Bug #2918
closedHeaders of entry forms are annoying
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Description
The header information disappears as you start a new row. Then, if you are on a new row and edit header info, you have to enter a species along with that. You should be able to just edit that info regardless of whether you are on a new row or not. Additionally, it should always show, even if no data yet on the plot.
This will require either a separate interface for dealing with updating values (hard), or a toggling of record source when on a new row to flip back to just entry_plots_*, but that means entering a species would have to flip it back.
No easy answer here, I'm afraid, and perhaps the best answer is to leave as it.
Updated by Michael Lee about 17 years ago
One could create a manual subform, where the values shown are loaded from the right place, then when the form is closed or a new plot is selected, or even the rows are selected, the values get saved into the entry_plots_* table. This is how the viewer works with options.
Updated by Michael Lee over 15 years ago
A modest workaround now exists for this where a set of controls gets placed underneath the main header controls so that they display the data on a new row. If the headers get updated, the "underneath" set of controls gets hidden, then reshown once on a new line.
Still, this doesn't work well if you are on a new row and wish to edit the header data, as it manually inserts a new species row. I like the approach in comment #1 - maybe I should do that instead.
Updated by Michael Lee over 15 years ago
This has withstood QA and is looking good- better than before, certainly.