Do we have a field property that means the help text is always expanded for that field?

[tmb]

We have a feature on *searches* to show help, by default.

No such feature exists for input fields in the workflow.

If we were to do it, I would prefer it to be a property of the workflow, with the same options as for searches. Or possibly configurable in either eprint_fields.pl or workflow.

This would involve working on several parts of InputForm? including the surrounds, Component.pm, Field.pm and Field/Multi?.pm

I'm fine for it to go in 3.2 or even a new release of 3.1 if needed.

[cjg]

Is this a property of the field in eprints_field.pl or in the context of the workflow? ie <field name="foo" showhelp="yes" />

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[cjg]

Replying to cjg:

Is this a property of the field in eprints_field.pl or in the context of the workflow? ie <field name="foo" showhelp="yes" /> ?

[tdb01r]

Resolved in r4413.

I've added a property on <component> which is collapse_help="no". This will prevent the help from starting collapsed.

So to be clever you could do this:

<epc:choose>
<epc:when expr="usertype='admin'>
<component><field ref="title"/></component>
</epc:when>
<epc:otherwise>
<component collapse_help="no"><field ref="title"/></component>
</epc:otherwise>
</epc:choose>