Option to always show text field summary [#2775685]

There are many issues on d.o and other Drupal forums asking how the the summary for a text field can be shown by default when loading a form, even when there is no value in the summary field yet. Most of the suggestions involve unsetting the js file that handles the showing/hiding of the summary, which is not a particularly responsible solution.

This issue has brought up this request, but then goes too far and also tries to add an option to allow the summary to be required:
https://www.drupal.org/node/1704864

Since there is now an option when editing a field to explicitly say whether or not the summary input element should be available for entry, it seems reasonable to add another checkbox immediately below asking whether the summary should always be shown.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#5	2775685-text_always_show_summary-5.patch	2.38 KB	mikey_p
#5	8.4.x: PHP 5.6 & MySQL 5.5 21,893 pass
#2	text-always_show_summary-2775685-2.patch	2.4 KB	mikemccaffrey
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Comments

Comment #1

29 July 2016 at 20:11

mikemccaffrey created an issue. See original summary.

Comment #2

mikemccaffrey

he/him

CreditAttribution: mikemccaffrey commented 29 July 2016 at 21:00

File	Size
text-always_show_summary-2775685-2.patch	2.4 KB

Attached is a patch that adds an "Always show summary" setting for the "Textarea with a summary" field widget.

Comment #3

29 July 2016 at 21:00

Version:

8.2.x-dev

» 8.3.x-dev

Drupal 8.2.0-beta1 was released on August 3, 2016, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.3.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Comment #4

29 July 2016 at 21:00

Version:

8.3.x-dev

» 8.4.x-dev

Drupal 8.3.0-alpha1 will be released the week of January 30, 2017, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.4.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Comment #5

mikey_p CreditAttribution: mikey_p commented 20 April 2017 at 23:42

Status:

Active

» Needs review

File	Size
2775685-text_always_show_summary-5.patch	2.38 KB
8.4.x: PHP 5.6 & MySQL 5.5 21,893 pass

Comment #6

20 April 2017 at 23:42

Version:

8.4.x-dev

» 8.5.x-dev

Drupal 8.4.0-alpha1 will be released the week of July 31, 2017, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.5.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Comment #7

rcodina CreditAttribution: rcodina commented 15 November 2017 at 08:06

I've just created a Drupal 8 version of Summary Options module. It allows you to make the summary fields optional and visible by default.

Comment #8

15 November 2017 at 08:06

Version:

8.5.x-dev

» 8.6.x-dev

Drupal 8.5.0-alpha1 will be released the week of January 17, 2018, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.6.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Comment #9

15 November 2017 at 08:06

Version:

8.6.x-dev

» 8.7.x-dev

Drupal 8.6.0-alpha1 will be released the week of July 16, 2018, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.7.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.