SMF 2.1 - Change calendar 'Location' field to input box

[GL700Wing]

By default the 'Location' field for Calendar events, which allows up to 255 characters, is displayed as an input line in which entered text does not wrap during input/editing.

This tip/trick displays the 'Location' field as an input box in which entered text wraps during input/editing.

In ./Themes/default/Calendar.template.php
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<input type="text" name="event_location" id="event_location" maxlength="255" value="', !empty($context['event']['location']) ? $context['event']['location'] : '', '" tabindex="', $context['tabindex']++, '">
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<textarea name="event_location" id="event_location" maxlength="255" style="height: 100px;" maxlength="255" tabindex="', $context['tabindex']++, '">', !empty($context['event']['location']) ? $context['event']['location'] : '', '</textarea>
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[ColinJM]

Exactly what I was after GL - great minds think alike  - how do you get the text to wrap please?

[GL700Wing]

Exactly what I was after GL - great minds think alike  - how do you get the text to wrap please?

It's the normal behaviour of a 'textarea' field ...

[ColinJM]

OK, but mine is not wrapping?

[GL700Wing]

OK, but mine is not wrapping?

Strange - that's the only change I made and as per the second screen capture the text wraps in the field.

That said, it's still a single line of text and will display that way in the calendar even if you put line breaks in the 'Location' text ...

[GL700Wing]

Make the code change below if you want line breaks in the 'Location' field to also display as line breaks when the event is shown in the calendar as per the following image:
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In ./Themes/default/Calendar.template.php
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if (!empty($event['location']))
echo '<br>', $event['location'];
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if (!empty($event['location']))
echo '<br>', nl2br($event['location']);

[ColinJM]

OK - will give that a go and report back GL - thankyou!

[ColinJM]

Hmmm - my code is slightly different?

       

[GL700Wing]

Hmmm - my code is slightly different?

Think you're in the wrong location ...

In an original SMF 2.1.4 template file the first edit is done on line 888 and the second edit is done on line 151 (lines 150 and 151 are shown).

[ColinJM]

OK thanks GL...checking......

[ColinJM]

Yay!!!!! It's working now