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

[nilay khatri]

Probably, leave the area blank where the non-admin user does not have
permission? But yes in that case the UI would become ugly. Adjusting fields
for non-admin users, other ideas?

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 4:06 PM Uma S <uma.s at vtiger.com> wrote:

> 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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>
>
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> With
> Best Regards
> Uma.S
> Vtiger Team
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