If a content type's scheduling ist set to

  • Require scheduled publishing
  • Require scheduled unpublishing

the required fields might be forgotten by editors if they sit in a closed vertical tab. You won't even get a clue when using certain theme settings, but that would lead too far.

Required fields sitting in a closed tab should be indicated by a required marker in the tab label - and/or the closed tab should be openend as an error response. Module field_group is aware of that behavior: http://drupal.org/node/1018012

(Found an interesting issue here, related to the 6.x version: Option to always expand scheduler fieldsets, by the way.)

Comments

rickmanelius’s picture

rickmanelius commented

Would you consider this a solution #1203958: Options to set Scheduler as a fieldset and change the weight?

jonathan1055’s picture

jonathan1055 commented
Version: 7.x-1.1 » 2.x-dev
Component: User interface » Code
Issue summary: View changes

The automatic opening option is good for themes like Seven which have a details element, and it works fine. But for themes that have side tabs, like Bartik, this is still a relevant problem. The tab cannot be opened, and we should not select it automatically, so a visual indicator would be good.

Moving to 2.x to see if there is any appetite for working on this on the new default themes Claro and Olivero.