Modify Form and filters not working

Hi Alex,

Thanks for getting back to me. Those were the docs I was looking at. I’m sure I’m missing something but I can’t quite figure out what!

Here’s the code:

/*
Widget Name: Summary
Description: Summary pulled from category fields.
Version: 1.0
*/


class SiteOrigin_Widget_Summary_Widget extends SiteOrigin_Widget {

	function __construct() {
	
		parent::__construct(
			'summary',
			__( 'Summary' ),
			array(
				'description' => __( 'A summary widget that pulls information from category fields.' )
			),
			array(
                'width' => 250
			),
			array(
				'title' => array(
					'type' => 'text',
					'label' => __( 'Title' ),
				),
                'image' => array(
					'type' => 'media',
					'label' => __( 'Image' ),
					'library' => 'image'
				),
				'page' => array(
					'type' => 'autocomplete',
					'label' => __( 'Page' ),
					'post_types' => 'pages',
				),
				'category' => array(
					'type' => 'select',
					'label' => __( 'Category' ),
					'options' => []
				),
			),
			plugin_dir_path(__FILE__)
		);
	}

	function initialize(){
            
	}

	function get_template_name($instance) {
		return 'base';
	}


	function get_style_name($instance) {
		return false;
	}

	function modify_form( $form ) {
		
        $form['category']['options'] = [ 
			'one' => 'one',
			'two' => 'two'
		];

        return $form;
    }

}

siteorigin_widget_register('summary', __FILE__, 'SiteOrigin_Widget_Summary_Widget');

Thanks Alex, very helpful as ever.

I knew it would be something like that; annoyed with myself for not finding the alternative approach simply by looking at an existing widget! I was attempting to use modify_form because the category terms were not available when initialising the form fields in the constructor (too early perhaps?). get_widget_form is all I needed (without modify_form) as the terms are available at that point.

The restriction and suggestion would be a useful addition to the docs. I notice the ‘Creating a Widget‘ page demonstrates initialising the form fields in the constructor so it might be worth including a reference to get_widget_form there too.

Many thanks for correcting those other errors – above and beyond!

Hi Alex,

I’ve just spotted where I got that autocomplete code from in case you want to update that too: https://siteorigin.com/docs/widgets-bundle/form-building/form-fields/#heading-autocomplete.

Thanks