paulmckibben's sandbox: Entity reference modal select

Overview

This module provides a field widget for entity reference fields. The widget allows a content editor to select an entity from a modal dialog. The dialog provides basic filters on bundle (type), title, and language, to narrow down the entities to select from. You can write a custom module to extend the filtering provided by this dialog.

Alternative modules

The entity_browser module (http://drupal.org/project/entity_browser) has begun a similar effort to address a broader use case, comprising not just entity reference fields but also file entity/media entity selection, resulting in a different user experience for multi-valued fields. The er_modal_select module provides a more familiar user experience for multi-valued fields, where each entity is on a single row, and the manner to remove the entity from the list requires a simple click of a button. This experience works well for referencing content entities, but may not be as useful for media.

Drupal 8 only

This module is provided only for Drupal 8.