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1 year 7 months ago #333286 by NFA
Hi,

Is there a way to make the GroupJive field "description" mandatory and force users to fill it with at least 50 characters?

Regards, Noa

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1 year 7 months ago #333295 by krileon
There's no functionality to make description mandatory at this time. If this is something critical to your site I can review adding a trigger that'll let you add custom validation with CB Auto Actions though.


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1 year 7 months ago #333297 by krileon
Went ahead and improved the triggers while handling your GJ About question. The below in CB Auto Actions will let you add new validation.

Global
Triggers: gj_onBeforeCreateGroup, gj_onBeforeUpdateGroup
Type: Code
User: Self
Access: Everybody
Action
Method: PHP
Code:
Code:
if ( cbutf8_strlen( $variables['var1']->getString( 'description', '' ) ) < 50 ) { $variables['var1']->setError( 'Please provide a description' ); return false; } return true;
Output
Display: return

The above will output "Please provide a description" validation error if they try to save without a description. To add client side validation you can use the below.

Global
Triggers: gj_onBeforeDisplayGroupEdit
Type: Code
User: Self
Access: Everybody
Action
Method: jQuery
Code:
Code:
$( '.gjGroupEditForm #description' ).attr( 'minlength', 50 ).addClass( 'required' );

That will add a minimum length requirement of 50 and mark the field as required.


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1 year 7 months ago #333310 by NFA
Hi Kyle, thanks again for your incredibly fantastic and fast support !!!
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