Posted by kika on July 17, 2009 at 9:12am
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| Project: | Drupal core |
| Version: | 7.x-dev |
| Component: | node system |
| Category: | task |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed (fixed) |
| Issue tags: | Fields in Core, Needs usability review, Usability |
Issue Summary
Part of the content type editing cleanup #521468: Redesign content type editing (after CCK UI is in) it become clear 'Minimum number of words' setting belongs to field settings: either 'long text with summary' or all the way 'long text'.
While at it, it would make sense to change the default value on display. Currently it displays:
Minimum number of words:
0what might suggest the word limit is zero -- you can not add any words.
It's better to default something like:
Minimum number of words:
Unlimited
Comments
#1
First, "minimum number of words: 0" doesn't mean you can not add any words, it means you can add as few as zero words, ie: no minimum. "Minimum: Unlimited" is non-sensical. You are confusing minimum and maximum.
I have another suggestion for the minimum-words functionality: remove it completely, unless someone can provide a realistic use case in which it is genuinely useful. Note that it really is not useful for requiring a minimum number of words, because users can always enter "x x x x x x" or whatever. So I'm just not sure what the point is.
#2
Agree to remove the confusing setting. Contrib could hook into form and provide neccessary extra validation, right?
#3
Yup, sounds good to me to - I can only see its use in a fairly large site, where restrictions on text is to keep the workflow in the layout well.
#4
#5
First patch. It completely removes "minimum number of words" from Drupal.
#6
RTBC. I can't wait to see the reaction this gets. :-)
#7
This is no longer really a Field API change.
#8
Would it make sense to move this functionality to a contrib module?
#9
Possibly, though I doubt anyone would ever use it. :-) In any case, that would not affect this patch to remove it from core.
#10
I agree that this can be removed. Committed to CVS HEAD. Thanks!
#11
I think this came from Dries' desire to force posters write more thoughtful nodes in the early drop.org/drupal.org days. It is no longer in use according to http://drupal.org/admin/content/node-type/book. Glad to see this gone form core.
#12
In regards to #8 (keep functionality as a contrib module), here's a start: http://drupal.org/node/363623
#23 in that issue provides this module: http://cvs.drupal.org/viewvc.py/drupal/contributions/sandbox/davereid/co...
#26 is an example of a user that requires this feature, so maybe it'd be worth pointing this (or a similar module) out to D6->D7 upgraders?
#13
> I think this came from Dries' desire to force posters write more thoughtful nodes in the early drop.org/drupal.org days.
We need "Long Gone Features" section in upcoming Drupal Museum.
#14
Moshe is right in #11. It was one of those things ... Like, Mollom 0.1. :-)
#15
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.
#16
I realize this issue is long closed, but I just wanted to add that I do in fact use this feature. I don't care if it's contrib'd for D7, I just don't want to see this feature disappear entirely. :)
#17
me too..in fact, does anyone know how to get this feature for Drupal 6?
#18
@#17 Wow dude. Drupal 6 has that built-in, it's in the content type settings. This whole thread is about removing it for Drupal 7, implying that it was already in some previous version of Drupal to begin with.
#19
@#18 oh sorry, do you know if this feature is available for CCK text field?
#20
No, I have no idea, but my guess is no if they're phasing it out of D7.
#21
@#20, makes total sense....how sad...?
how are we going to stop users from posting one word articles? unfortunately I get a lot of those lol