Re: [Unity-idm-discuss] Text truncated for free text attribute in accept registration screen

[Willem E. <wi...@cl...>]

Hi Krzysztof, Shiraz,

+1 for toggle behavior. An alternative could be to show a popup with the
full text.

If toggle behavior is added, a toggle all option might also be useful.

Best,

Willem


On 05/05/2017 16:55, Shiraz Memon wrote:
> Krzysztof,
>
> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:54 PM, Krzysztof Benedyczak <kb...@un...
> <mailto:kb...@un...>> wrote:
>
>     Willem, Shiraz,
>
>     W dniu 01.05.2017 o 13:03, Willem Elbers pisze:
>     > Dear Krzysztof,
>     >
>     > we have noticed that for one of our attributes (unlimited free
>     text),
>     > supplied via a registration form, the content is truncated
>     "[...]" in
>     > the accept registration window.
>     >
>     > Is there any way to view the full content of the attribute, before
>     > accepting the request from the UI?
>
>
>     Right, this is something to be improved.
>     We have a special reusable component used to display attribute with
>     values. It truncates the values, in different ways to fit to the UI
>     without cluttering it.
>
>     What I can propose:
>     a) currently attribute's type description (if present) is added as a
>     tooltip for all the values. We can assign it to the attribute name
>     only
>     and on values add the full text representation.
>
>     b) in selected cases (as those two that you mentioned) we can
>     change the
>     UI to put the full representation.
>
>
> With proposal a (if I understand it correctly) users have to go
> through multiple truncated attributes (if there are many) one by one
> and wait for the tooltip to appear, I'd prefer proposal b instead to
> show the whole attribute value(s), ideally without cluttering.
>
>
>     If you have any better ideas please write,
>
>
> Perhaps enhanced b with toggle behavior, that is, expanding the value
> by clicking the [...] or [>] or [+] and hide back after the second
> mouse click, do you think it make sense and/or technically feasible.
> However, other ideas from the subscribers of this list are most welcome. 
>
> Cheers,
> Shiraz
>  
>
>     Krzystof
>
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