Checkbox: other text in header than label text

[Beate]

Hello,
 
I'm using the API to generete a form. Is it possible to display sth other than the label name in the header (in my case "Newsletter") of a checkbox? This is my code:

$field = $modules->get("InputfieldCheckbox");
$field->label = "Ja, ich möchte per E-Mail über Neuheiten informiert werden.";
$field->attr('title','Newsletter');
$field->attr('id+name','newsletter');
$field->required = 0;
$form->append($field);

I tried title but it didn't work. I also looked in the source, but it seems it is not possible? I can't beleave that I'm the first one with this problem, but a search wasn't succesful

Thanks, beate

[Martijn Geerts]

This is posted on gitHub, there are more votes to change this behaviour. We'll have to wait what the respond is.

[Beate]

Ok, thanks. Is there some kind of workaround? This behavior is not so nice....

 Ticket in github

[Wanze]

There is a workaround, but it changes the value that is sent:

$field->checkedValue = 'Yes';

Displays 'yes' as label

[Beate]

Cool, thanks a lot!

[Soma]

U  I often use

$field = $modules->get("InputfieldMarkup");
$field->value = "<label><input type='checkbox' name='newsletter'>Ja, ich möchte per E-Mail über Neuheiten informiert werden</label>";
$form->append($field);

Also you could use InputfieldCheckboxes and use addOptions(key, value) so you can set to not display header, but it will make the checkbox name an array

$field = $modules->get("InputfieldCheckboxes");
$field->skipLabel = Inputfield::skipLabelHeader;
$field->addOption("newsletter", "Ja, ich möchte per E-Mail über Neuheiten informiert werden");
$form->append($field);

[Beate]

$field->skipLabel = Inputfield::skipLabelHeader;

This is nice, i think i'll stay with this

[ryan]

If using the latest version of PW with the new default admin theme, it doesn't display the Inputfield label if there is no description – just shows the checkbox label. From the API side, you can also specify $field->label2 as something distinct from $field->label, where $field->label2 is the second label (the one for the checkbox).