Re: [pilot-db-list] new feature ideas

[Marc N. <ma...@no...>]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Dyas <td...@vg...> writes:

    >> * Navigating based on value in particular fields.  I'd like to
    >> tap on a particular field and have it go to the entry with that
    >> index field.

    Tom> Which screen? It sounds neat but I am unclear as to what
    Tom> screen would naviagte where.

From the Record Edit screen.  For example if you had something like this:

        ID: I123
        First: Spencer
        Surname: Nozell
        Father:  I222
        Mother:  I333

When you tapped on the Father label, it with switch to Record Edit the
entry whose ID is I222.  Of course some way would be needed to denote
which field is the index or perhaps just assume the first non-boolean
field is the index.
        
    >> * Automatic sizing of field widths based on values in the
    >> field.

    Tom> So the fields would be autosized depending on what is on the
    Tom> display?

I wasn't thinking about dynamically sizing depending what is in view,
but rather set it to the maximum size of any entry for that field.

For example if the Surname field had a default setting of 50 pixels(?)
but the longest surname field for any record in the db only took up 30
then the index display would only use 30.  

Scaling the widths dynamiclly would probably make it harder to scan
down the list of entries.
       
-marc
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