Or we could use the standard FindScreenDecorator for this screen too. This would increase consistency all over the applications.
-Bruno 2010/4/16 Jacopo Cappellato <jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxmedia.com> > > On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:20 AM, Jeroen van der Wal wrote: > > > The FindFacility screen only has a single dropdown box to select a > > facility. We have +1000 facilities so need the "standard" way of > > searching enities. Is there any specific reason not to have a > > full-blow search form? > > > > This is an interesting subject. > I guess that the main motivation for the drop down vs lookup was that most > users use Facility to model a warehouse, and most companies that use OFBiz > don't have too many of them. > However it is true that Facility could be something else (like an office > room) and there are distribution companies with several warehouses. > I see here room for an enhancement to the framework to enable more flexible > decisions; two options I can see are: > a) create a new field widget type that renders as a drop down if the num of > records is less than X; if greater than X then renders as lookup > b) introduce the concept of a form field widget: the form field, e.g. > "facilityId" is defined somewhere and then the field definition is > referenced by all form definitions; a custom application could override the > central definition of the field (e.g. from drop down to lookup) and all the > forms using it will render the new one. > > Jacopo > > > Jeroen van der Wal > >
