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Improve the usability of the Replaces entry field #1375

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ietf-svn-bot opened this issue Mar 27, 2014 · 11 comments
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Improve the usability of the Replaces entry field #1375

ietf-svn-bot opened this issue Mar 27, 2014 · 11 comments

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keyword_easy keyword_sprint resolution_worksforme type_enhancement | by pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu


The auto-completing entry field for selecting drafts that this draft replaces at /doc/draft-whatever/edit/replaces/ does not recognize names that include versions or a .txt extension. It would be nicer if it recognized what the user meant when providing that information, especially when providing it by pasting.

It would also be useful to provide some help-text letting folks know what's expected in the field.

See the thread at

http://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/wgchairs/MMHtj94yb934lrLlEt--3Gg5NBk


Issue migrated from trac:1375 at 2022-03-04 03:41:49 +0000

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@rjsparks@nostrum.com commented


Sandy Murphy ran into this around IETF 92. She suggests that the control needs to deal better names that are cut-paste from other places. A hint about the syntax the form is looking for would go a long way.

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@mahoney@nostrum.com changed status from new to closed

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@mahoney@nostrum.com changed resolution from `` to fixed

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@mahoney@nostrum.com commented


Fixed in 37a7203:

added instructions for entering the draft name. Fixes #1375. Commit ready to merge.

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@henrik@levkowetz.com commented


Fixed in a808636:

Merged in 37a7203 from mahoney@nostrum.com:
added instructions for entering the draft name. Fixes #1375.

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@rjsparks@nostrum.com changed status from closed to reopened

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@rjsparks@nostrum.com commented


While the documentation goes a long way, the full fix to this will involve better cleaning of the form, or possibly improving the document search control. If the control has something in it, but hasn't matched a document, we don't want to leave the user thinking it's ok.

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@peter@akayla.com changed resolution from `` to worksforme

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@peter@akayla.com commented


I attempted to reproduce the problem, by entering a bogus draft name as a replacement draft. There is text below the auto-complete text box that indicates no match was found. There might be some minor confusion caused when the text box clears when the user clicks anywhere else after a bogus entry, but I would think the fact that there's yellow text below the bogus entry prior to clicking away should be hint enough that the entry was not okay. The user cannot even hit the Enter key to have the bogus entry accepted. While it might be friendlier to have the auto-complete strip out versions and .txt suffixes, that would entail digging into the 3rd-party auto-completion tool.

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