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Re: [RFC] TXP5 Custom Fields Management
A content type builder works for me, if it can be made usable and fast.
Nothing to stop it being part of the Entity definition panel, maybe. Although we don’t necessarily know the fields at that point, so it mght be better done separately.
In terms of output format, can I tentatively make a suggestion to store layouts as *whispers* XML? Makes it easier to offer import / export of layouts in a semi-human and machine usable format.
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Re: [RFC] TXP5 Custom Fields Management
Unless I misunderstand the idea, having to create a layout for every entity is not what I’d call “just write”. And what if you need to add/remove a cf to/from multiple entities via some multi-edit widget? And good luck for the builder implementation.
There will be an entity definition panel, but going beyond the sort order makes me think of.. other cms.
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Re: [RFC] TXP5 Custom Fields Management
etc wrote #340759:
There will be an entity definition panel, but going beyond the sort order makes me think of.. other cms.
Haha yeah. If it’s too much of an overhead then I’m of the same opinion.
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Re: [RFC] TXP5 Custom Fields Management
How about we leave designing panel layouts to plugin/admin theme authors? Core will make a best attempt at putting the controls in the most relevant position – and perhaps we can provide some simple mechanisms or naming conventions to nudge it one way or another, but that’s it.
We provide hooks, and any fine-grained control is down to an external entity to massage the layout.
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