Posted by kahara on January 21, 2008 at 11:55am
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| Project: | Formfilter |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | kahara |
| Status: | closed (fixed) |
Issue Summary
I installed the Formfilter module because I want to get rid of the Title and Description fields in Img_assist windows. It shows the checkboxes when clicking the link, but when I click on them and close the window nothing is stored. So the fields are still there. Do I have to save it somehow?
Comments
#1
This is a tricky module because the submit button that appears looks like it is part of the actual form you are filtering. It isn't, however. After you check the appropriate checkboxes, hit submit. It should work, BUT the even trickier thing is that the form you now see won't be filter!!!? That is because you are probably logged in as the main admin and by default the #1 admin has permissions to view the unfiltered forms. If you create another role that has access to the form you filtered, but don't give that role permission to access unfiltered forms, then it will work.
#2
Thanks ruralrooster for the clear explanation. If anyone has suggestions for how to make this more intuitive or at least improve cues, that would be great.
#3
Maybe you could add a button where it says "submit" and "preview.." that says "view filtered form" or conversely "view unfiltered form" and have it save the selected option for future visits to the form. Also you could make a box around the filter submit, etc. buttons that labels it as part of the filter script so that it doesn't look like the form's submit button.
#4
This module would be more beneficial if it worked for the admin; "Form Filtering" in lieu of "Filter This Form." This would allow the admin to change the filtered elements.
#5
I suggest that when logged in as someone who can see the forms, they could be made visually different if they would otherwise be filtered—could they be rendered in grey rather than black borders and text, for instance, and done so reliably across platforms?
#6
I added a message in formfilter ui module letting admins know they need to submit the form to save the filters. This may help.
#7
The part I found confusing is that the main admin user does not see the filtered form. It was confusing that in preview mode the form would look just like what I wanted, but once I turned off the UI, the form would revert to being unfiltered. One possibility would be to add to the message at the top of the previewed form, along the lines of the following:
#8
Or add a checkbox option to the settings form (admin/settings/formfilter-ui) that says something like:
Admin user (user 1) sees filtered form
With the default being unchecked.
#9
I second the suggestion from Agileware.
As Admin i want to hide some forms from myself in order to unclutter some screens.
#10
In Drupal generally, user 1 should have all permissions, and form filtering/viewing is permission based, so uid 1 seeing all forms unfiltered is by design.
Added help text based on suggestion in #7 by Matt V.
#11
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.