[Vtigercrm-developers] Layout goes for a toss if Autogenerated field is involved

Uma S uma.s at vtiger.com
Thu Jul 1 10:35:02 GMT 2021


Hi Nilay,

I accept your idea of read-only fields, But if the user has access for
limited fields then are we not loading the ui with many unnecessary fields?

As the non-admin user don't have access to layout editor, How will they be
aware of the field order?

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 2:27 PM nilay khatri <nilay.spartan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Autogenerated field types are not visible in the Create/Edit view. This
> leads to few issues:
>
> 1. The UI is not consistent as per design in Layout Editor, the field
> positions changes in Create/Edit and Detail view
>
> 2. Autogenerated field values are unique, so if we are editing a record,
> should not be the field's value visible (in a readonly fashion). It helps
> in Data Entry if the user needs to be sure about which record is being
> edited.
>
>
> Moreover, should the fields be adjusted and layout changed based on the
> permission in fields etc?
>
> Rather, user like it be in the same position as in Layout Editor, if user
> does not have permission for a given field, the UI should not be disturbed.
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Uma.S
Vtiger Team
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