0004610: Set which fields are advanced, and which are required - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0004610	mantisbt	feature	public	2004-09-25 11:39	2010-09-28 20:31

Reporter	codemastr	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	acknowledged	Resolution	open
Product Version	0.19.0

Summary	0004610: Set which fields are advanced, and which are required
Description	There are two things that really get on my nerves with Mantis. The first is the fact that some fields are not displayed on the simple report form. I get really annoyed when someone uses the simple form, and as a result, I don't get notified of their OS because the simple form does not have an OS field. I'd like to be able to specify which fields get displayed on the simple form, and which are advanced-only. The second one relates to this, I want to be able to define whether something is required. This goes for both builtin fields, as well as custom fields. Again, it makes things harder for me when people don't specify an OS, so not only would I want to be able to put this field on the simple form, I'd want it to be required.
Tags	redesign

vboctor 2004-09-28 06:32 manager ~0007783	With regards to the required for native fields, you need to override the "issue_create_validate" custom function. See http://manual.mantisbt.org/manual.customizing.mantis.custom.functions.php for more details on custom functions. To make custom fields mandatory you can use minimum length or regular expressions.

codemastr 2004-09-28 14:51 reporter ~0007814	Well yeah, I figured I could do it by changing that function, but imho there should be some configuration option for this. Plus, there is more to it than what you suggested. For example, that won't show the red * next to required fields.

vboctor 2004-09-28 17:23 manager ~0007818	You are right. For deciding what fields are simple/advanced we need templates or config options. Mandatory fields also have to be configured, or specified as part of the template via hidden fields.

stevemagruder 2004-09-29 11:06 reporter ~0007828	It also seems to me that some kind of config options should be provided such that an admin could easily declare some of the advanced fields to also appear on the simple page. One possible workaround would be to create a custom OS field that's required, and this can currently be done with custom fields (per codemastr's second request). But then, this would duplicate the field on the advanced page--which reminds me--it would be nice to set some projects not to allow access to the Advanced entry page.

codemastr 2004-09-29 12:31 reporter ~0007832	which reminds me--it would be nice to set some projects not to allow access to the Advanced entry page. Or to define ones that must use the advanced page.

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