Preload Layout with Nested Repeater Row

• jpequens

• February 1, 2019 at 5:13 am

Hello –

I have a frontend form showing a flexible content form. I am able to initially load the form with a basic layout to get my users started using the following:

add_filter('acf/load_value/name=flexible', 'add_starting_repeater', 10, 3);
  function  add_starting_repeater($value, $post_id, $field) {
    if ($value !== NULL) {
      // $value will only be NULL on a new post
      return $value;
    }
    // add default layouts
    $value = array(
      array(
        'acf_fc_layout' => 'layout_1' // layout_1 is the name of the layout
      ),
      array(
        'acf_fc_layout' => 'layout_2'
      )
    );
    return $value;
  }

etc.

Within some of my layouts I have a repeater field. I was trying to load the layout with the first row of the repeater field also pre-loaded, so the user does not have to click Add Row. I don’t need to pre-poulate with content, I just want the first row visible.

I noticed if you set the repeater field to a minimum row of ‘1’ this is achieved. However, I still would like to give the users the ability to delete the row should they choose not to use it.

I just want one row of a repeater field pre-loaded to open.

Thanks.