[auto_entitylabel] Automatic Entity Label

Any news on progress for this module?

I found it was easier to build a custom entity that doesn't have the requirement for an entity label. Maybe others will too?

There's a dev release now, so moving to needs work.

Let's be honest: http://cgit.drupalcode.org/auto_entitylabel/tree/ isn't a real port yet. It just has a .info file at the moment.

Fair enough. :)

Yeah I had to giggle because I recommended someone entity autolabel :)

while the Summary section above seems to indicate that the module is working (so long as users can figure out tokens themselves), #7 above suggests that no code actually exists yet. Can someone clarify this for me? I installed the dev package and I don't see the "NODE AUTO LABEL"/"COMMENT AUTO LABEL" tabs on content types' edit screens. Clarification would be much appreciated. Thanks.

@xeM8VfDh I can confirm that the module is not showing any configuration panel on the content type edit screen :(

Thanks @cosmo.kramer, this uncertainty is making me thirsty.

Hello heroes, just letting you know there's interest and hunger for the module (to complement @xeM8vfDh thirst).
I have it installed on a fresh D8 deploy on Pantheon and yes, no joy to be seen.
Thanks.

I created a first patch to get the port working again: https://www.drupal.org/node/2811145 I need some help there.

There's something wrong with the module's git repo:

• Only has info.yml
• http://cgit.drupalcode.org/auto_entitylabel/tree/
• https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/auto_entitylabel-8.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
• Full module
• http://cgit.drupalcode.org/auto_entitylabel/tree/?id=6b45fedc21eb840c83e...
• http://cgit.drupalcode.org/auto_entitylabel/log/
• git clone --branch 8.x-1.x https://git.drupal.org/project/auto_entitylabel.git

Thanks for the update @kscheirer. Should the 8.x-1.x branch that you mentioned be merged into master so that anyone doing a simple clone will get something meaningful, as opposed to a stagnant yaml file? And should the D8 dev release on the main module page then be updated the reflect this merged in code (right now it's just a yaml file, README, and LISCENSE)?

@xeM8VfDh, this issue talks about the git repo problem #2800587: Git problem makes it hard to download. 8.x-1.x TAG gets confused with 8.x-1.x BRANCH. It might be a simple case of deleting the mentioned tag.

Ahhh, thanks for pointing me to that @Peacog

EDIT:
Well...the Auto Label tab shows up but I still cannot seem to get it to auto-fill the Title field itself. Yet.

ORIGINAL:
In the event it isn't clear, you can get a functional[?] installation by cloning the git repo, checking out the 8.x branch and zipping up the contents of that directory (less the .git directory).

Still quite new to Drupal as a platform but ended up here trying to create a content type that does not require a title (an auto-gen one is just fine).

Hi @nixquips. There's a patch in this issue (#2755445: Auto Entity label does not set entity labels and breaks contrib modules) that fixes most of the problems with Automatic Entity Label.

Hmm, a monster patch of 42K and last commit 1 year ago... A maintainer might be needed... @peacog?

The maintainer commented on the monster patch a couple of weeks ago to request a re-roll, so he's still keeping an eye on it. @purushotam.rai could you review the patch and let us know if it needs any more work before you can commit? thanks!

Thanks @Peacog for your hard efforts. Module is now working in D8 and we have created beta release also.

Updating status since there is D8 beta release.

Threre is not much left to *FINALLY* tag a 8.x release before D9 comes around the corner. I clean up the issue queue for this atm. The more important question is about the overwhole future of this project in case the label field core initiative shows results making the gap this project fills between label and computed field obsolete. Until then we support the development of this project as much as we can.

thanks @diqidoq, I think this can probably be closed. I've been using auto_entitylabel for a few years now and its working fine. I believe the team is working on D9 compatibility, and we are tankful for your support :)

#26: Thanks for your kind words, But there are some deal breakers still not committed like configuration left overs after entity type has been deleted where we work on. Please do not change issue status to RTBC before RC. Read https://www.drupal.org/project/contrib_tracker for that. I just informed about that we work on the D8 RC or final release to get it up before D9 lands and that we discuss the future of the project regarding the core changes on entity label fields ASAP. When I put RC or final release up I will ask for others to test again and to mark this RTBC.

great, thanks for the clarification

Want to see a stable release? Then please help with the issues listed in the new roadmap issue: #3153250: Roadmap for a stable 8.x-3.x release.

There is a stable release (8.x-3.3).