Right now if you want to put customize your node template, you need to find $node->content[view_display_id]['#value'].
It would be cool to have the output automatically exposed in template variables, like CCK does with $FIELD_NAME_rendered variables.
I might take a crack at a patch.

Of course there's the issue of duplicate output with $content variable. CCK has the 'exclude' checkboxes on its 'Display fields' page, not sure what could be a 'views attach' equivalent...

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Crell’s picture

hm. That almost sounds like it's more a CCK issue, where CCK needs to better support extra_fields-registered pseudo-fields. I'm not sure that it's a views_attach-specific issue, as the same question applies to any field you want to add to that form.

yched’s picture

Hm. Edge case, probably. I'd advocate that it's not really cck's job to handle every node addition that ends up in $node->content :-)
I'm not sure the way CCK does the 'exclude' trick can be safely generalized to $node->content elements it did not create without messing too much with them.
Additionally, I recently found a drawback on the 'exclude' thing : the involved field escape hook_nodeapi('alter') treatment (which is supposed to act on $node->body/teaser). I'm not sure generalizing this is a good idea.

Interesting case though - in a perfect D7 world, everything (ok, most things) would be actual 'fields' and naturally gain field features. A views-attach field would be a no-storage / no widget / display-only field. Something like a computed field, only with a hardcoded 'computation'. We definitely need to make sure D7 fields can handle that.

Crell’s picture

Status: Active » Postponed

Hm. A field that is nothing but a formatter. Trippy. :-)

OnlineWD™’s picture

Am trying to theme output using suggested $node->content[view_display_id]['#value'] in node template. Have tried ..

<?php 
print $node->content['nothing_1']['#value'];
print $node->content[nothing_1]['#value'];
?>

Neither prints anything, added print 'text'; too to make sure template is being used. Please help as I want to use this method to place conditions between fields from different attachments.

Crell’s picture

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Status: Postponed » Closed (outdated)