Channel Form refuses to set Status to entry

Question

I found a year old post regarding this issue as well (Setting entry status with Channel Form) but no apparent solution.

Has anyone come upon one yet?

Basically I can do this:

{status_menu}
    <select name="status">
        {select_options}
    </select>
{/status_menu}

But no matter if I am logged in as a super admin, regular user or even a guest, the entry saves with the intended status. It's like the field is being ignored.

Any clues?

Answer 1

I found the problem.

I had set a specific status in Admin > Channel Administration > Channel Form, which it turns out, overrides anything in the template code.

When I returned this to "-- Use Channel Default --", it became possible to set the entry status as expected.