"Institution name" field is confusing
Bug #1394812 reported by
Jinelle Foley-Barnes
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahara |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Gregor Anželj | ||
Bug Description
Hi,
When I log in as an Admin and follow: Administation -> Institutions -> Add institution. Then I fill in Institution name with "Fantastic name" and I fill in Institution display name with the same then I try saving the institution. I get an ambiguous error not stating why the names haven't been accecpted.
I can see that there is an information icon next to it, and I could click that for more information to problem solve. However if the error message stated that the Institution name had to be a single word and the curser directed them back to the box to re type it in it would be better practice .
15.04dev (commit 685dfca0e652f25
Linux
PSQL 9.3.5
Firefox 33.0
Thanks,
Jinelle
Revision history for this message
| Aaron Wells (u-aaronw) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| milestone: | none → 15.04.0 |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| tags: | added: snack-sized |
| summary: |
- Ambiguous error message when entering an invalid institution name + "Institution name" field is confusing |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| milestone: | 15.04.0 → 15.10.0 |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| milestone: | 15.10.0 → 16.04.0 |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Gregor Anželj (gregor-anzelj) |
Revision history for this message
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote A patch has been submitted for review | #4 |
Revision history for this message
| Mahara Bot (dev-mahara) wrote A change has been merged | #5 |
Revision history for this message
| Aaron Wells (u-aaronw) wrote | #6 |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
| tags: | added: usermanualupdate |
| Changed in mahara: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Agreed, there should be a note text under the field that says "letters only" or something to that effect.
In the longer run... this field itself is actually kind of a problem. After the user enters it, it's invisible to them forever after, and the only time users interact with it is in URLs and in CSV files.
We should change this field to be auto-generated in a similar manner to how we auto-generate default clean-url titles.