Add hints to fields in app edit mode
The text input fields in app edit mode should have a placeholder or hint text for their purpose, so users that edit empty apps can know what each field is for.
These fields are affected:
- author
- summary
- description
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@crwinfrey Should we show hint texts that go away when the user types in the field or hints that move to the top of the field as floating labels?
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Hi @grote. I'm still fine tuning the design of improvements for the editing view altogether. Below is a screenshot of what I'm thinking. The short answer to your question is—
For the summary, it should behave like the standard input field for material design for text with floating label—https://getmdl.io/components/index.html#textfields-section. So, the hints would move to the top as a floating label.
Because the description is a full box, the hint would go away once the user starts typing.
As for the author, I want to discuss making this field un-editable. There's more information in the usability report. We'll talk about it on the scrum.
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Thanks! The summar/description label sounds good!
As for the author, I want to discuss making this field un-editable.
I'd be careful with that. There are many potential users who would not add apps from other repos, but upload APKs. These come only with the name and icon pre-set. So all other information needs to be filled out be the user. How would it look if you couldn't enter yourself in the author field because it is read-only?
Another scenario is that you add an app from another repo, but the author is missing there. So you want to add the author, because you know who it is, but you can not.
I'll ignore the rest of the mockup now, since it is not related to this ticket.
I'd be careful with that. There are many potential users who would not add apps from other repos, but upload APKs. These come only with the name and icon pre-set.
In what cases would a developer need to make the name of the app different than what is pre-set by the apk file?
So all other information needs to be filled out be the user. How would it look if you couldn't enter yourself in the author field because it is read-only?
I'm not sure I understand the question .. but the author field wouldn't be read-only when you first add the file.
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In what cases would a developer need to make the name of the app different than what is pre-set by the apk file?
I was talking about the
Author Namenot the name of the app, but it can also happen that the wrong app name has been chosen due to a bug, e.g. #59.I'm not sure I understand the question .. but the author field wouldn't be read-only when you first add the file.
As discussed in yesterday's call, we could make the author name only read-only when the app was added from a remote repo and when the author name is not empty. However, this requires additional book keeping and adds complexity. Feel free to open a feature-request ticket, as I don't think we'll get to this until the deadline.
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