Hi
Dne Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:10:55 -0700 (PDT) Aris Feryanto aris_feryanto@yahoo.com napsal(a):
•Edit only selected field
One way to achieve this: modify current edit page to show only selected field. When user runs a select query, select some rows, and then click edit, some variables will be passed to edit page, so it hides fields that are not shown in the query result. Alternatively, an option to show/unhide all fields can be added.
•Grid view in the table edit page
Sometimes, users want to be able to edit only certain selected rows, but with a browse-like view. (Think of actions: browse -> select some rows -> With selected: edit)
I am thinking of improving the edit page, so user can have an option to edit table in a grid view instead of current edit view. The grid view will be simple, 2D grid, like in browse table. Each cell will be resizable text field, where user can change the value directly by typing in it.
I think this will be a complement of inline edit, since we can edit TEXT type value (which cannot be edited in inline edit).
Maybe these two could be somehow mixed together? Seeing bugs we had with inline edit, I'm afraid of adding yet another way for editing data, what would mean three versions of code doing basically same thing.
I think rather than adding yet another editing mode, it would be more useful to somehow consolidate what we have right now into shape that it is usable in more situations. This should probably start with defining how the data should be editable and which options it should provide (eg. using MySQL functions and so on).