function hook_field_widget_info_alter

Perform alterations on Field API widget types.

Parameters

$info: Array of informations on widget types exposed by hook_field_widget_info() implementations.

Related topics

Field Widget API
Define Field API widget types.
Hooks
Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.
2 functions implement hook_field_widget_info_alter()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

list_field_widget_info_alter in drupal/modules/field/modules/list/list.module
Implements hook_field_widget_info_alter().
taxonomy_field_widget_info_alter in drupal/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
Implements hook_field_widget_info_alter().

File

drupal/modules/field/field.api.php, line 805
Hooks provided by the Field module.

Code

function hook_field_widget_info_alter(&$info) {

  // Add a setting to a widget type.
  $info['text_textfield']['settings'] += array(
    'mymodule_additional_setting' => 'default value',
  );

  // Let a new field type re-use an existing widget.
  $info['options_select']['field types'][] = 'my_field_type';
}