[UX improvement] - add ability to change a custom post type.

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 7 years, 4 months ago.

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June 23, 2017 at 6:18 pm #540663

lapalaZ

Changing custom fields types is not always possible. For example, it's not allowed to change a text field into select. I think I know what are the under-the-hood reasons, but the plugin should not be smarter than a user is. If I want to change a custom field type (even if values are not compatible) I should be allowed to do it. Maybe a warning or an additional confirmation should be displayed, but it shouldn't be disallowed for sure.

At the moment if I want to change a field type I have to delete the field and create it again... but creating a field again is also not very straightforward because of this issue: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/deleted-custom-field-name-cannot-be-used-again

So in order to change a field type we have to
1. Delete the field
2. Go to Types > Custom Fields > Control Custom Fields menu
3. Delete the field
4. Return to an initial screen and finally create a new field.

It's very unintuitive and complicated.

June 23, 2017 at 6:53 pm #540686

Carlos Rojas

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Hello,

Thanks for your opinion. This is a good feature, however I just consulted a higher up about it and I’m sure that this was how its built by design. Seeing that field type A (e.g: Text) and field type B (e.g: Select list) are stored differently then you’re not able to switch Field Type A to field Type B , however field Type A and C (e.g.: number) are stored similarly hence why the system will allow you to change how between the 2 field types.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance and I will be happy to help.
Kind regards,
Carlos

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