On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:19 PM, Michael Kers <michael.k...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Nick said:
>
>> >>> AP add transaction (and AR add transaction): Vendors/Customers (name)
>> >>> used to be dropdown menu in 1.2, it is now just an empty box...
>> >>> [snip]
>> >>> Can this be configured to appear as dropdown?
>> >>
>> >> Yes. Go to System > Defaults > "Max per dropdown" Fill out the
>> maximum
>> >> number of items you want in the dropdown. The dropdown will re-appear.
>> >>
>> > I changed this to 10, then 20... I still don't get any customer/vendor
>> > name dropdown.
>>
>> IIRC 'max per dropdown' has to be greater than the total number of vendors
>> in your database, otherwise it reverts to a free text box.
>>
>> So if you have 150 Vendors defined, set 'max per dropdown' to 200 for
>> example.
>>
>> I use this feature in my own workflow.
>>
>
> Ahh... okay, that makes sense. Thanks for the hint.
>
>
> Chris said:
>
>> As a reminder, there is a reason for this setting.
>>
>> Ideally you want the drop down list to be usable. If you only have a few
>> clients, you can select them. If you have a large number you want this to
>> turn into a search field (which it does).
>>
>> It is best if you want to use the drop down to keep it reasonable (maybe
>> 100 at a max).
>>
>> Longer run, I expect we will replace it with an ajax search widget.
>>
>
> The Ajax/json solution popped in my mind too (kindof how google does it
> with their search bar, giving suggestions as you type, or autocomplete),
> and maybe a jQuery/DataTables for the line items portion of the AP/AR Add
> transaction. That way you could add rows to the table as you work on it
> without requiring an update.
>
Yeah, that is the direction we are headed. 1.5 actually does away with the
frames, replacing content with ajax. Next up is to make more intelligent
widgets.
>
> Another (cheap to implement) possibility is a popup window with selection
> list, or even a separate frame that has a list of possible
> vendors/customers. We already have 2 frames, the menu on left and the
> 'work' frame on the right.
>
Frames end with 1.4.x.....
> Why not have a third frame somewhere that is just for pick lists... have
> a link beside whatever box you want to populate (vendor/customer) that will
> populate the small frame with whatever values you can chose from and
> clicking one writes that value back to your 'work' frame element that needs
> the value. Can reuse the same frame for multiple elements that need
> picking as the user requires.
>
We are actually looking at adding dojo widget somehow similar to what we
havve done with the account dropdowns. There are a few implementation
details to work out, however.
>
> From the workflow perspective and minimizing 'Update' button presses that
> involve a post to the server and a regen of the page content (each costs a
> little bit of time) either of those would work.
>
> I can't think of a lot of reasons why most of the AR/AP add transaction
> page(s) cannot be done mostly client side js (jQuery/DataTables), and just
> send data via ajax/json back to server... maybe use the 'Update' button as
> a proving step where the server just checks over values for sanity rather
> than 'recalculate/redisplay/add another line to items table'. Most date
> verification/tax calculation/subtotaling/totaling could happen client
> side. It would save on having all that perl/html code mix (which I find
> hard to read) having to generate pages dynamically.
>
That is the direction we are going. What is slowing us down is the amount
of logic in those pages in the server-side code.
>
> With mostly client side, you could just pump out a static page, and then
> send the data Ajax/json separately to populate it client side. Data can
> come back via post (forms) or via ajax/json.
>
> Technology wasn't there when the predecessor to the current version of
> LSMB was written, so this still carries a lot of that design.
>
And yet we are moving there one step at a time......
>
> Enough daydreaming, back to work...
>
>
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