Hi Frank,
You should definitely upgrade all your software. But to answer your
specific questions:
- for suggestions/autocompletion, you should change your input type to
"textarea with autocomplete".
- for having newlines as delimiters, just set "delimiter=\n".
-Yaron
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, DeRosa, Frank <derosa...@battelle.org>wrote:
> Hi, my name is Frank and I fairly new Semantic MediaWiki developer. I
> would appreciate help with designing the interface for some semantic forms
> and a varied audience of users. My setup includes MediaWiki 1.15, SMW
> 1.5.6, and Semantic Forms 2.3.2. I understand that these versions may
> limit my options. Upgrades may be possible. These are the only versions I
> have used, so please bear with me if I am out of date.****
>
> ** **
>
> My forms will be collecting multiple values for properties. I’ve started
> with the basic method, fields that look like this:****
>
> {{{field|FacilityEvents|input
> type=textarea|autogrow|rows=4|cols=74|property=Hosted|delimiter=;}}}****
>
> It works – no complaints there. Here’s how I am looking to improve it:***
> *
>
> ** **
>
> **· **Suggestions: I tried using the “values from category=”
> attribute in the field tag and it still doesn’t suggest values. I assume
> this is a limitation of the textarea. This is important as I’d like to
> avoiding typos and other errors of entry and save keystrokes on long names
> which are already in the wiki.****
>
> **· **Simplicity of use: semicolon delimiters are easy enough for
> me, but my non-technical users may happily separate values with line
> breaks. Instructions will be provided but I’m looking to user-proof this
> aspect.****
>
> **· **Ease of use for lots of data entry. Using a textarea is
> about as easy as it gets, but if other features get added (like
> suggestions) I realize I may have to sacrifice this ultra-simple method.**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> I’m open to suggestions, extensions (off the shelf or custom),
> JavaScript/jQuery or most other alternatives. I’m happy to look at
> resources or examples in the wild or anything else. User participation and
> satisfaction is key on this project. To collect lots of good data, it’s
> worth it to invest in the best UI that I can muster.****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks to everyone for the amazing tools you have developed and the
> support given on this mailing list.****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks again – your help is appreciated!****
>
> Frank DeRosa****
>
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