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I’m building a function where a user can approve an another users entry (basically a manager can approve an expense form).

I’m currently using statuses and this code worked fine pre 2.6

{exp:safecracker channel="expense_report" return="manager/report_approved" include_jquery="no" entry_id="{segment_3}" preserve_checkboxes="yes"}
    <input type="hidden" name="title" id="title" value="{title}" size="50" maxlength="100" >
    <input type="hidden" name="status" id="status" value="Approved">
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info">Approve</button>
{/exp:safecracker}

However I’m now using the new fancy relationships and it throws a coupple of php warnings and also remove all relationships.

I assume it’s ok to partially edit an entry using safecracker without the need to include the whole form. It worked fine before and on other places sans relationships

If I include the code for the relationship it works, but it does NOT work if I hide the checkboxes either with css display:none or type=“hidden”.

{custom_fields}
    {if relationship}                                            
        {options}
            <input type="hidden" name="{field_name}[sort][]" value="{option_order}" >
            <input type="checkbox" name="{field_name}[data][]" value="{option_value}" class="" {checked}>
        {/options}
    {/if}
{/custom_fields}

In the best of worlds safecracker would preserve the relationships through preserve_checkboxes=“yes” or similar. In the meantime maybe someone has a leaner solution?

I’m having the same problem. To summarize:

If I open a safecracker tag and reference some entry and do not define the relationships field visibly, upon submitting the form, safecracker erases the relationship’s selected value.

I’ll continue looking for a solution and post here if I find one. I really don’t want to show the user their relationships field value just for the sake of it not being erased.

I hope this gets addressed or properly resolved, but I solved it by placing the relationships field between the safecracker tags and setting the CSS attribute visibility:hidden

{custom_fields}
 {if relationship}
  <select  id="{field_name}" name="{field_name}[data][]">
   {options}
    <option value="{option_value}"{selected}>{option_name}</option>
   {/options}
  </select>
 {/if}
{/custom_fields}

EDIT: The style definition was stripped in this post, so just add to the select tag a style attribute: visibility:false.