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Joomla admin add new group with custom default group parent

in Joolma admin

administrator/index.php?option=com_users&view=group&layout=edit

when adding a new group the default Group Parent = Public

any idea how to get another default group selected? (my customer needs it daily and sometimes forget to choose the good Group Parent)

Thank you

Solution

  • It is not advisable to alter core files because when you update Joomla it may change this modified files. But currently I dont find any other alternative method to achieve what you need. If you visit the user group page you will see on the right side the group ID's

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    if you open this file administrator\components\com_users\models\forms\group.xml you will find this code

    <field name="parent_id" type="groupparent"
            description="COM_USERS_GROUP_FIELD_PARENT_DESC"
            label="COM_USERS_GROUP_FIELD_PARENT_LABEL"
            required="true"
        />

    There is no default mentioned in this but you can add a default parent id here like this

    <field name="parent_id" type="groupparent"
            description="COM_USERS_GROUP_FIELD_PARENT_DESC"
            label="COM_USERS_GROUP_FIELD_PARENT_LABEL"
            default="5"
            required="true"
        />

    This will make Publisher as default parent. There is even one more way to do this but it may need several code changes i.e changing the file administrator\components\com_users\models\fields\groupparent.php. Hope this helps.