Default checkbox value for "Generate automatic URL alias", by node-type.

Ah, I see what's going on. When there is no available pattern for a specific entity type and bundle, we mistakenly return out of pathauto_field_attach_form() rather than setting $form['path']['pathauto'] to a FALSE value. Currently it will not add anything to the form which then on submit means that !isset($node->path['pathauto']) which means do apply an automatic alias, which is not desired in this case.

Patch attached for review, this also needs a unit test to confirm its behavior and ensure we don't have a regression in the future.

Hrm, I'm not sure about this after some review - if there's no pattern, then there's no reason to show an Automatic alias checkbox since checking it would do nothing on node save since there would be no pattern to alias from. The current behavior of 7.x-1.x is correct. This isn't in fact a bug, my mistake.

The originally proposed feature will not be accepted into Pathauto since having a pattern for a content type assumes new content should have that pattern by default. As such, I'm marking this issue closed as a won't fix.

If you want to alter the Pathauto checkbox for new nodes, then you should use something like this in a custom module:

/**
 * Implements hook_node_prepare().
 */
function mymodule_node_prepare($node) {
  if (empty($node->nid) && !isset($node->path['pathauto']) && in_array($node->type, array('page'))) {
    // Default the Pathauto checkbox to be unchecked for new page nodes.
    $node->path['pathauto'] = FALSE;
  }
}

Yeah you'd have to manually form_alter the taxonomy form and $form['path']['pathauto']['#default_value'].

@Dave Reid

I'm attempting to leave the checkbox checked. In my custom module I can't get #4 to work for new or existing nodes (tried both in logic). I even installed pathauto_persist, just in case.

I am using your recommended version, however. Is this dev-only? Alas, here's what I've altered to fit my needs:

function custom_node_prepare($node) {
  if (in_array($node->type, array('panopoly_page'))) {
    // Default the Pathauto checkbox to be checked for new page nodes.
    $node->path['pathauto'] = TRUE;
  }
}

Issue

No matter what, I cannot get the "Generate automatic URL alias" button to be checked. Even on node creation, with a pattern defined.

Motivation

For permissions and semantic reasons (for our many authors) we want the node form to always have this checked. For example: when they change the menu item, we want to make sure that the alias (patterned to menu parents + join) matches that updated menu position.


Thanks for your time, and we truly appreciate this module.

jtreinau

Well, turns out Panopoly implements a form_alter to change the value.

Among other Panopoly-specific overrides, here is what code worked for me:

function mymodule_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  $form['path']['pathauto']['#default_value'] = 1;
}

Could probably be more specific as to what form I am selecting. Nevertheless, it works.

jtreinau