Re: [Semediawiki-user] [SF] New "values dependent on" parameter - please try

[Yaron K. <ya...@wi...>]

Hi,

You can see all the changes here:

http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=108375

-Yaron

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:35 AM, Olivier Evalet
<oli...@is...>wrote:

> Waw it's a really good news.
>
> I'm wondering in which files (on the SVN) you implemented this feature?
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier
>
> On Jan 9, 2012, at 2:53 AM, Yaron Koren wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > One feature that people have asked about in Semantic Forms for a long
> time
> > is a "dependent autocompletion" feature, where the value a user selects
> in
> > one form field affects the values they see for some subsequent field -
> you
> > can see it at the top of the "Planned features" list here:
> >
> >
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms/Known_bugs_and_planned_features
> >
> > I just added this in to the Semantic Forms code, in SVN - it's done using
> > the new "values dependent on" parameter, which is called in the following
> > way:
> >
> > {{{for template|Person}}}
> > ...
> > Country: {{{field|Country}}}
> >
> > City: {{{field|City|values dependent on=Person[Country]}}}
> > ...
> > {{{end template}}}
> >
> > If anyone is interested in trying this on your wikis, and you use SVN,
> > please feel free to update to the latest code, try it out and let me know
> > how it works for you. (This code is already on Referata as well.)
> >
> > There are a few limitations right now on the functionality: the first
> field
> > can be basically any input type, but it has to hold only a single value
> and
> > not multiple values. And the second field has to be of type "text with
> > autocomplete", "textarea with autocomplete" or "combobox". (Although the
> > second field can hold multiple values.) And the second field can't use
> > remote autocompletion at the moment.
> >
> > You should be able to use this setup within multiple-instance templates
> as
> > well.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yaron
> >
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