Meta Box

@Anh
I can understand both sides of this. But for me, this is not a major issue either way. So do what you think is best for MB, of course!

@Ryan
Regardless of what's done, I wonder if using a pattern attribute would help? Maybe something like (0[1-9]|1[012])[- /.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[- /.](19|20)\d\d (I stole that one from: http://html5pattern.com/Dates ) to ensure the field doesn't pass validation unless the format is mm/dd/yyyy. https://imgur.elightup.com/tdHJXfT.png Then your users could still manually input a date (IF that's desired). Also, I tested setting the display values & save_format and they all seem to be working correctly for me based on the docs -- If those aren't working for you, that could be a separate issue to look into. Here are the values I was using in Builder to quickly test: https://imgur.elightup.com/ZJFvMX4.png

I first came across this and posted it because we were having cases when the field was readonly but users were tabbing past the field and the datepicker was showing and they were submitting data. Basically, it just seemed incorrect that a 'readonly' field wasn't read-only. For us, the problem was that the field has different attributes based on conditions (beyond just MB conditions/logic). And while enabling/disabling the datepicker is an option, it wasn’t our approach because it seemed more accurate that a readonly field should not be allowed to change. (Of course, as Anh mentioned earlier, jQuery UI chooses to ignore readonly.)

Our workaround was to use a disabled input, but that prevents the field from submitting (which was an issue because we still wanted the input to submit every time).

For those following along at home...

I'm not sure of the actual Meta Box way to do this, but I've ended up using Admin Columns Pro - https://www.admincolumns.com -- It plays very nicely with Meta Box (even though there's no "official" integration). It supports displaying custom fields, relational data, inline editing of custom fields. I LOVE IT! Well worth the price.

Is there a way inside MB Builder to add an attribute (like autocomplete="off") to the entire form ?

Thanks, Anh.

Also, I just added a few config notes to the README to answer a few questions that someone else asked: https://github.com/brandonjp/add-add-new-to-meta-box-select-advanced#for-developers

A couple quick notes: After adding a new post in the modal, the user must search again in the Select Advanced to trigger a new query and find their newly created post. And Ideally, I'd open the modal without WP Admin toolbar by setting IFRAME_REQUEST (as shown here: http://rizqy.me/create-modal-box-on-wordpress-dashboard/ ), but I'm not quick enough to whip that up yet.

Again... It's very quick & messy code 🙂 But feel free to ask if anything doesn't make sense.

I figured this out by using:

<?php echo rwmb_get_field_settings( 'end_date' )['name']; ?>
to display the field's Label (from the General tab)

<?php echo rwmb_get_field_settings( 'end_date' )['desc']; ?>
to display the field's Description (from the General tab)

<?php echo rwmb_get_field_settings( 'end_date' )['label_description']; ?>
to display the Label Description (under the Appearance tab)

<?php echo rwmb_meta( 'end_date' ); ?>
to display the field's value stored in the DB