Hello there! Inactive terms in dynamic term lists display as greyed out values in drop downs. Is this configurable? We're looking at migrating old data, and want to keep certain values displayed in the UI for imported data, but don't want those values to appear in the drop down lists for future selections. While it is impossible to select an inactive greyed out term from the drop down list, for the purposes of drop down real estate we'd prefer if those inactive values didn't appear at all. Thanks, Amy

So if the current value is inactive, it must be shown, but any other inactive values should not be shown? This is only for term lists, not for NPTs, right? Patrick _____ From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of amy wieliczka Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:40 PM To: talk@lists.collectionspace.org Subject: [Talk] Inactive terms in drop down lists Hello there! Inactive terms in dynamic term lists display as greyed out values in drop downs. Is this configurable? We're looking at migrating old data, and want to keep certain values displayed in the UI for imported data, but don't want those values to appear in the drop down lists for future selections. While it is impossible to select an inactive greyed out term from the drop down list, for the purposes of drop down real estate we'd prefer if those inactive values didn't appear at all. Thanks, Amy

Correct, only for term lists. Thanks, Chris On Oct 11, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Patrick Schmitz wrote: > So if the current value is inactive, it must be shown, but any other inactive values should not be shown? > > This is only for term lists, not for NPTs, right? > > Patrick > > From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of amy wieliczka > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:40 PM > To: talk@lists.collectionspace.org > Subject: [Talk] Inactive terms in drop down lists > > Hello there! > > Inactive terms in dynamic term lists display as greyed out values in drop downs. Is this configurable? > > We're looking at migrating old data, and want to keep certain values displayed in the UI for imported data, but don't want those values to appear in the drop down lists for future selections. While it is impossible to select an inactive greyed out term from the drop down list, for the purposes of drop down real estate we'd prefer if those inactive values didn't appear at all. > > Thanks, > Amy > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org

I don't know how to deactivate a term in a term list, but here's an idea for a quick little UI widget that'll do accomplish the same thing: (I've done something similar for MMI.) When you create the legacy terms give them a certain ID prefix that can be later filtered. Say, an ID of 'old:FOO42' for term string 'Foo term 42'. Then create a widget for the UI that filters out term IDs starting with the 'old:' prefix. Tip: the widget must remove the terms completely from the options list and not just deactivate or hide them with CSS as Chrome will flip out and not adjust the height of the options list in the UI. - Jesse On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Chris Hoffman <chris.hoffman@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Correct, only for term lists. > Thanks, > Chris > > > On Oct 11, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Patrick Schmitz wrote: > > So if the current value is inactive, it must be shown, but any other > inactive values should not be shown? > > This is only for term lists, not for NPTs, right? > > Patrick > > ________________________________ > From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of amy > wieliczka > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:40 PM > To: talk@lists.collectionspace.org > Subject: [Talk] Inactive terms in drop down lists > > Hello there! > > Inactive terms in dynamic term lists display as greyed out values in drop > downs. Is this configurable? > > We're looking at migrating old data, and want to keep certain values > displayed in the UI for imported data, but don't want those values to appear > in the drop down lists for future selections. While it is impossible to > select an inactive greyed out term from the drop down list, for the purposes > of drop down real estate we'd prefer if those inactive values didn't appear > at all. > > Thanks, > Amy > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org >

cspace.termList.impl.finalInit = function (that) {
    if (that.options.activestatus) {
        fluid.each($("option", that.locate("termList")), function

else { $(option).prop("disabled", stat && stat !== "active") }

I ended up adding a few lines to the finalInit function of TermList.js (line 112) to modify the behavior of dynamic term lists: cspace.termList.impl.finalInit = function (that) { if (that.options.activestatus) { fluid.each($("option", that.locate("termList")), function (option, index) { var stat = that.options.activestatus[index]; // http://issues.collectionspace.org/browse/CSPACE-4782: If status is "", // UI will not disable the option in dropdown (as per JIRA). - $(option).prop("disabled", stat && stat !== "active") + var selected = $(option).attr("selected"); + if (stat && stat !== "active") { + if (selected !== "selected") { + $(option).remove(); + } else { + $(option).css("color", "graytext"); + } + } }); } that.events.ready.fire(that); }; So if a user marks a term as 'inactive' in the admin page, the term will be removed from the rendered drop down lists unless it is the currently selected value (as in the case for historical data still making use of the inactive term). In this case the term will still appear in the rendered drop down list as a selectable value, ie: the <option> tag is not disabled, as was previously the case. This enables the user to potentially do some data cleanup, but if they accidentally change the value and want to change it back to the historical value (before save), they can. To distinguish that the currently selected value is a historical value, it is displayed greyed out in the drop down list. Some drawbacks: - the term does not appear greyed out in chrome, which doesn't support the styling of <option> tags. - the term does not appear greyed out in the <select> tag, only once you have clicked on the drop down's arrow to look at other options. Previously, when a term was completely disabled, it appeared greyed out in the <select>tag and in the <option> list. However, completely disabling a term like this (<option disabled="disabled">) prevented a user from undoing a change to use one of the new terms before save. If this is not a concern, the else clause of the snippit above could be changed to the line that was removed: else { $(option).prop("disabled", stat && stat !== "active") } This will also solve the chrome problem, since disabled <option> tags are supported in chrome. -amy On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Jesse Martinez <jmartinez@movingimage.us>wrote: > I don't know how to deactivate a term in a term list, but here's an > idea for a quick little UI widget that'll do accomplish the same > thing: (I've done something similar for MMI.) > > When you create the legacy terms give them a certain ID prefix that > can be later filtered. Say, an ID of 'old:FOO42' for term string 'Foo > term 42'. Then create a widget for the UI that filters out term IDs > starting with the 'old:' prefix. > > Tip: the widget must remove the terms completely from the options list > and not just deactivate or hide them with CSS as Chrome will flip out > and not adjust the height of the options list in the UI. > > - Jesse > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Chris Hoffman > <chris.hoffman@berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Correct, only for term lists. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > > > On Oct 11, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Patrick Schmitz wrote: > > > > So if the current value is inactive, it must be shown, but any other > > inactive values should not be shown? > > > > This is only for term lists, not for NPTs, right? > > > > Patrick > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces@lists.collectionspace.org] On Behalf Of > amy > > wieliczka > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:40 PM > > To: talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > Subject: [Talk] Inactive terms in drop down lists > > > > Hello there! > > > > Inactive terms in dynamic term lists display as greyed out values in drop > > downs. Is this configurable? > > > > We're looking at migrating old data, and want to keep certain values > > displayed in the UI for imported data, but don't want those values to > appear > > in the drop down lists for future selections. While it is impossible to > > select an inactive greyed out term from the drop down list, for the > purposes > > of drop down real estate we'd prefer if those inactive values didn't > appear > > at all. > > > > Thanks, > > Amy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk mailing list > > Talk@lists.collectionspace.org > > > http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/talk_lists.collectionspace.org > > >