Formatting property on table fields

I found this very useful, but needed to be able to pass arguments to the formatter, so I extended the patch a little to support an array of arguments.

+1 for usefulness.

I couldn't apply the patch in #2 (it's stale). Here's an updated one.

The patch in #3 drops the ability to use an integer 1 to pass the property value as anything other than the first argument to the formatter (kind of like how hook_menu does it). I'm not sure if that's needed for anything other than what I was doing (which I can't remember now), but I just wanted to leave a heads up to anyone using the patch.

#3 works perfectly here. Please commit.

I'd prefer is_callable() rather than function_exists(), so that anonymous functions or object methods could be used.

A new patch, with the following modifications to #3:

• Renamed 'formatter' to 'formatter callback', to distinguish this clearly from field formatters (which operate quite differently). Still, I wonder if 'property formatter' might be clearer.
• Renamed 'arguments' to 'formatter arguments'.
• Documented the new keys in EntityInlineEntityFormController::tableFields().
• [tangential to this issue] Removed the undocumented 'sanitized' behavior, in favour of passing array('sanitize' => TRUE) to $property->value().

New patch. It turns out 'sanitize' was documented, but since Entity API handles sanitizing I don't understand why it should be there. I think it would be confusing DX to keep it. Also, the docblock in inline_entity_form.api.php (for the hook) needed harmonizing with the one in EntityInlineEntityFormController (for the method).

Sorry, missed out an array().

Hello,

I have tried to use:

   $fields['calendar_date'] = array(
        'type'    => 'field',
        'label'   => t('Calendar Date'),
        'weight'  => 80,
        'formatter' => 'format_date',
        'settings' => array(
           'type' => 'custom_short_date',   //this is date format create in drupal front end
         );
    );

When I refresh a webpage nothing happened in IEF table. Any suggestion? When I debuged it with dpm($renderable_data) it shows me #formatter: list_default !

Hey, for all that come to this problem with date formats, this must look like this:

    $fields['field_perf_date_and_time'] = array(
      'type' => 'field',
      'label' => t('Date and Time'),
      'weight' => 5,
      'formatter' => 'date_format',
      'settings' => array(
        'format_type' => 'short'
      )
    );

Hi I'm using the following code to display node created date. However it is still formatted as timestamp.
Also tried some other combinations though nothing seems to work. Any help is appreciated.

       $fields['created'] = array(
            'type' => 'property',
            'label' => 'Date',
            'weight' => 103,
            'formatter' => 'date_format',
            'settings' => array(
              'format_type' => 'short'
            )
        );

Patch does not apply for latest dev version.

Patch rerolled so it applies to 7.x-1.x.

Patch solves problem when displaying "created" date field in inline.

Thank you, Kristoffer.
I am confirming, your path works for me as well.

    $fields['expires'] = array(
      'type' => 'property',
      'label' => t('Expires'),
      'weight' => 2,
      'formatter callback' => 'format_date',
      'formatter arguments' => array(
        'custom',
        'Y-m-d H:i',
      ),
    );