Field description always open

[KentBrockman]

We are using the description for nearly every field in the manager.

By default the description field is closed. Is it posible to always open it by default?

Thank you so much for your support.

[sforsman]

Do you mean the field edit view or the page edit view? What theme are you using?

[kongondo]

I believe KentBrockman is talking about field add/creation page...

[KentBrockman]

I'm talking about the field "Description -> Additional information describing this field and/or instructions on how to enter the content." when you are editing a field.

We are using our own theme, which provides the colors and look of our company design.

[adrian]

I can a few different options here.

1. Use the attached module which uses some jQuery to force the description field open - seems to work fine and I don't think there will be any side effects with it affecting other fields, but you can tweak the jQuery if needed.
    
2. You could make use of Martijn's new module http://modules.processwire.com/modules/admin-custom-files/ and use the code from the attached .js file.
    
3. Figure out how to change the status of the collapsed state with a before hook ProcessField::buildEditFormBasics - you'll see I tried a hack - in the attached module, my first approach was not with the associated js file, but instead of the after hook, I used a before hook and used the commented code to make sure the description field wasn't blank. This was ugly, but I couldn't figure out how to change the collapsed status properly in this case - sure I am missing something obvious, but only had a few minutes this morning to look at this.

FieldExpandDescription.zip

[KentBrockman]

Perfect!

I chose option one.

Thank you!