Cloned Defaults

• rgdesign

• September 2, 2018 at 9:17 am

Hi, hello everybody, i have an issue and i can´t get how to solve. The thing is this:

– All fields and groups are created using php (no admin, no json)
– Inside a no active group i put all my reusable fields that will be used on other parts with the field “clone”
– I have also a flexible field in a group that uses those cloned fieds.

Ok, so the key names of those fields became longer and complicated, let´s say something like this:

“acf-key__flexible_content_rows_key__layout_flexible_row__content_key__layout_html_row__content_key__r_builder_classes_group-key__classes__content_row__container”

Where:

key__flexible_content_rows is the flexible field
key__layout_flexible_row__content is the layout inside that flexible
key__layout_html_row__content the field inside layout (this is type clone)
key__r_builder_classes_group A field type “group” (this is the cloned)
key__classes__content_row__container and last, this is the field itself (this is inside the cloned)

As you can see i have:

flexible->layout->field (clone)->field (group)->field (text)

And i´m tring to set defaults for that last text field… and i can´t 🙁

I tried with:
add_filter(‘acf/load_field/key=KEY’, ‘my_acf_load_field’);

But as you can imagine, the KEY it´s imposible, i tried many things and nothing, i cant set default using Key and that filter.

Is there any thing i´m missing for this cloned defaults?

I don´t want to set defaults directly on the cloned fields i want to set diferent defaults depending on where i´m cloning that field.

I´m clear or is too confused?

Thanks in advance! Sorry my english 🙁

• John Huebner

• September 2, 2018 at 11:19 pm

That is the field name, use the field key, it looks something like field_123456abcde

• rgdesign

• September 4, 2018 at 3:24 am

Hi John, nop, the “key” field is “key__classes__content_row__container”, i named with “key_” my key fields and without “key” the names, so for any field i allways have:

key: key__classes__content_row__container
name: classes__content_row__container

If i apply the filter using the key “key__classes__content_row__container” it apply for any field everywhere, and that´s the thing i don´t want.

I need to apply a filter to that cloned field but just in that place, not all the cloned fields using that field.

This is the final field, that´s a cloned one inside a flexible field:

<input type="text" id="acf-key__flexible_content_rows-5b8d6b7c7ff95-key__layout_html_row__content_key__r_builder_classes_group-key__classes__content_row__container" name="acf[key__flexible_content_rows][5b8d6b7c7ff95][key__layout_html_row__content_key__r_builder_classes_group][key__classes__content_row__container]" value="container" placeholder="container">

And this is the same field but in another flexible layout:

<input type="text" id="acf-key__flexible_content_rows-5b8d6cb87ff96-key__layout_template_row__content_key__r_builder_classes_group-key__classes__content_row__container" name="acf[key__flexible_content_rows][5b8d6cb87ff96][key__layout_template_row__content_key__r_builder_classes_group][key__classes__content_row__container]" value="container" placeholder="container">

The first one is inside “key__layout_html_row__content” (flexible layout)
Second in “key__layout_template_row__content” (flexible layout)

If i apply the filter by key using “key__classes__content_row__container”, it applys for all places but i want to apply only for a particual place, let´s say the first one.

I know it´s very complex my situation….

• John Huebner

• September 4, 2018 at 9:48 pm

Hi John, nop, the “key” field is “key__classes__content_row__container”, i named with “key_” my key fields and without “key” the names, so for any field i allways have:

Field keys must start with “field_”, if your using “key_” then that’s probably part of your problem.

It’s easy to miss in the field settings section https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/register-fields-via-php/

$field = array (
	
	/* (string) Unique identifier for the field. Must begin with 'field_' */
	'key' => 'field_1',

• rgdesign

• September 5, 2018 at 3:23 am

Whow, i´m using ACF since the begining of times and i never saw that part of the “field_” for the key values!!! My bad 🙁

Thanks so much John!!!