'fieldset', ); $form['dropdown_first_fieldset']['dropdown_first'] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => 'First Dropdown', '#options' => $options_first, '#attributes' => array('class' => array('enabled-for-ajax')), // The '#ajax' property allows us to bind a callback to the server whenever this // form element changes. See ajax_example_autocheckboxes and // ajax_example_dependent_dropdown in ajax_example.module for more details. '#ajax' => array( 'callback' => 'ajax_example_dependent_dropdown_degrades_first_callback', 'wrapper' => 'dropdown-second-replace', ), ); // This simply allows us to demonstrate no-javascript use without // actually turning off javascript in the browser. Removing the #ajax // element turns off AJAX behaviors on that element and as a result // ajax.js doesn't get loaded. This is for demonstration purposes only. if ($no_js_use) { unset($form['dropdown_first_fieldset']['dropdown_first']['#ajax']); } // Since we don't know if the user has js or not, we always need to output // this element, then hide it with with css if javascript is enabled. $form['dropdown_first_fieldset']['continue_to_second'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Choose'), '#attributes' => array('class' => array('next-button')), ); $form['dropdown_second_fieldset'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', ); $form['dropdown_second_fieldset']['dropdown_second'] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => 'Second Dropdown', '#prefix' => '', '#attributes' => array('class' => array('enabled-for-ajax')), // When the form is rebuilt during processing (either AJAX or multistep), // the $selected variable will now have the new value and so the options // will change. '#options' => _ajax_example_get_second_dropdown_options($selected), ); $form['dropdown_second_fieldset']['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('OK'), // This class allows attached js file to override the disabled attribute, // since it's not necessary in ajax-enabled form. '#attributes' => array('class' => array('enabled-for-ajax')), ); // Disable dropdown_second if a selection has not been made on dropdown_first. if (empty($form_state['values']['dropdown_first'])) { $form['dropdown_second_fieldset']['dropdown_second']['#disabled'] = TRUE; $form['dropdown_second_fieldset']['dropdown_second']['#description'] = t('You must make your choice on the first dropdown before changing this second one.'); $form['dropdown_second_fieldset']['submit']['#disabled'] = TRUE; } return $form; } /** * Submit function for ajax_example_dependent_dropdown_degrades(). */ function ajax_example_dependent_dropdown_degrades_submit($form, &$form_state) { // Now handle the case of the next, previous, and submit buttons. // only submit will result in actual submission, all others rebuild. switch($form_state['triggering_element']['#value']) { case t('OK'): // Submit: We're done. drupal_set_message(t('Your values have been submitted. dropdown_first=@first, dropdown_second=@second', array('@first' => $form_state['values']['dropdown_first'], '@second' => $form_state['values']['dropdown_second']))); return; } // 'Choose' or anything else will cause rebuild of the form and present // it again. $form_state['rebuild'] = TRUE; } /** * Selects just the second dropdown to be returned for re-rendering * * @return renderable array (the second dropdown) */ function ajax_example_dependent_dropdown_degrades_first_callback($form, $form_state) { return $form['dropdown_second_fieldset']['dropdown_second']; } /** * Example of a form with portions dynamically enabled or disabled, but * with graceful degradation in the case of no javascript. * * The idea here is that certain parts of the form don't need to be displayed * unless a given option is selected, but then they should be displayed and * configured. * * The third $no_js_use argument is strictly for demonstrating operation * without javascript, without making the user/developer turn off javascript. * * @ingroup ajax_examples * @ingroup ajax_degradation_examples */ function ajax_example_dynamic_sections($form, &$form_state, $no_js_use = FALSE) { // Attach the CSS and JS we need to show this with and without javascript. // Without javascript we need an extra "Choose" button, and this is // hidden when we have javascript enabled. $form['#attached']['css'] = array( drupal_get_path('module', 'ajax_example') . '/ajax_example.css', ); $form['#attached']['js'] = array( drupal_get_path('module', 'ajax_example') . '/ajax_example.js', ); $form['description'] = array( '#type' => 'markup', '#markup' => '
' . t('This example demonstrates a form which dynamically creates various sections based on the configuration in the form. It deliberately allows graceful degradation to a non-javascript environment. In a javascript environment, the "Choose" button next to the select control if displayed; in a non-js environment it is hidden by the module CSS.

The basic idea here is that the form is built up based on the selection in the question_type_select field, and it is built the same whether we are in a javascript/AJAX environment or not.

Try the AJAX version and the simulated-non-AJAX version. ', array('!ajax_link' => url('ajax_example/dynamic_sections'), '!non_ajax_link' => url('ajax_example/dynamic_sections_no_js') )) . '
', ); $form['question_type_select'] = array( '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('Question style'), '#options' => drupal_map_assoc(array(t('Choose question style'), t('Multiple Choice'), t('True/False'), t('Fill-in-the-blanks'))), '#ajax' => array( 'wrapper' => 'questions-fieldset-wrapper', 'callback' => 'ajax_example_dynamic_sections_select_callback', ), ); // The CSS for this module hides this next button if JS is enabled. $form['question_type_submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Choose'), '#attributes' => array('class' => array('next-button')), '#limit_validation_errors' => array(), // No need to validate when submitting this. '#validate' => array(), ); // This simply allows us to demonstrate no-javascript use without // actually turning off javascript in the browser. Removing the #ajax // element turns off AJAX behaviors on that element and as a result // ajax.js doesn't get loaded. if ($no_js_use) { // Remove the #ajax from the above, so ajax.js won't be loaded. unset($form['question_type_select']['#ajax']); } // This fieldset just serves as a container for the part of the form // that gets rebuilt. $form['questions_fieldset'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', // These provide the wrapper referred to in #ajax['wrapper'] above. '#prefix' => '
', '#suffix' => '
', ); if (!empty($form_state['values']['question_type_select'])) { $form['questions_fieldset']['question'] = array( '#markup' => t('Who was the first president of the U.S.?'), ); $question_type = $form_state['values']['question_type_select']; switch ($question_type) { case t('Multiple Choice'): $form['questions_fieldset']['question'] = array( '#type' => 'radios', '#title' => t('Who was the first president of the United States'), '#options' => drupal_map_assoc(array(t('George Bush'), t('Adam McGuire'), t('Abraham Lincoln'), t('George Washington'))), ); break; case t('True/False'): $form['questions_fieldset']['question'] = array( '#type' => 'radios', '#title' => t('Was George Washington the first president of the United States?'), '#options' => array(t('George Washington') => t("True"), 0 => t("False")), '#description' => t('Click "True" if you think George Washington was the first president of the United States.'), ); break; case t('Fill-in-the-blanks'): $form['questions_fieldset']['question'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Who was the first president of the United States'), '#description' => t('Please type the correct answer to the question.'), ); break; } $form['questions_fieldset']['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Submit your answer'), ); } return $form; } /** * Validation function for ajax_example_dynamic_sections(). */ function ajax_example_dynamic_sections_validate($form, &$form_state) { $answer = $form_state['values']['question']; if ($answer !== t('George Washington')) { form_set_error('question', t('Wrong answer. Try again. (Hint: The right answer is "George Washington".)')); } } /** * Submit function for ajax_example_dynamic_sections(). */ function ajax_example_dynamic_sections_submit($form, &$form_state) { // This is only executed when a button is pressed, not when the AJAXified // select is changed. // Now handle the case of the next, previous, and submit buttons. // Only submit will result in actual submission, all others rebuild. switch($form_state['triggering_element']['#value']) { case t('Submit your answer'): // Submit: We're done. $form_state['rebuild'] = FALSE; $answer = $form_state['values']['question']; // Special handling for the checkbox. if ($answer == 1 && $form['questions_fieldset']['question']['#type'] == 'checkbox') { $answer = $form['questions_fieldset']['question']['#title']; } if ($answer === t('George Washington')) { drupal_set_message(t('You got the right answer: @answer', array('@answer' => $answer))); } else { drupal_set_message(t('Sorry, your answer (@answer) is wrong', array('@answer' => $answer))); } $form_state['rebuild'] = FALSE; return; } // Any other form element will cause rebuild of the form and present // it again. $form_state['rebuild'] = TRUE; } /** * Callback for the select element. * * This just selects and returns the questions_fieldset. */ function ajax_example_dynamic_sections_select_callback($form, $form_state) { return $form['questions_fieldset']; } /** * This example is a classic wizard, where a different and sequential form * is presented on each step of the form. * * In the AJAX version, the form is replaced for each wizard section. In the * multistep version, it causes a new page load. * * @param $form * @param $form_state * @param $no_js_use * Used for this demonstration only. If true means that the form should be * built using a simulated no-javascript approach (ajax.js will not be * loaded.) * * @ingroup ajax_examples * @ingroup ajax_degradation_examples * */ function ajax_example_wizard($form, &$form_state, $no_js_use = FALSE) { // Provide a wrapper around the entire form, since we'll replace the whole // thing with each submit. $form['#prefix'] = '
'; $form['#suffix'] = '
'; $form['#tree'] = TRUE; // We want to deal with hierarchical form values. $form['description'] = array( '#markup' => '
' . t('This example is a step-by-step wizard. The AJAX version does it without page reloads; the multistep version is the same code but simulates a non-javascript environment, showing it with page reloads.', array('!ajax' => url('ajax_example/wizard'), '!multistep' => url('ajax_example/wizard_no_js'))) . '
', ); // $form_state['storage'] has no specific drupal meaning, but it is // traditional to keep variables for multistep forms there. $step = empty($form_state['storage']['step']) ? 1 : $form_state['storage']['step']; $form_state['storage']['step'] = $step; switch ($step) { case 1: $form['step1'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', '#title' => t('Step 1: Personal details'), ); $form['step1']['name'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Your name'), '#default_value' => empty($form_state['values']['step1']['name']) ? '' : $form_state['values']['step1']['name'], '#required' => TRUE, ); break; case 2: $form['step2'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', '#title' => t('Step 2: Street address info'), ); $form['step2']['address'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Your street address'), '#default_value' => empty($form_state['values']['step2']['address']) ? '' : $form_state['values']['step2']['address'], '#required' => TRUE, ); break; case 3: $form['step3'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', '#title' => t('Step 3: City info'), ); $form['step3']['city'] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Your city'), '#default_value' => empty($form_state['values']['step3']['city']) ? '' : $form_state['values']['step3']['city'], '#required' => TRUE, ); break; } if ($step == 3) { $form['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t("Submit your information"), ); } if ($step < 3) { $form['next'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Next step'), '#ajax' => array( 'wrapper' => 'wizard-form-wrapper', 'callback' => 'ajax_example_wizard_callback', ), ); } if ($step > 1) { $form['prev'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t("Previous step"), // Since all info will be discarded, don't validate on 'prev'. '#limit_validation_errors' => array(), // #submit is required to use #limit_validation_errors '#submit' => array('ajax_example_wizard_submit'), '#ajax' => array( 'wrapper' => 'wizard-form-wrapper', 'callback' => 'ajax_example_wizard_callback', ), ); } // This simply allows us to demonstrate no-javascript use without // actually turning off javascript in the browser. Removing the #ajax // element turns off AJAX behaviors on that element and as a result // ajax.js doesn't get loaded. // For demonstration only! You don't need this. if ($no_js_use) { // Remove the #ajax from the above, so ajax.js won't be loaded. // For demonstration only. unset($form['next']['#ajax']); unset($form['prev']['#ajax']); } return $form; } function ajax_example_wizard_callback($form, $form_state) { return $form; } /** * Submit function for ajax_example_wizard. * * In AJAX this is only submitted when the final submit button is clicked, * but in the non-javascript situation, it is submitted with every * button click. * */ function ajax_example_wizard_submit($form, &$form_state) { // Save away the current information. $current_step = 'step' . $form_state['storage']['step']; if (!empty($form_state['values'][$current_step])) { $form_state['storage']['values'][$current_step] = $form_state['values'][$current_step]; } // Increment or decrement the step as needed. Recover values if they exist. if ($form_state['triggering_element']['#value'] == t('Next step')) { $form_state['storage']['step']++; // If values have already been entered for this step, recover them from // $form_state['storage'] to pre-populate them. $step_name = 'step' . $form_state['storage']['step']; if (!empty($form_state['storage']['values'][$step_name])) { $form_state['values'][$step_name] = $form_state['storage']['values'][$step_name]; } } if ($form_state['triggering_element']['#value'] == t('Previous step')) { $form_state['storage']['step']--; // Recover our values from $form_state['storage'] to pre-populate them. $step_name = 'step' . $form_state['storage']['step']; $form_state['values'][$step_name] = $form_state['storage']['values'][$step_name]; } // If they're done, submit. if ($form_state['triggering_element']['#value'] == t('Submit your information')) { $value_message = t("Your information has been submitted: "); foreach ($form_state['storage']['values'] as $step => $values) { $value_message .= "$step: "; foreach ($values as $key => $value) { $value_message .= "$key=$value, "; } } drupal_set_message($value_message); $form_state['rebuild'] = FALSE; return; } // Otherwise, we still have work to do. $form_state['rebuild'] = TRUE; } /** * This example shows a button to "add more" - add another textfield, and * the corresponding "remove" button. * * It works equivalently with javascript or not, and does the same basic steps * either way. * * The basic idea is that we build the form based on the setting of * $form_state['num_names']. The custom submit functions for the "add-one" * and "remove-one" buttons increment and decrement $form_state['num_names'] * and then force a rebuild of the form. * * The $no_js_use argument is simply for demonstration: When set, it prevents * '#ajax' from being set, thus making the example behave as if javascript * were disabled in the browser. * * @ingroup ajax_examples * @ingroup ajax_degradation_examples */ function ajax_example_add_more($form, &$form_state, $no_js_use = FALSE) { $form['description'] = array( '#markup' => '
' . t('This example shows an add-more and a remove-last button. The AJAX version does it without page reloads; the non-js version is the same code but simulates a non-javascript environment, showing it with page reloads.', array('!ajax' => url('examples/ajax_example/add_more'), '!multistep' => url('examples/ajax_example/add_more_no_js'))) . '
', ); // Because we have many fields with the same values, we have to set // #tree to be able to access them. $form['#tree'] = TRUE; $form['names_fieldset'] = array( '#type' => 'fieldset', '#title' => t('People coming to the picnic'), // Set up the wrapper so that AJAX will be able to replace the fieldset. '#prefix' => '
', '#suffix' => '
', ); // Build the fieldset with the proper number of names. We'll use // $form_state['num_names'] to determine the number of textfields to build. if (empty($form_state['num_names'])) { $form_state['num_names'] = 1; } for ($i = 0; $i < $form_state['num_names']; $i++) { $form['names_fieldset']['name'][$i] = array( '#type' => 'textfield', '#title' => t('Name'), ); } $form['names_fieldset']['add_name'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Add one more'), '#submit' => array('ajax_example_add_more_add_one'), // See the examples in ajax_example.module for more details on the // properties of #ajax. '#ajax' => array( 'callback' => 'ajax_example_add_more_callback', 'wrapper' => 'names-fieldset-wrapper', ), ); if ($form_state['num_names'] > 1) { $form['names_fieldset']['remove_name'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Remove one'), '#submit' => array('ajax_example_add_more_remove_one'), '#ajax' => array( 'callback' => 'ajax_example_add_more_callback', 'wrapper' => 'names-fieldset-wrapper', ), ); } $form['submit'] = array( '#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Submit'), ); // This simply allows us to demonstrate no-javascript use without // actually turning off javascript in the browser. Removing the #ajax // element turns off AJAX behaviors on that element and as a result // ajax.js doesn't get loaded. // For demonstration only! You don't need this. if ($no_js_use) { // Remove the #ajax from the above, so ajax.js won't be loaded. if (!empty($form['names_fieldset']['remove_name']['#ajax'])) { unset($form['names_fieldset']['remove_name']['#ajax']); } unset($form['names_fieldset']['add_name']['#ajax']); } return $form; } /** * Callback for both ajax-enabled buttons. * * This simply selects and returns the fieldset with the names in it. */ function ajax_example_add_more_callback($form, $form_state) { return $form['names_fieldset']; } /** * Submit handler for the "add-one-more" button. * * It just increments the max counter and causes a rebuild. */ function ajax_example_add_more_add_one($form, &$form_state) { $form_state['num_names']++; $form_state['rebuild'] = TRUE; } /** * Submit handler for the "remove one" button. * * Decrements the max counter and causes a form rebuild. */ function ajax_example_add_more_remove_one($form, &$form_state) { if ($form_state['num_names'] > 1) { $form_state['num_names']--; } $form_state['rebuild'] = TRUE; } /** * Final submit handler. * * Reports what values were finally set. */ function ajax_example_add_more_submit($form, &$form_state) { $output = t('These people are coming to the picnic: @names', array('@names' => implode(', ', $form_state['values']['names_fieldset']['name'])) ); drupal_set_message($output); }