668285 - Retain summary when switching from guided to advanced forms

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: User Interface, defect)

Description

[Andreas Eibach]

Can we please have the URL field in the advanced form?
I don't think it's very convenient to always have to re-edit a new report by putting the URL in, as this is not possible earlier.

As we are here, please do not force us to enter a summary which we have to re-enter once we switch to the advanced form.
Remember that at the time when you MUST enter the summary to go on, you have no way to switch to the advanced form; not until the guide lets you enter the next page.

It's all become so...fookin awkward.

Comment 1

[:glob ✱]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Can we please have the URL field in the advanced form?

the URL field is already on the advanced form, you have to click on "Show Advanced Fields" to make it visible.

> As we are here, please do not force us to enter a summary which we have to
> re-enter once we switch to the advanced form.

i'll see if it's possible to carry the summary across when switching to the advanced form.

Comment 2

[:glob ✱]

(In reply to comment #0)
> I don't think it's very convenient to always have to re-edit a new report by
> putting the URL in, as this is not possible earlier.

it's possible to put the URL in without switching to advanced, simply include it in the "What did you do?" field.  while this won't populate the url field explicitly, it will still be converted to a hyperlink, and will be visible to developers.

Comment 3

[Andreas Eibach]

But I do want to populate the URL field! :P
That's what it was made for.

>i'll see if it's possible to carry the summary across when switching to the >advanced form.
Yeah, that would do the trick. Thenks for considering this.

>the URL field is already on the advanced form, you have to click on "Show >Advanced Fields" to make it visible.
You're right, but the "Show Advanced Fields" link has really been crammed in the middle of nowhere...it really looks as if it had been put into the form in a "eeny meeny miney mo" fashion.
No wonder I overlooked it.

Well, next time I'll know.

Comment 4

[:glob ✱]

(In reply to comment #3)
> You're right, but the "Show Advanced Fields" link has really been crammed in
> the middle of nowhere.

i agree, i've raised bug 668447 about making it more discoverable.

Comment 5

[:glob ✱]

Committing to: bzr+ssh://[e-mail]/bmo/4.0/
modified extensions/GuidedBugEntry/web/js/guided.js
Committed revision 7785.

note: this change won't be immediately live on bugzilla.mozilla.org (give it a week or two).