I have a custom module for manage devices and import devices. I have a list of devices with Title, Description etc.. Now, I want to add a dropdown option for item assign to a category "Tab & Smartphone" from admin.
My file is here app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/widget/form/element.phtml
<?php switch ($element->getType()){
case 'fieldset': ?>
<h3><?php echo $element->getLegend() ?></h3>
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo $element->getLegend() ?></legend>
<?php foreach ($element->getElements() as $_element): ?>
<?php echo $formBlock->drawElement($_element) ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</fieldset>
<?php break;
case 'column': ?>
<?php break;
case 'hidden': ?>
<input type="<?php echo $element->getType() ?>" name="<?php echo $element->getName() ?>" id="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>" value="<?php echo $element->getValue() ?>">
<?php break;
case 'select': ?>
<span class="form_row">
<?php if($element->getLabel()): ?><label for="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>"><?php echo $element->getLabel() ?>:</label><?php endif; ?>
<select name="<?php echo $element->getName() ?>" id="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>" class="select<?php echo $element->getClass() ?>" title="<?php echo $element->getTitle() ?>">
<?php foreach ($element->getValues() as $_value): ?>
<option <?php echo $_value->serialize() ?><?php if($_value->getValue() == $element->getValue()): ?> selected="selected"<?php endif; ?>><?php echo $_value->getLabel() ?></option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select>
</span>
<?php break;
case 'text':
case 'button':
case 'password': ?>
<span class="form_row">
<?php if($element->getLabel()): ?><label for="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>"><?php echo $element->getLabel() ?>:</label><?php endif; ?>
<input type="<?php echo $element->getType() ?>" name="<?php echo $element->getName() ?>" id="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>" value="<?php echo $element->getValue() ?>" class="input-text <?php echo $element->getClass() ?>" title="<?php echo $element->getTitle() ?>" <?php echo ( $element->getOnClick() ? 'onClick="'.$element->getOnClick().'"' : '' ) ?>/>
</span>
<?php break;
case 'radio': ?>
<span class="form_row">
<?php if($element->getLabel()): ?><label for="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>"><?php echo $element->getLabel() ?>:</label><?php endif; ?>
<input type="<?php echo $element->getType() ?>" name="<?php echo $element->getName() ?>" id="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>" value="<?php echo $element->getValue() ?>" class="input-text <?php echo $element->getClass() ?>" title="<?php echo $element->getTitle() ?>"/>
</span>
<?php break;
case 'hidden': ?>
<input type="<?php echo $element->getType() ?>" name="<?php echo $element->getName() ?>" id="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>" value="<?php echo $element->getValue() ?>">
<?php break;
case 'radios': ?>
<span class="form_row">
<label for="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>"><?php echo $element->getLabel() ?>:</label>
<?php foreach($element->getRadios() as $_radio): ?>
<input type="radio" name="<?php echo $_radio->getName() ?>" id="<?php echo $_radio->getHtmlId() ?>" value="<?php echo $_radio->getValue() ?>" class="input-radio <?php echo $_radio->getClass() ?>" title="<?php echo $_radio->getTitle() ?>" <?php echo ( $_radio->getValue() == $element->getChecked() ) ? 'checked="true"' : '' ?> > <?php echo $_radio->getLabel() ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</span>
<?php break;
case 'wysiwyg': ?>
<span class="form_row">
<label for="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>"><?php echo $element->getLabel() ?>:</label>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl('js') ?>tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
tinyMCE.init({
mode : "exact",
theme : "advanced",
elements : "<?php echo $element->getName(); ?>",
plugins : "inlinepopups,style,layer,table,save,advhr,advimage,advlink,emotions,iespell,insertdatetime,preview,zoom,media,searchreplace,print,contextmenu,paste,directionality,fullscreen,noneditable,visualchars,nonbreaking,xhtmlxtras",
theme_advanced_buttons1 : "newdocument,|,bold,italic,underline,strikethrough,|,justifyleft,justifycenter,justifyright,justifyfull,|,styleselect,formatselect,fontselect,fontsizeselect",
theme_advanced_buttons2 : "cut,copy,paste,pastetext,pasteword,|,search,replace,|,bullist,numlist,|,outdent,indent,|,undo,redo,|,link,unlink,anchor,image,cleanup,help,code,|,insertdate,inserttime,preview,|,forecolor,backcolor",
theme_advanced_buttons3 : "tablecontrols,|,hr,removeformat,visualaid,|,sub,sup,|,charmap,emotions,iespell,media,advhr,|,print,|,ltr,rtl,|,fullscreen",
theme_advanced_buttons4 : "insertlayer,moveforward,movebackward,absolute,|,styleprops,|,cite,abbr,acronym,del,ins,|,visualchars,nonbreaking",
theme_advanced_toolbar_location : "top",
theme_advanced_toolbar_align : "left",
theme_advanced_path_location : "bottom",
extended_valid_elements : "a[name|href|target|title|onclick],img[class|src|border=0|alt|title|hspace|vspace|width|height|align|onmouseover|onmouseout|name],hr[class|width|size|noshade],font[face|size|color|style],span[class|align|style]",
theme_advanced_resize_horizontal : 'true',
theme_advanced_resizing : 'true',
apply_source_formatting : 'true',
convert_urls : 'false',
force_br_newlines : 'true',
doctype : '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">'
});
//]]>
</script>
<textarea name="<?php echo $element->getName() ?>" title="<?php echo $element->getTitle() ?>" id="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>" class="textarea <?php echo $element->getClass() ?>" cols="80" rows="20"><?php echo $element->getValue(); ?></textarea>
</span>
<?php break;
case 'textarea': ?>
<span class="form_row">
<label for="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>"><?php echo $element->getLabel() ?>:</label>
<textarea name="<?php echo $element->getName() ?>" title="<?php echo $element->getTitle() ?>" id="<?php echo $element->getHtmlId() ?>" class="textarea <?php echo $element->getClass() ?>" cols="15" rows="2"><?php echo $element->getValue(); ?></textarea>
</span>
<?php break;
case 'editor': ?>
<?php break;
case 'file': ?>
<?php break;
case 'checkbox': ?>
<?php break;
} ?>
<?php if($element->getScript()): ?>
<script type="text/javascript">
<?php echo $element->getScript() ?>
</script>
<?php endif; ?>
Best Answer
Step 1: Add this code in your Block/Adminhtml/Devices/grid.php
Step 2: Add this code in your Block/Adminhtml/Devices/Edit/Tab/form.phtml