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Include or exclude nested groups, is it possible?

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  • November 3, 2020 at 3:22 AM #22677
    Vladimir MujakovicVladimir Mujakovic
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    I want to exclude/include nested groups, can this be done?

    given this metabox structure:

    $meta_boxes[] = array(
        'title'      => 'Page Section Selector',
        'post_types' => array('page'),
        'fields' => array(
            array(
                'id'            => 'section_control',
                'type'          => 'group',
                 ...
                'add_button' => '+ Add Section',
                'fields' => array(
                   array(...),
                   array(
                       'id'            => 'cta_section',
                       'type'          => 'group',
                       'include' => array('front-page.php')
                       ...
                       'fields' => array(...)
                   ),
                   array(...),
                   array(...),
                   array(
                       'id'            => 'map_section',
                       'type'          => 'group',
                       'include' => array('page.php')
                       ...
                       'fields' => array(...)
                   ),
                )
            ),
         )
      )
    November 3, 2020 at 3:41 AM #22678
    Vladimir MujakovicVladimir Mujakovic
    Participant

    I would also like to include/exclude based on a dropdown selection, I know that this can be done via show/hide with JS but I am wondering if there is a way to exclude metabox files based on a dropdown selection, not just on the frontend but serverside. Even if the page has to be reloaded.

    November 3, 2020 at 9:41 AM #22682
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    The extension MB Include Exclude applies for meta boxes only. To show/hide fields and meta boxes, please use the extension MB Conditional Logic.

    To include/exclude meta boxes base on a select, it's very complicated and need AJAX to do without reloading page. I'm going to create a feature request for the developer team to support this case. Thank you.

    November 3, 2020 at 1:17 PM #22688
    Vladimir MujakovicVladimir Mujakovic
    Participant

    I would really appreciate support on this issue, thank you for looking into it. I am happy to provide my specific use case. It is kind of hard to explain the problem. But basically i need something that works like the "visible" property in conditional logic that also performs an ajax request to remove the unneeded field groups.

    I have noticed that using the metabox plugin in this way creates a serious performance issue in admin and makes the gutenberg editor unusable, even though you guys have a small example of my implementation in one of your demos. In that demo you can select different sections from a dropdown and clone them. Issue is that my dropdown shows/hides sibling field groups based on selection, so say if i have 13 of those groups (12 hidden 1 visible because it is selected in dorpdown), performing a clone, clones all 13 field groups (200+ inputs), so when i have 7 clones out on the page, we are talking about 7 * 13, which causes a lot of lag. I think this is a limitation that needs to be addressed, I love your plugin library but this has been a concern of mine for some time now.

    On a project where a client is requesting a lot of versatility and utility it would really be helpful to have control over inclusion and exclusion of particular fields (especially when that field is a field group with 20+ custom inputs).

    November 15, 2020 at 3:59 AM #22852
    Vladimir MujakovicVladimir Mujakovic
    Participant

    Is there any news on this? or an alternative approach I can take? To reduce the massive lag in admin.

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