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Problem: Several issues in the Repeating Field Group editor cause usability problems in the post editor screen.
Solution: Update to the latest versions of Toolset plugins to get the updated editing experience for RFGs.
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Last updated by 4 years ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
I am trying to:
Edit a custom post type with a repeatable field group of locations
Link to a page where the issue can be seen:
You'd need admin access to see it on our site but easy to reproduce:
Create a post type
Add a repeatable field group with a name field, a location field and a textfield for a description
Give each field a short description
Add one of these locations to a post and try to edit the location
I expected to see:
A normal editing experience
Instead, I got:
The map preview overlays part of the field description and sometimes the show/hide coordinates link.
On large screens, the name field and the location field are on the same row, making the problems even worse and requiring horizontal scrolling.
It would be really useful for the map preview to always be in its own row and to be 100% width and a bit taller than 200px in order to actually find the location of a point of interest but also to avoid the above issues.
The whole section for the repeatable field group needs a max-width or some other mechanism to keep it from putting too many fields in one row on wider screens.
The client has a 30" monitor and had a lot more issues than I have on a 15" laptop but I have run into some issues too.
Two screenshots attached. 2019-08-27 at 11.03.42 AM is from my 15" laptop with just a bit of overlap of the map and the field description. 2019-08-27 at 10.52.59 AM is client's 30" monitor.
Thanks for the update. I installed it and it does help. We can always access the zoom buttons and the map/satellite title toggle and terrain checkbox.
However, the repeatable field group area for locations extends beyond the right side of the screen and requires horizontal scrolling. This isn't a big deal but isn't exactly correct.
Overall this is much better than before. It'd still be nice if the map could be on its own row and bigger but, again, this version is much better simply because we can always access the zoom buttons.
Attached screenshot shows the width issue with the repeatable field group that has location fields.
