Group custom fields into user-defined headings

[gerhard]

Rather than cramming everything under Advanced Options, create a new, user-defined heading. The user will decide which custom fields to put where.

[mrdale]

YES PLEASE (put this one at the top of the list)

[whaleen]

I wonder if this would be better left to bot_wtc. Not that it can do exactly that but I could see it handling this with another version if folks are willing to use it. I'm using it pretty heavily and it goes great with glz_custom_fields. Just a thought.

[gerhard]

That's a good suggestion. I'm waiting for Luca to come back to me, I want to set his plugin up on github and make a few contributions. His plugin does have a lot of ground coverered, I'm wondering if this would fit better there. I'm putting this on hold until I check if it can be done with got_wtc.

[gerhard]

Manuel Larino:

One thing that would be great! and I see happening in my sites, is that the left column is really big! I wish there was a togle effect when the custom field is a check box or radio buttons.

Maybe group some custom fields into one toggle, and some in a different toggle...

[Bloke]

Just a note here. In the next major TXP release I'm pushing for the custom fields to be in their own separate twisty/hideable block, instead of being lumped under 'Advanced'.

[gerhard]

That would be so cool! Want me to submit a patch?

[Bloke]

Can do if you got one, thanks. I don't know if it'll be in 4.3.0 (be nice if it was -- not sure if it has any serious backwards compatible ramifications yet) but I'm definitely pushing it for TXP 5.0.

[gerhard]

I don't have one, but shouldn't take long to get it done. Will see what I can do this week.

[Bloke]

Actually, I moved them last night in my dev copy. I think it works rather well. On the Write tab I now have this set of hideable groups in the left column:

• Textile Help
• Advanced Options (textile body/excerpt and override form)
• Custom Fields
• Article Image
• Meta info (keywords and url-only title)
• Recent Articles

I've deliberately not moved the position of Advanced Options or Recent Articles so that existing plugins that add things to the side bar at the top or bottom aren't inconvenienced.

I think plugins such as lam_article_image attach to the image widget directly so they'll sit neatly inside the Article Image group, but I'll check this before moving forward.

Sounds like a plan to you? Can you think of any plugins that might complain about this splitting up of the Advanced Options group?

[gerhard]

This sounds great! I think people will love the fact that Custom Fields now have their separate heading. I don't think anyone will complain about this, quiet the opposite ; ).