Customize exposed filter on Drupal View

Tested on:

• Drupal 5.x
• Views 1.6

When you have to filter a view by a content type, you have to use Exposed filters. Since default list is somewhat ugly (a select with some elements and CTRL to be pressed) we transform it in simple checkboxes.

Copy and paste this code into your template.php:

# I use imagecache because on my site is active
# and doesn't use hook_form_alter
/** Display checkboxes instead select for exposed views filters */
function imagecache_form_alter($form_id, &$form) {
  if($form_id == 'views_filters' && arg(0) == 'change_to_your_view_path_before_slash') {
    if(!empty($form)) {
      foreach ($form as $id => $field) {
        if ($form[$id]['#type'] == 'select' && $form[$id]['#multiple'] == 'multiple') {
          # from select to checkboxes
          $form[$id]['#type'] = 'checkboxes';
	  foreach($form[$id]['#options'] as $key=>&$content) {
            # hide from list all content types that aren't mycontenttype or mycontenttype2
            if($key!='mycontenttype' && $key!='mycontenttype2'){
		unset($form[$id]['#options'][$key]);
	    }
	  }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

To hide operators dropdown, you have to check “lock operators” on views page.

See also:

• http://drupal.org/node/158607

Set views title dynamically for blocks and pages

Tested on: Drupal 5.x – Views 1.6

Problem: you want to display a taxonomy term name as view title, for block and themes.

Solution: On views edit screen, just add to your Argument > Argument handling code:

$args[0] = 3;

Where 3 is the Term ID you want to display as name. When term name will be updated, view title will be updated too.

You haven’t to add other arguments via GUI, just this code.

Views Theme Wizard on Zen: it works!

JohnAlbin writes a good tutorial about how to correct Views Theme Wizard on Zen Subthemes. I was looking for this solution some times ago, it’s very useful for views handling.