Entry form streamlining

[Ondřej Hruška]

Common flow:

1. enter new part

• find out the category you wanted is missing

2. attach datasheet or footprint
3. add picture

Now it's kind of cumbersome:

1. create new category in category editor (ok, front-end category editing isn't added yet, this works)
2. enter the new part's basic parameters
   • scroll to the bottom because the form is very long lol
3. find the part using search or in categories
4. click its name (not actions/edit, it isn't there)
5. click "Show full details" in the modal
6. add attachments as needed

My ideas for improvements:

• allow attaching files right in the "new part" form
• or, have 2 save buttons - "Save and Add More" and "Save" (then goes to the new part's page so you can upload files)
• allow to manage files in the edit form, not only in "Full details"
  • it's now kind of reversed, you can edit files in the details page but not in edit
• make fields in the "new part" form configurable so it's not as long (possibly also hide them in other places). I only use like 4 of the fields. split to own issue
• Dedicated photo attachment (some magic value as name?) so it shows as picture in the details page, you could then also have a grid view with part photos, that would be cool split to own issue

[Valérianne]

• Adding file management in Add Full should be possible
• Possible too
• Can add to edit I guess too, or avoid that by implementing "save" alongside actual "save and add more"
• The quick add is here to avoid the full entry workflow, custom forms could be possible, but it's way too much work that what I would want to do
• files detected as pictures, lets say limited to 4 or 5, could be shown on details view right under the description, that shouldn't be very hard to make, a "default" one should be possible I guess too, the default could be shown within a tooltip using a picture icon on the left of the part name in listings too

[Ondřej Hruška]

ok i made new issues for the last two points.

Really any way of the 3 ways to attach a file would be good.

attaching right in the form may have a problem that you don't have an ID yet, i think the easiest way is to have the two buttons

[Valérianne]

the ID isn't much of an issue, because it's handled a bit manually by the backend.

tbh I am more interested in doing a save/save and add more, plus adding the fields in edit if I can

[Valérianne]

I have added save and view & save and add more in bbf3c81

Default is 'save and view', should it be the other one or it's fine ?

[Ondřej Hruška]

The form is good! Much easier to add files now.

Search and the home page's list of parts stopped working after I pulled, though. The content area is just white.

restart doesnt help.

url like /parts?q=esp8266

vue.runtime.esm.js:1897 TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'id')
    at o.br (List.vue?9c59:1:753)
    at o.e._render (vue.runtime.esm.js:3569:22)
    at o.n (vue.runtime.esm.js:4081:21)
    at rn.get (vue.runtime.esm.js:4495:25)
    at new rn (vue.runtime.esm.js:4484:12)
    at Tr (vue.runtime.esm.js:4088:3)
    at o.Cn.$mount (vue.runtime.esm.js:8459:10)
    at init (vue.runtime.esm.js:3137:13)
    at r (vue.runtime.esm.js:3322:5)
    at f (vue.runtime.esm.js:6022:9)

[Valérianne]

fixed

[Ondřej Hruška]

yup its good now!

[Valérianne]

going to consider this one done.
managing part files in edit isn't yet planned as it will requires changes in the backend (it's a standalone endpoint)