Re: Re: db_dataobject_formbuilder and checkbox

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:42:48 +0100, Arne Gellhaus <arne.gellhaus@gellhaus.de> wrote: > Markus Wolff wrote: > > > Actually, I don't see the value in adding yet another option for > > boolean fields when this can easily be done with enum. I mean, > > configuring an enum field to accept only "yes" or "no" is not that > > hard, and you'd need similar configuration for a boolean field to > > determine what values it should write into the database anyway (i.e. > > 0/1 vs. 'Y'/'N' etc.). > > It is not about the fieldtype in the database but about the presentation > to the user. A checkbox field is easier to handle and is the standard > way to ask a user for yes/no descisions. I think a select field with > only 2 entries is worthless and 2 radio buttons are harder to spot, so i > prefer a checkbox. > When I mentioned a select box or radio buttons I only meant that if we include boolean support that people *will* ask for it. I understand that you would rather a checkbox. It would be lovely if you would contribute a patch, but be forewarned that there's lots of internal stuff to FB. If you aren't familiar with the code it may take a while to get into it. A simple patch for checkboxes only should be <10 lines added I think. It should also be possible to leverage current enum support for Yes/No, Y/N support, although the value of the field would not be right... -- Justin Patrin