Need more examples or something
Support Ticket
I can't figure out how to do something as (seemingly) simple as create a new cardtype that presents a dropdown with some options in it when you edit it. I've read all the documentation about creating card types, tforms, rforms, pointers, and yet I still can't do this - all I get is a text input. This just seems entirely too obtuse - I'm not even sure if it's a problem with the documentation or the interfaces that I'm having. Or both. I'm familiar with CMSes, wikis, relational databases, pointers and references as applied to programming languages, etc., so I don't understand why I can't seem to make even basic headway here. I even looked at the support card and tried to duplicate the status dropdown in there, with no luck. Maybe someone could help me?... Thanks.
Definitely agree we need more example :-). To do what you're wanting, you would create three cards. You can see them if you open this up (using the status example you mentioned):
status+*right+*default is a blank Pointer card, which makes new cards ending in +status be Pointer cards.
status+*right+*input being "select" makes it a dropdown rather than the standard Pointer interface.
status+*right+*options is a search that determines what will appear in the dropdown.
Note that you can also get to these from any card that ends with +status — just go to the Options tab and the settings subtab (see set and setting).
Once those cards are created, anywhere that |any name|+status is created it will be a pointer, and in that context and whenever it's edited you'll get a dropdown menu. The typical use would be to put in a type form (e.g., Ticket+*type+*structure).
--John Abbe.....Fri Mar 12 19:59:32 -0800 2010; updated May 2