What does this extension do?

- automatically hide Custom fields that are empty
- automatically show Custom fields that have data

This extension overrides the custom field’s “Show this field by default?” setting.

This version (1.1) works with Mark Huot’s custom field extensions, except for the Geo extension.
(I might add that later but I never really got that extension to work yet)

Download link.

EDIT: updated to version 1.1.1

Just found this.

Great!

Inspired, simply inspired!!

Awesome add-on thankyou!!

Best wishes,

Mark

Although I love this extension, it appears that there is a known issue with expanding and collapsing GoogleMaps divs, and I’m using Mark Huot’s geo plugin.

Expanding that CP field in Entry view results in a partial load of the Google Map. 

So, I can’t use this one. Sad face here.

Hi Cocoaholic,

Auto Collapse Empty Custom Fields extension if used together with Required Category extension causes a javascript error.

To replicate this error you these steps are needed:
1) install Required category extension
2) set categories to be required for one particular weblog
3) try to post an entry to that weblog without assigning to a category.

Firebug shows this error

It is the line from the script which Auto Collapse Empty Custom Fields extension injects:

Hi Laisvunas,

The problem seems to be a combination of both extensions and Firefox!

1 - The Required Category extension shows the Error message using a <fieldset> tag (standard EE behaviour)
2 - The Auto Collapse extension loops through all form elements to fetch the name of each element (the fieldset doesn’t have one)
3 - Firefox treats a fieldset as a form element (which I am not sure it actually is). Safari for instance does not do this and works fine.

If you are on a Windows machine, could you quickly test if this also happens in IE?

I’m looking into a way to prevent the behaviour you are seeing.

Ok, I found a workaround here and updated the extension to version 1.1.1

Please download again and let me know if this works for you.

Hi Elwin,

Just downloaded and installed updated version of Auto Collapse Empty Custom Fields extension, but Firebug still shows exactly the same error.

I have also checked with IE on Windows - also the same error.

P.S. Updated extension’s version number still is 1.1 build 20070108, so I’m not very sure I really tested updated version.

Well, must be a browse cache thing, I just downloaded it myself and it’s definitely version 1.1.1 build 20080604.

Hi Elwin,

Just downloaded the true file, tested and found that everything works correctly.

Thank you very much for excellent extension and superfast debugging!

Perfect, thanks for clarifying this Elwin!

I think I know the answer, but ... is there any way to get this to work just on the Edit screen, and not the Publish one? I’d like all my custom fields open when I enter data; but once a entry is made, if a field is empty, I’d like it closed.

Thanks,
Nathan

walpow - 04 June 2008 11:56 PM

is there any way to get this to work just on the Edit screen, and not the Publish one?

Sure Nathan, I don’t have time to make that a setting right now, but here is a quick version that does what you want.

Auto Collapse Edit version.

Wow, that’s great. Just what I wanted.

Thanks a million,
Nathan

Just found this, and wanted to say ‘Thanks’, Elwin. Great extension(s).