help?

Hi Sue!

Sorry but partially yes. Check my quote for Prof. Mark.

cheers,
Jay

I had a solution already but I am still getting annoyed if this is the proper way to do it for now.

{status_menu}
    <label for="status">Status</label>
    <select name="status" id="status">
        <option value="Draft">Draft</option> - I added this to be the default
        {select_options} - Draft exist here as well
    </select>
{/status_menu}

best regards,
Jay

Hi, JustTyMe,

The defaults set in the CP mean anything in the form, as sent by the user, will be ignored.  From the docs:

You may set the following settings per channel.
Default Status - Set a default status for this channel. Any user-submitted status will be ignored.

Are you hoping to set a default and let users change that option when submitting?

Are you hoping to set a default and let users change that option when submitting?

You are right Lisa!

My Statuses: Open, Close Draft (default) and Archive

I have an SAEF but OPEN still appears as the default status even though I declared it explicitly in the Safecrackers CP that “DRAFT” is my default status.

By the way, the solution that I sent isn’t working as well. :-(

Do you have s solution for this. All I want is Safecracker should produce an HTML where DRAFT appears to be the first choice.

Thanks in advance…

best regards,
Jay

Hi Jay,

There is no reason that you can’t specify the exact HTML you want to appear in the select (similar to what you tried earlier). You can for example just do this:

{status_menu}
    <label for="status">Status</label>
    <select name="status" id="status">
        <option value="draft">Draft</option>
    <option value="open">Open</option>
    <option value="closed">Closed</option>
    </select>
{/status_menu}

Does that help?

Cheers

Greg

Thanks Greg!

Hard coded but will work anyway.

I will use this solution for now. I hope Safecracker will generate dynamic option lists having the default status as the first choice for future developments.

Actually, I haven’t think to hard code it LOL. I am used to dynamic contents maybe that is why….

cheers,
Jay

By the way here is the solution.

{if segment_3 == ""} {!--New entry--}
    <option value="Draft">Draft</option> {!--Hard coded to list Draft as the first choice--}
    <option value="open">Open</option>
    <option value="closed">Closed</option>
    <option value="Archive">Archive</option>
{if:else} {!--Edit existing entry, to generate dynamic list (get selected status)--}
    {select_options}
{/if}

Hope this can be useful with others. I am not sure if this is the best solution but this works with my case right now.

Warning! This solution is crucial when status fields are changed…

cheers,
Jay

Hi, Jay. That will work.. But I do have a question for you. With what kind of user where you testing this with? A SuperAdmin, visitor or what exactly?

Hi Sue!

Those users with Channel entry privilege. Visitors and groups who doesn’t have privilege won’t have access to safecracker as far as I know. They will get a template without the SAEF.

Don’t close this thread yet so that I can make a report when we are already finished testing.

best regards,
Jay

By the way, If you have a default status in the Safecracker control panel. This status will still dominate in a new entry even though you declared “Draft” explicitly as your status when you submitted the SAEF.

Jay