Custom Profile Field when using checkbox option shows for all users

[MarcusJ]

I created a custom profile field.  I added the checkbox option with the default set to unchecked.  The idea was to give a special logo/icon on topic view to users who checked the box.  When this profile field is active, all users have this logo/icon in profile view. Even though 99% of them hadn't checked the box. 

When I changed the check box to a text field it works properly.  I just used Regex and required the word 'Join'.  It now functions as desired when they input the text.  However I would imagine the check box should have worked.

Thank you.

Using SMF RC2 -
1.   Custom Form Mod    1.6 
2.   Pretty URLs    1.0RC
3.   SimplePortal    2.3.1
4.   cbi, 1.0    1.5.7
5.   Aeva Media    1.0 
6.   Downloads System Pro    1.0.13

[Norv]

Hello there,
and apologies for getting to this so late...
Is this issue solved with RC3?
I'm not sure I fully understand it (a screeshot or two of the wrong and right behavior may help), but perhaps it's related to this : http://dev.simplemachines.org/mantis/view.php?id=4049

[emanuele]

I think the problem is: when you create a new checkbox field selecting "Show on Topic View" and putting something in "Show Enclosed Within Text", then in the profile page the text/image/whatever specified in "Show Enclosed Within Text" is displayed irrespective of the state of the checkbox, while in topic view is shown only if the checkbox is selected.

[Joshua Dickerson]

Is this confirmed? Should it be tracked? I don't exactly understand the issue.

[emanuele]

To reproduce what I *think* was the original problem you have to create a new (of course having Advanced Profile Fields enabled) field with the following settings:

• Show on Topic View: checked
• Show Enclosed Within Text: <a href="http://website.com/"><img src="http://media.simplemachinesweb.com/smf/smsite2/images/site/smsite_logo.jpg" alt="" /></a>
• Field Type: Checkbox
• Default State: not selected

Then, if you go to the topic view the field is shown only if the field is checked, while in the profile summary the field is always displayed.

[Arantor]

On the other hand, you can use the 'show enclosed within text' for both yes and no states. I dunno, this is an interesting thing, it actually is by design that it is this way. But whether the design needs changing, I dunno.