[EP-tech] Re: Help text in workflows

[anbeeken at lincoln.ac.uk (Andrew Beeken)]

Is there not simply a way of dropping a block of plain text into the
workflow near the field in question?

On 22/10/2015 11:42, "eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of
Field A.N." <eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of
af05v at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

>You could adjust the field input renderer to render the field with some
>text above it...  You can do this in eprint_field.pl by setting  a
>render_input property like this:
>
>.
>.
>.
>{
>	name => 'foo',
>	type => 'text',
>	render_input => 'render_text_input_with_help',
>}
>.
>.
>.
>
>
>$c->{render_text_input_with_help} = sub
>{
>	my ($field, $repo, $value, $dataset, $staff, $hidden_fields, $obj,
>$basename) = @_;
>
>	my $frag = $rep->xml->create_doc_fragment;
>
>	my $input = $field->render_input_field_actual($repo, $value, $dataset,
>$staff, $hidden_fields, $obj, $basename);
>	my $help = $field->render_help;
>
>	$frag->appendChild($help);
>	$frag->appendChild($input);
>
>	return $frag;
>}
>
>
>
>...note that this is a half-baked idea.  It will come out with a
>collapsed help to, which will mean if someone opens it, they'll have the
>same help twice.  You might want to use a different phrase so that you
>can have different hidden and revealed help.
>
>--
>Adam Field
>Business Relationship Manager and Community Lead
>EPrints Services
>+44 (0)23 8059 8814
>
>
>
>
>
>On 22 Oct 2015, at 11:31, Andrew Beeken wrote:
>
>> Hi Adam,
>> 
>> Sorry for the delay in looking at this. So, you have to apply the rule
>>at
>> a component level meaning that it would effect every field within that
>> component? That?s a bit heavy for what I want to do - can I not have
>>this
>> decided on a per field basis, or at least put some other form of alert
>> text in?
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> On 19/10/2015 10:28, "eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of
>> Field A.N." <eprints-tech-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk on behalf of
>> af05v at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> Try:
>>> 
>>> <component show_help="always">
>>> 	<field....>
>>> </component>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Adam Field
>>> Business Relationship Manager and Community Lead
>>> EPrints Services
>>> +44 (0)23 8059 8814
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 10:16, Andrew Beeken wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Morning all,
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any way of making help text boxes on the workflow open
>>>> automatically so that important help messages are always on display?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Andrew
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