Entity reference prepopulate

Description

Allows the contents of an "Entity Reference" field to be pre-populated by
taking a parameter from the URL path.

Install

1. Install this module using the official Backdrop CMS instructions
2. Visit admin/structure/types/manage/[ENTITY-TYPE]/fields/[FIELD-NAME]
3. Enable "Entity reference prepopulate" under the instance settings.

Configuration

• Enable Entity reference prepopulate:
  
  • Check this to enable Entity reference prepopulate on this field.
• Action
  
  • Using the select box choose the action to take if the entity reference field is pre-populated.
• Fallback behaviour
  
  • Select what to do if the URL path does NOT contain a parameter to pre-populate the field.
• Skip access permission
  
  • This is a fallback override, the fallback behaviour will not be followed for users with the specified permission.

Integrations

• Organic groups -- Works only with OG 1.x-2.x

Usage

In order to pre-populate an entity reference field you have to supply the
parameter in the URL.

The structure is
node/add/article?[field_ref]=[id]

Where [field_ref] is the name of the entity reference field and [id] is
the id of the entity being referenced.

Examples:
node/add/article?field_foo=1
node/add/page?field_bar=1,2,3

Current maintainers

• Alejandro Cremaschi
• Seeking co-maintainers

Credits

• Ported to Backdrop CMS by argiepiano.
• Creator and maintainer of the Drupal 7 version: amitaibu

License

This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory
for complete text.