Already answered in plone-users, sorry for cross-posting. Kees
Kees Hink wrote: > I know how to set a default value for a field, however, i would like this > default value to come from a content item. > > The use case: Lots of users are creating content (a custom content-type), but > the site admin would like them to stick to a predefined format. The main > content is in a text-field, and the admin wants some chapters to always be > there, or at least remind their users they should have them in their text. So > the goal is: When someone creates a new MyType object, the chapters (h2 > elements) in the 'text' field are filled in already. > > Currently, i've defined this in the schema (archetypes), but that requires a > software update if the predefined format should ever change. (Of course, they > don't expect that to happen, ever ;) ) > > So i'm looking for alternatives. One thing i've tried is to register an event > listener which does a 'setText' on the object (and would later do a catalog > call to fetch the "predefined chapters template" object). However, > Products.Archetypes.interfaces.IObjectInitializedEvent only does something > when > an object is saved for the first time, so instead of showing predefined > chapters on the text field in the form, it overwrites the text which was > entered. I've also tried > zope.lifecycleevent.interfaces.IObjectCreatedEvent, which is fired more than > once but does not change the form a user sees. > > If i would have to fix this right now, i'd use JavaScript, but surely there's > a > better way? > > Kees _______________________________________________ Product-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/product-developers
