topic Re: Dynamic table column lines in Alfresco Archive

Dynamic table column lines

swathirajan — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:54:57 GMT

I am using dynamic table for my simple workflow.In order to add a detail, i able to add as a single line/ paragraph.When I press 'Enter', its not taking me to add new line in the column.Is there any way, I can add a new line within the column on dynamic table?

Re: Dynamic table column lines

swathirajan — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 04:52:48 GMT

Re: Dynamic table column lines

muralidharand — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 05:31:09 GMT

Hi Swathi,
Are you looking for multi-line text box for string based property controls?
For the string property type controls, it was rendered as <code> input type ="text" </code> not as <code> textarea</code>.

Re: Dynamic table column lines

swathirajan — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 05:33:35 GMT

Thank you for your response Muralidharand.
Is there any way we could make it as multi-line textarea ?

Re: Dynamic table column lines

muralidharand — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:38:51 GMT

Hi Swathi,
I could not see any properties to configure like single line text box or multiline box.
We may need to get wait, until we get some response from Activiti dev team.

Re: Dynamic table column lines

swathirajan — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 03:37:40 GMT

Sure Thanks Murali

Re: Dynamic table column lines

jbarrez — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:21:12 GMT

No, that's currently not supported.
What would be the use case? Having a textarea would make it hard to display the values in the table, no?

Re: Dynamic table column lines

swathirajan — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 04:05:54 GMT

My use case that requires multi line text area is that:

Manager assigns task to his/her resources.
The resources needs to update status of their work such as:
Task:

Please report the status of Project A

Actions:
John - Development will be completed by 25/01/2016
Joe- Design is completed
Anna - Test cases are prepared

Re: Dynamic table column lines

jbarrez — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:17:20 GMT

I'm not yet seeing why a dynamic table would be a good fit for this … wouldn't a simple textare be enough here?

Re: Dynamic table column lines

swathirajan — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:21:41 GMT

The Tasks and Actions must be in loop for the entire project.
Lets say:
For Task 1, there will be multiple actions recorded
For Task 2, there will be multiple actions recorded and so on..

It would be good, if the tasks and actions are recorded in a table, as the Manager needs to keep track on his/her resources' comments till the end of project.

Re: Dynamic table column lines

jbarrez — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:50:48 GMT

Okay, I see why you'd use a dynamic table for that use case. I've highlighted the suggestion to our product management.

Re: Dynamic table column lines

swathirajan — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 03:19:07 GMT

Thank you Mr.Barrez
Hope to see the feature soon.