Re: $form->input('category_id') shows only category IDs to select - can I make it more user friendly, showing the name of the category?

Ops sorry guys... i searched the web and I find myself the answer...

just put in my category model the line
var $displayField = "title";
and so it displays the title in the add view.

mig_akira wrote:
>
> Using associated models (categories hasMany members) I wrote in my
> membersController I wrote:
>
> $this->set('categories $this->Member->Category->find('list'));
>
> and in the add view, i just wrote:
>
> echo $form->input('category_id');
>
> Works beautifully, except that it only shows numbers (the ID of the
> category) in the selection box. It would be nice if could show the names
> of the groups instead. How can I do this simple modification?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>

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