Support Ticket
Does format work in nested cardtypes?+issues
Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with nested formatting of newly created cardtypes.
Picking up on your recipes example, to be clearer:
I created a new card type, let's call it Recipe cardtype.
I then created a new cardtype, let's call it Preparation cardtype and included this cardtype in the Recipe's cardtype content as {{+preparar | type=Preparation}}.
I formatted Preparation's content to include some formatting as well, let's say:
Start: {{+start}}
Finish-off: {{+finish}}
When i try to instanciate a new Recipe, i see the ability to input the new card "preparar", but this card's type is set to Basic, instead of "Preparation" as I would expect it to be.
Is there any issue with the nesting I'm doing on cardtypes and formatting? Or, is it because i reference newly created cardtypes? If, when directly inserting data into a newly created Recipe card, i change the "+preparar" cardtype from Basic to "Preparation" I do see the desired formatting, but would like to have it pre-selected.
Am I doing something wrong? Please help! :)
Great question! The short answer is "yes" in viewing mode and "soon" in edit mode.
There is a small syntax error in the preparer inclusion; you have a "=" where you need a ":". So it should be "type:preparer".
Once that is correct, these things should work properly:
- clicking directly on Add +preparer should give you the right type with the right formatting
- saving it should work and let you read it with the correct formatting
- the formatting will render correctly whenever you view the card in any context.
Hi Ethan, Thank you, that ":" was obviously the problem. And yes, I did try to Edit the whole "Recipe" card. What happens is I get a regular form field for Preparation which is already filled out with what i literally put in Preparation's cardtype content, meaning wagn terms using double-curvy brackets aren't being translated to anything. I do, however, have the ability to correctly edit the Preparation card when i click on "Add +preparer", as you indicated, so it's a decent workaround for now. Thank you again!
--catia Goncalves.....Mon Dec 05 10:00:51 -0800 2011
OK, very important note on this subject. Taking the "Recipe" example described above, I do have to declare the type for the "+start" and "+finish" cards in the Preparation cardtype content formatting because it does not default to Basic cardtype (as I was expecting it to) but rather its "parent" cardtype which is "Preparation" cardtype and that just makes a whole lot of nested mess when editing a "Recipe". Just thought I'd let you know :)
--catia Goncalves.....Mon Dec 05 10:18:55 -0800 2011
whoa. really? That's bizarre. I don't think I've ever seen that before. that really shouldn't be the case. You might try going to /admin/clear_cache to make sure something isn't out of sync.
--Ethan McCutchen.....Mon Dec 05 11:02:08 -0800 2011