Editing the block form

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On these custom blocks, I often go back and add notes to the setup form to explain the choices.

However the edit/reload/review cycle is even more laborious with entering/exiting edit mode, reloading the page, etc.

Is there a way to display the form as a stand-alone page that can simply be re-loaded? Maybe through some dashboard URL or something, where C5_Execute would be defined?

Does that make sense?

(maybe a thought for future updates, there should be a field on each item to allow notes input, and would output in the form with a fa question icon linked to a bootstrap collapsible panel under / beside each form label)

Awesome package!

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tduncandesign
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ramonleenders replied on at Permalink Reply
ramonleenders
Hi there,

Not sure what you mean with this:

"Is there a way to display the form as a stand-alone page that can simply be re-loaded? Maybe through some dashboard URL or something, where C5_Execute would be defined?"

Is this the same as the questionmark with extra information or... Perhaps you have a working example you could share? I am open to each and every idea/feature request, so if it makes sense and will be useful for you, others and me, I will gladly implement it.

Kind regards,

Ramon
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tduncandesign
I was talking about making changes to the form.php so that there can be a note associated to an option.

Never mind my question about viewing the form. That was about seeing changes update in the browser during editing, I figured out I don't have to reload the page, I just have to re-open the block edit form.

Maybe it was block designer, on an earlier site, or Jordan's block maker in 5.6, but at some point I had added these notes (see screenshot attached) to a block form using Bootstrap's collapse, fired from a simple icon question. Or maybe I was on Foundation then... I tried that briefly in this one (with Bootstrap), but opening the panel caused the block to submit, so I just went with simple paragraphs instead of trying to figure out what the deal with that was.

It'd be neat if we could add notes or tips to a field during the block configuration, and I think those would initially be hidden in the form view, but could be shown. If you get bored...

I'm just muddling through. I love being able to blockify arrangements though, this is awesome.
ramonleenders replied on at Permalink Reply
ramonleenders
OK, a question mark which you can click which slides down the note belonging to a field. Got it. Will put it on my todo-list. I have a lot of stuff to do you can imagine haha, so I will let you know when I got to it. Probably this note will be in a "info" block? -http://getbootstrap.com/components/#callout-alerts-no-default... (the blue one I mean)

Kind regards,

Ramon
tduncandesign replied on at Permalink Reply
tduncandesign
You got it. Info block would be great, next time you get around to updating the package.

Thanks!




> On Jan 25, 2016, at 12:33 PM, concrete5 Community <discussions@concretecms.com> wrote:
ramonleenders replied on at Permalink Reply
ramonleenders
I introduced this in the latest version of Block Designer (be sure to update Pro-version too).

It's slightly different to how I mentioned it earlier, it complies more to concrete5 standards on how it's made now!

Kind regards,

Ramon
tduncandesign replied on at Permalink Reply
tduncandesign
Sweet! Will check this out shortly.
tduncandesign replied on at Permalink Reply
tduncandesign
That is most excellent, thanks so much!
ramonleenders replied on at Permalink Reply
ramonleenders
No problemo! :D

Happy Block Designing hehe.

Kind regards,

Ramon

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