Removing "Choose forum field" from forum nodes content type

Question

hi,

can I remove the "Choose forum dropdown field" from my forum nodes content types ?

I have only 1 forum and there is only 1 choice I would like my users not have to select it as additional step.

If there is not any option to remove it I would like to know how I can submit the form with that value.

I've tried to hide it: $form['taxonomy']['#type'] = 'hidden';

But it doesn't work because it is required, and I need to specify it if I want the new post added to the forum... I actually need to submit a default value if I want to hide it.

thanks

Answer 1

Use hook_form_alter and supply a hardcoded value and default value (what the value would be if they picked it), set #required to no. That should work.

http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/developer--topics--forms_api_reference.html/6

Answer 2

Set #required to FALSE, #type to 'value', and #value to the value you find in #default_value. Doing so, the user will not see any selector, but the form submission handler will get a value.