Make ACF field non translatable

[simon418]

Hi, i am using qtranslate xt and Advanced Custom fields. In my post i have a field called "Year" for which i want to disable the translation, so the value will stay when i switch the language.
In the Custom config of the plugin i can only put in IDs or Classes that i wont to be translatable, but since all fields are already translatable, i want the opposite.
Been searching for way way longer than i thought for an answer, there must be an easy solution for it i hope.
Any help is appreciated!

[MK-RD]

I can't understand that either, because it should be possible to omit the translation function for certain elements with a CSS class like qtx-notranslate.

Certain fields such as the year of birth do not require translations or unnecessary workarounds!

[MK-RD]

@simon418
Workaround: For urgent cases only!

Field Type
Text (qTranslate)

CSS Class (qtx-notranslate)

File (Class)
... /plugins/qtranslate-xt/modules/acf/src/acf_5/fields/text.php

Method
render_field($field)

Code

/**
 * Hook/override ACF render_field to create the HTML interface
 *
 * @param array $field
 */
function render_field( $field ) {
    global $q_config;
    $languages       = qtranxf_getSortedLanguages( true );
    $values          = $this->plugin->decode_language_values( $field['value'] );
    $currentLanguage = $this->plugin->get_active_language();

    $atts = array();

    $keys = array( 'type', 'id', 'class', 'name', 'value', 'placeholder' );
    if ( $field['maxlength'] !== "" ) {
        $keys[] = 'maxlength';
    }
    foreach ( $keys as $k ) {
        $atts[ $k ] = $field[ $k ];
    }

    $special_keys = array( 'readonly', 'disabled' );
    foreach ( $special_keys as $k ) {
        if ( isset( $field[ $k ] ) && $field[ $k ] ) {
            $atts[ $k ] = $k;
        }
    }

    /*! ADDED START */           
    if (str_contains($field['wrapper']['class'] ?? '', 'qtx-notranslate')) {
        $atts['class']         = $field['class'];
        $atts['class']         .= ' current-language';
        $atts['type']          = 'text';
        $atts['name']          = $field['name'] ."[$language]";
        $atts['value']         = $values[ $currentLanguage ];
        $atts['data-language'] = $currentLanguage;
        echo '<div class="acf-input-wrap">';
        echo '<input '. acf_esc_attrs($atts) .' />';
        echo '</div>';
        return;
    }
    /*! ADDED END */

    echo '<div class="acf-input-wrap multi-language-field">';

    foreach ( $languages as $language ) {
        $class = ( $language === $currentLanguage ) ? 'wp-switch-editor current-language' : 'wp-switch-editor';
        echo '<a class="' . $class . '" data-language="' . $language . '">' . $q_config['language_name'][ $language ] . '</a>';
    }

    foreach ( $languages as $language ) {
        $atts['class'] = $field['class'];
        if ( $language === $currentLanguage ) {
            $atts['class'] .= ' current-language';
        }
        $atts['type']          = 'text';
        $atts['name']          = $field['name'] . "[$language]";
        $atts['value']         = $values[ $language ];
        $atts['data-language'] = $language;
        echo '<input ' . acf_esc_attrs( $atts ) . ' />';
    }

    echo '</div>';
}

Of course, I wouldn't finally implement this like that!

[herrvigg]

Ideally we should have a property in each field settings to opt-out individually.

For now with #1279 there are more settings to select which of the standard fields and sub-groups are enabled but these are still global settings. Same for extended qTranslate fields #1300.