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Great extension. I’ve used it on every EE site I’ve built so far. Should be in the core ;]

@hambo, not sure this takes care of your problem too, let me know if the problem persists.

My groups are still not matched up correctly using version 1.1.3. What information can I give to help debug it?

Updated the extension to version 1.1.4 which hould fix that problem, thanks for debugging!

Is it possible to use this in a SAEF?

nope.

Hi Cocoaholic. Great Extension. Improves Usability by 1000%.

Cheers Tom

Hey cocoaholic

Ever had this error:

Warning: array_shift() [function.array-shift]: The argument should be an array in ext.ez_category_checkboxes.php on line 247

Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in ext.ez_category_checkboxes.php on line 249

Nope, but fixed the bug anyway.

Please download again, new version should be 1.1.5.

Technically it is possible to use this extension and get it to work with SAEFs, but instead of “using the extension” to generate your checkboxes (with name categories[]), you’ll have to generate them yourself.

Use something like:

{exp:weblog:categories weblog="products" category_group="3" style="nested" class="category_list"}
<input type="checkbox" name="category[]" id="category{category_id}" value="{category_id}" /><label for="category{category_id"}>{category_name}</label>
{/exp:weblog:categories}

in your SAEF. You could have multiple category groups as well, but like the extension does, I like to have a header for each Category Group on the page.
You could use some query magic to find all your category groups associated to the weblog as well, and then create this lists for each group. Anywho, good luck!

Thanks for this great plug-in.  It is very useful for non-technical staff but do lose the ability to use “shift key” for technical staff.  Guess you can’t win them all.

It I try to use first-party module Cloner v1.1 to clone an entry, the checkbox won’t show up in the new entry.  A bug?

Okay if you want to use this module in conjunction with Cloner, you’ll need to modify this line around line 220 in the file ext.ez_category_checkboxes.php.  The change will look something like that:

if (($IN->GBL('C') == 'publish' && ($IN->GBL('M') == '' ||  $IN->GBL('M') == 'entry_form' || $IN->GBL('M') == 'new_entry' || $IN->GBL('M')=="edit_entry")) || 
            ($IN->GBL('C') == 'edit' && ($IN->GBL('M') == 'edit_entry' || $IN->GBL('M') == 'new_entry')) )

Essentially, we need to deal with one additional condition C=publish, M=edit_entry as invoked by the Cloner module.

I just added the toggle on/off buttons for this extension as it is handy if you have lot of categories to select.

Add the following codes in ext.ex_category_checkboxes.php where the table is displayed.  Around line 270 right after the comment “Code added by the Category Checkboxes Extension”.

I just added the toggle on/off buttons for this extension as it is handy if you have lot of categories to select.

Add the following codes in ext.ex_category_checkboxes.php where the table is displayed.  Around line 270 right after the comment “Code added by the Category Checkboxes Extension”.

Has anyone tested the code above and does it work?

Actually the forum stripped out some of the javascript codes so the codes won’t work as exact.  Check the attached file instead.  It should work as I have been using it myself.

Edit: added screen shot