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. 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?). 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
