Issue with manually adding a form submission from the back-end?

[dethompsOWU]

Forgive me if this has already been answered, but I tried searching and couldn't find anything that matched up with the issue I'm seeing...

Namely, when I use the FormTools back-end to manually add a submission to a form whose fields I have organized into several tabs, when I click from tab-to-tab and enter in information for the submission, FormTools appears to "forget" what I've entered on previous tabs rather than "remembering" what I've entered.

The only way I'm currently able to get around this is to remember to click the Update button when I get done with each tab...which isn't a huge ordeal or anything, but it's behavior that is different from other tabbed interfaces in the back-end, so I figured I'd bring it up just in case it's not intentional.

If it's not a bug with FormTools in general, and there's something else going on that may be wrong with my particular installation, let me know.

Thanks,

Doug Thompson
Manager of Web and Electronic Communications
Ohio Wesleyan University

[Ben]

Hi Doug,

Namely, when I use the FormTools back-end to manually add a submission to a form whose fields I have organized into several tabs, when I click from tab-to-tab and enter in information for the submission, FormTools appears to "forget" what I've entered on previous tabs rather than "remembering" what I've entered.

The only way I'm currently able to get around this is to remember to click the Update button when I get done with each tab...which isn't a huge ordeal or anything, but it's behavior that is different from other tabbed interfaces in the back-end, so I figured I'd bring it up just in case it's not intentional

It actually *is* intentional, but you make a fair point. There are two type of tab groups in FT: the top level tabs (which have rounded corners on modern browsers), and sub-tabs. The top level tabs always have to be updated manually when going from tab to tab. This includes the Edit Submission pages. The sub-tabs are all hidden/shown with javascript, and can be updated all together.

I tried making this clear by having the appropriate "Update" button appear inside, or outside the visible tab. In the Edit Submission tabs, you'll notice the update button exists within the visible tab. But on (say), the Edit View sub-tabs, the update button it outside the tabs - suggesting that it's not bound to the current visible tab. It's a bit subtle, though.

I kind of like the idea of making the Edit Submission tabs all JS-driven, so you can update them all in a single go, but it would break the existing paradigm. So on those grounds, I'm very reluctant to.

All the best -

Ben

[dethompsOWU]

Not a problem. Like I said, it's not a huge ordeal or anything for me to do that. I was just making sure there wasn't a larger problem going on or anything.

Thanks,