App issues

  • Resolved juliekgen

    (@juliekgen)


    2 months, 3 weeks ago

    I’m loving the new App builder, it makes it so much easier to build the data views.

    I’ve found a few minor issues – would be great if they could be addressed in future versions.

    1. Changing the name of a field in table builder > columns is not reflected in the record’s detail view. The detail view shows the name of the field taken directly from the datatable and the only way to fix it is to change the name of the field in PHPmyadmin then re-link the table in Manage App > Data Source.
    2. The App will not recognize a hyperlink in a field – it just displays as “<a href…>” as text, not as a link. I tried to fix it and ended up with nothing showing at all, despite the link string still being present in the datatable in PHPmyadmin.
    3. It would be good to be able to make the search box open by default – it won’t be obvious to some people that they have to click on the eyeglass icon.

    Other than that, really good work!! ??

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  • Plugin Contributor Kim L

    (@kimmyx)

    Hi @juliekgen,

    We’re glad you’re enjoying the new App Builder! ??

    Changing the name of a field in table builder > columns is not reflected in the record’s detail view.

    The detailed view of a row is presented in form view, so you’d have to rename the columns in the Form Builder as well.

    Here’s a short demo: https://share.zight.com/NQu9vALr

    The App will not recognize a hyperlink in a field – it just displays as “<a href…>” as text, not as a link.

    You need to enable the “Allow inline HTML” option in your column’s Column Settings.

    See here: https://share.zight.com/QwuJGoRZ

    You can read more about Column Settings here: Column Settings | WP Data Access

    It would be good to be able to make the search box open by default – it won’t be obvious to some people that they have to click on the eyeglass icon.

    This is a great idea! I’ll send this to Peter so he can add it to the possible options in the future. ??

    Let us know if you have more questions.

    Thread Starter juliekgen

    (@juliekgen)

    Hi Kim, with many thanks, the videos are very useful. ??

    Following your advice, I sorted all the issues with the fieldnames … I did not know that was how to access the form builder … needed another click!

    I still have a problem with the html link though. I can get to where the link shows properly in the table view, however when I click on a record in the table to go to the record’s detail view, the field then shows again as straight text. I can’t see a setting in the form builder to change the output in the detail view. Any suggestions?

    Your help is appreciated ??

    Plugin Contributor Kim L

    (@kimmyx)

    Hi @juliekgen,

    Thanks for the response!

    Inline HTML is not available on a row’s detail view, but I’ll add this to the list of feature request for Peter to consider. ??

    Thanks again and let us know if you have other questions.

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