• Resolved djdefenda

    (@djdefenda)


    I’m not sure if this is a bug, a feature request, a misconfiguration or just a misunderstanding on my end;

    STEP ONE
    1) Created a Post Type = Group
    2) Added a Field = Group Members
    3) Created a dummy test group = ‘group 1’

    STEP TWO
    4) Created a Post Type = Members
    5) Added a Field = Members Of
    6) Created 2 dummy test members = ‘member 1′ and member 2’
    7) Connect Bi-directional Relationship Feed between ‘Groups’ and ‘Members’

    STEP TWO
    8) In the ‘group’ post type, ‘members’ field
    9) Select ‘Additional Feed Options’
    10) Selection Type = Multiple Select
    11) Format = Autocomplete
    12) Allow Add New = Yes ( I would like users to be able to add new users )
    13) Allow Taggable = Yes
    14) Update field and save pod.

    At this point I have to say I was confused by the purpose of Allow Taggable as it seems that it would be exactly the same function as Allow Add New? I assume it means that you can add a New Item without clicking the Add New button….

    STEP THREE
    15) Edit dummy ‘group’
    16) Edit ‘Members’ field
    17) Type a bunch of gibberish like ‘hujfghhfgirfg’ and press enter
    18) ‘hujfghhfgirfg’ is added to the field as a member
    19) Update group
    20) View ‘Members’ post types and a new member is created named ‘hujfghhfgirfg’

    STEP FOUR
    21) In the ‘group’ post type, ‘members’ field
    22) Select ‘Additional Feed Options’
    23) Allow Taggable = No
    24) Update Field and save Pod

    STEP FIVE
    25) Edit dummy ‘group’
    26) Edit ‘Members’ field
    27) Type a bunch of gibberish like ‘yjsrgrty’ and press enter
    28) ‘yjsrgrty’ is added to the field as a member
    29) Update group
    30) View ‘Members’ post types and a new member is created named ‘yjsrgrty’

    Question – Can I make it so the only way to add new members is via the ‘add new’ button?

    Question – Why did nothing change when I set ‘Allow Taggable’ to ‘No’?

    Notes – I have a dummy ‘Member 1’ and if I edit the ‘group’ post type and add ‘Member 1’ in the members field, but then mistakenly type in ‘Mendere 1’ it also displays as an option to select, or, once again,it can be added using the enter button.

    WORKAROUND
    31) In the ‘group’ post type, ‘members’ field
    32) Select ‘Additional Feed Options’
    33) Change Format to ‘List View’ ( instead of autocomplete )
    34) Allow Add New = Yes
    35) Update Field and Save Pod
    36) Edit dummy ‘group’
    37) Edit ‘Members’ field
    38) Type some gibberish, nothing is displayed or can be added by pressing enter but a new member can be used by clicking the ‘Add New’button (Good)
    39) Try misspelling a word like ‘Mendere 1’ and same as step 38. (Good)

    Question – How or why is autocomplete completing words that don’t exist?!

    Problem – The ‘List View’ display format takes up too much space on the page with only one member per line, whereas the Autocomplete format is much more compact.

    Problem 2 ( with both settings ) is the members are not shown in alphabetical order, and when there is over 5000 members to choose from there is simply no way to tell if I have to Add A new member or if I just did not see it in the selection!

    Question – Is there a setting for ‘Unique Titles Only’?

    After creating a dummy ‘Member 1’ I edit the ‘Group’ post type ‘Members’ field and typed in ‘Member 1’ update/save and now I have a duplicate of Member 1!

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  • Plugin Author Jory Hogeveen

    (@keraweb)

    Hello @djdefenda

    I’ll explain in short ??

    Taggable option:
    – Only available for the “Autocomplete” UI.
    – Allows adding new entries the same way as adding tags to Posts. Faster than the “Add new” option.
    – Only supports the “Title” field when adding new entries.

    Add new:
    – Available for all UI types for relationships
    – Opens a modal window so you can fully create a new entry, not just the title.

    These are both totally separate ways of adding new entries.

    Can I make it so the only way to add new members is via the ‘add new’ button?

    Yes, simply disable the “Taggable” option.
    Non existing names added through the autocomplete UI will not be saved.

    How or why is autocomplete completing words that don’t exist?!

    I don’t get this one, could you make a screencast?

    Is there a setting for ‘Unique Titles Only’?

    No we don’t have have an option for this. WordPress allows duplicate titles.

    Hope this helps!

    Cheers, Jory

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