Re: [cargo] autocomplete on pages displayed as links

Thanks Yaron. Two followup questions:

(1) How would you implement a hierarchy of place types using Cargo? Would
you just have a TYPE field (nation, city, neighborhood) and PARTOF field
with all pages being part of category PLACE? Or would you try to do
something more sophisticated with categories (place:nation, place:city) ?

(2) Is there any way to autocomplete on a set of pages that match a query?
Perhaps a query that draws from the current contents of form pulldown
menus, etc?

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:09 PM Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I believe this is two separate issues. The first is, I believe, due to a
> bug that existed with #template_display, where it didn't display links for
> fields of type "Page" that also have a list of allowed values defined for
> them. I just checked in a fix for this, so if you get the latest Page Forms
> code, it should hopefully work correctly.
>
> The second isn't actually a bug, I don't think. When you set
> autocompletion for a field of type Page, you have two choices: you can
> autocomplete based on values that have already been entered for that field,
> or you can autocomplete based on the set of wiki pages that the field is
> meant to hold. By default, it's the first one - which means that you will
> only see a value in the autocompletion after it's been entered at least
> once. Ultimately, it probably doesn't really matter which one you do - but
> if you stick with this approach, you'll need to manually enter each value
> once.
>
> -Yaron
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:08 PM David Epstein <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'm working with Cargo, PageForms, and PageSchemas. I'm trying to define
>> a hierarchy of places (all assigned to category "Place"). I'm probably
>> doing several things wrong. The hierarchy is roughly:
>>
>> SolarSytem- -> Planet --> Continent --> Nation --> SubRegion --> City -->
>> Neighborhood
>>
>> I used PageSchemas to generate a "Place" Cargo table, Form, and Template.
>> It has two fields right now. (1) The "Type" Cargo field is a Page with a
>> list of possible inputs from the hierarchy above. The "Type" Template is
>> text with autocomplete. (2) The "PartOf" field is identical except it has
>> no list of possible inputs since I was hoping it would draw from page
>> instances.
>>
>> When I choose a Place "Type" from the list, the selection is displayed as
>> static text, not as a link (even if I manually create a page with the same
>> name). When I try to choose a Place "PartOf", autocomplete never finds the
>> places I've already generated.
>>
>> What is the proper way to create such a hierarchy? My approach does not
>> generate real subcategories like Place:SolarSystem and Place:Planet. Is
>> that what I should be doing? Does that require each subcategory to have its
>> own schema, form, and template?
>>
>> Thanks for your guidance,
>> -david
>>
>>
>>
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