On 5 Jun 2008, at 8:20 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > I always wondered why the combo box in the add-field sheet allowed > invalid names like "Remote URL" when using the drop-down. I had a > hunch > that fixing bug #1984947 might break this, so I tried it in the latest > nightly...and indeed "Remote URL" no longer works. > > So it appears that this worked because the formatters were implemented > incorrectly, and validation only worked in a limited set of > circumstances. Oops. >
Ah, yes, that was the reason it was never implemented to validate. I removed it and added a comment. > Any ideas on improving the add-field sheet? Users are perpetually > confused by the inability to type e.g. "Remote URL" when told to add > it, > and it's not intuitive that you could choose it from the drop-down. > (I > had a couple of offlist back-and-forth sessions on this last week that > prompted me to add step-by-step instructions to the wiki). > > Adding a popup of predefined "special" fields with a textfield for > direct entry might work, but it would also be confusing (didn't we do > that at one point?). That would be even more confusing than the popup-like setup we have now, I think. > > I wonder how often you want to add a field that's not declared as a > standard/default/custom field in the type manager? That's the only > case > the formatter should be concerned with. But it's also often quicker to just type (and complete) instead of searching a long menu. And to have a sheet to enter a custom field attached to the sheet to choose a field: ouch. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
