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I’m building a new SAEF and I need a set of custom fields that acts like the default {title} and {url_title} fields.  When something is entered into {custom_field_1} a url-safe version is auto-copied to {custom_field_2}.

Wondering if there’s already a plugin/add-on for this out there?  I’ve spent quite a bit of time scrolling through the fieldtypes on Devot:ee, but haven’t found anything yet.

I haven’t had to do something like this for quite some time, so I’m working off fuzzy memory. There is a lot that EE can handle automatically in regards to titles in the SAEF. Try hard coding a title in the SAEF (hidden field) and then submitting a few entries. I believe EE automatically adds an increment to the title name and then auto creates a URL friendly url_title based on that title. If that doesn’t help you, then provide more details.

Hi John.  Thank you for taking the time.

Yes, you’ve nailed it.  I will be auto-generating the ‘official’ {title} and {url_title} fields (via hidden form fields) exactly as you mentioned.  But I want the user to have an option to add his/her own “Pseudo” Title (ie a secondary title)—which should then auto generate a “Pseudo” URL_Title.  My reasoning for doing so is a bit complicated, so I’ll save you the details. 

BUT… for anyone else who needs to do something like this, here are a couple of links that describe crafting a similar setup using Javascript.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3823784/jquery-set-text-to-lowercase-and-replace-space-with-hyphens-on-keyup
http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/javascript/text/case-lowercase.html

Maybe create a custom member field for this, wrap the SAEF inside the custom profile data tag and then output that field to the SAEF title? I have never done that but it think it should work.

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/modules/member/index.html#custom-profile-data-tag