On Mar 2, 5:18 am, Tom Locke <[email protected]> wrote:
> The menu option is not actually "New Object" but rather "New  
> Product" (ow whatever the model is), right?

Correct.

>
> I think it might be better (clearer to the user) to have something  
> more like a prompt ("Select one...") as the first option, have the  
> field-list hidden by default, and have "New Whatever" as the last  
> option?

For my use case, "New Foo" would be the most common, and I'd rather
have the field list visible at present.  Of course, this could be
paramaterizable.

> Hmm then again it could get buried if the list is long. I'm  
> just thinking that the option to chose an existing object might not be  
> noticed. Can anyone think of any good examples of this type of UI  
> they've seen on the web?

Anyone else?  Back seat UI designers?

The big thing this widget is missing is the ability to be able to edit
the record.  But what I have is a good start.

>
> > 1)  This doesn't work when the belongs-to is nil, I need to add <%
> > this.patient = Patient.new if this.patient.nil? %> in front of my
> > <select-one-or-field-list:patient /> invocation.
>

Is there any way to place this snippet inside of my tag definition?  I
haven't been able to make it happen anyhow.  Wrapping with <fake-field-
context> is the closest I've come, but of course that doesn't work.

thanks,
Bryan

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