Can I change multi select fields to checkboxes?

Hi @mikegandy

You can delete the plugin from the Form Builder and then recreate it with a select field with the options. To delete the custom field, just open the field builder > see the “Custom fields” section in the overlay and you will see the “x” button for the delete field.

Regards,

Hi @mikegandy

You can delete the plugin from the Form Builder and then recreate it with a select field with the options. To delete the custom field, just open the field builder > see the “Custom fields” section in the overlay and you will see the “x” button for the delete field.

Regards,

Is there another way to change a field type? By using this method, the field gets deleted from the database too not just the plugin. I wish to keep the data that are already there, but I wish to use the new format for the future entries.
Thanks!

Thank you, Champ, but that will not help in my situation. I understand that I can use a different field type for custom fields, but the MailChimp extension group field not something that I create. It is already set up as a multi-select by default and I have no choice but to use that field type. I want to change it checkboxes, though. Wondering if there is a workaround. Like a filter that will allow me to override the field type and recreate it as checkboxes.

Hi @mikegandy @chrisco75

Which forms does this select/multi-select added which you want to change the field type to the checkbox?

Regards.

@champsupertramp, for me I’m using it on my default registration form.

Hi @mikegandy @chrisco75

Sorry for the late response.

You can try this code snippet to change the select/multi-select to checkbox field type:

add_filter('um_get_field__alphabet', function( $data ){

    $data['type'] = 'checkbox';
    
    return $data;
});

Change the meta key alphabet to your field key.

Feel free to re-open this thread if there’s any question that may come up. Just change the topic status to “Not Resolved” so that we can get back to you.

Regards,

Hi @champsupertramp,

Sorry for the delay, I got sidetracked by other projects. I was wondering here I should put this piece a code, in function.php? Also I’m trying to convert a text field to a select dropbox; is the right data type is ‘select’ or it should be something else?

Thank you!

Hi @chrisco75

You can add it to your theme’s functions.php file or use the Code Snippets plugin to run the code.

Regards,