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How to pre-populate checkboxes

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  1. jonnocohen
    Member

    I have a simple form that pops up in a FancyBox iFrame to allow users to sign up for one (or both) of the two newsletters on offer. Here's the page that gets iFramed. The pop-up is triggered by clicking the yellow Post-it in the sidebar here.

    Now the emails that go out to subcribers have links to subscribe, unsubscribe, and to subscribe to the list *other* than the one they're on (i.e. you get a mail from List 1 but it has a link to subscribe to List 2 also).

    I'm using links with query strings in the emails so someone who clicks on a link to subscribe to List 1 will get a form with their name and email filled in, and the List 1 checkbox checked.

    The name and email are populating as expected (http://www.chiefrabbi.co.za/sign-up/?username=Bob&emailaddress=bob@bob.com), but I don't know how to get the checkbox pre-checked. The parameter I'm using for now for the first checkbox is 'connecting'. How do I specify this in the query string? &connecting=checked, &connecting=true, &connecting=yes all do nothing.

    What's the correct syntax?

    Posted 13 years ago on Tuesday June 8, 2010 | Permalink

  2. Carl Hancock
    Administrator

    You populate it the same way. You would pass connecting= in your query string and pass the full value of that checkbox. Until we implement separate label/value options for drop down/checkboxes and radio buttons you would have to pass the full label name for the checkbox you want to check.

    For example:

    http://www.chiefrabbi.co.za/sign-up/?username=Bob&emailaddress=bob@bob.com&connecting=Connecting%20with%20the%20Chief%20Rabbi,%20sent%20out%20approximately%2010%20times%20a%20year,%20focuses%20on%20topical%20issues%20from%20a%20Torah%20perspective

    Please note that the %20 is escaping the blank space in the string.

    Posted 13 years ago on Tuesday June 8, 2010 | Permalink

  3. jonnocohen
    Member

    Aha, thanks for that! I've spent the past 2 hours messing with different Boolean operators and trying to work out what I was doing wrong.

    I've used the lengthy description as a bit of a CSS workaround/hack, but the actual label is hidden, so I can use that.

    Thanks again, and for the speedy response!

    Posted 13 years ago on Tuesday June 8, 2010 | Permalink

  4. adcSTUDIO
    Member

    I'm not sure I understand.

    I've a Checkbox group called languages. The Choices are English, Spanish, and Other. When using the "gform_post_submission" hook, I read the values from $entry[16.1], $entry[16.2], and $entry[16.3]. This all works great. Users can select One, Two, or all Three Choices.

    Now though, when attempting to pre-populate through PHP, I've run into a wall where the "Parameter Name" (in the from UI) only takes one value... It's it just a hard limitation that only One choice can be pre-populated? Or am I missing something else entirely?

    Posted 13 years ago on Tuesday January 11, 2011 | Permalink

  5. adcSTUDIO
    Member

    I think I'm supposed to pass a comma separated list of values to the single parameter... it isn't working yet, but I'm sure that's what I'm supposed to do here.

    Posted 13 years ago on Tuesday January 11, 2011 | Permalink

  6. adcSTUDIO
    Member

    Success! Now to only figure out how to set the Tag and Category parameters!

    Posted 13 years ago on Tuesday January 11, 2011 | Permalink

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