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Symphony 2.3 – Select box interfaces
eKoeS edited this page Sep 20, 2011
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- Different browsers and OSes come with different UI components for select boxes, checkboxes and radio buttons. The main idea is to provide a set of standard elements that are rendered in the same way on all browsers and OSes.
- In some cases a standard select box can't handle a long list of options (e.g. timezones, countries, and so on). It would be better to have a search interface to quickly get the desired option. See Chosen for an example.
- Both
Stage
and Reference Link Field provide similar features for browsing/searching items. Reference Link Field also provides autocompletion, which is a useful addition. - Better Forms is an attempt to support all the above features. It's uncomplete and still in beta. Shall we improve it or stick to external plugins like Chosen?
Better Forms:
Stage (Subsection Manager):