TC7.01 - Show custom fields below thumbnails, just text

Post by *white » 2007-07-04, 08:58 UTC

When you use the option "Show custom fields below thumbnails" (see Configuration - Thumbnails) to display just text without any values of plugin fields, the text is not displayed. As I understand this is intentional. However an empty line is being displayed. That does not seem to be intentional.

Also when multiple lines are used (i.e. "line 1\nline 2\nline 3\nline 4") additional empty lines are shown.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2007-09-07, 08:26 UTC

This should be fixed in TC 7.02, please test!

Flint · Post by *Flint » 2007-09-07, 10:35 UTC

Hm... Seems to be not fixed in 7.02. Static text is not shown here.

Post by *petermad » 2007-09-07, 15:03 UTC

Static text is not shown here

Same here, and there is still an empty line shown too.

Post by *white » 2007-09-07, 15:21 UTC

Not fixed. Empty lines are still shown.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2007-09-07, 19:49 UTC

Sorry, I don't understand your remarks. It works perfectly here! Maybe you didn't try the right thing?

Try this:
1. In configuration - options - thumbnails, click on "fields by type".
2. Click on "Add"
3. Type some file type for testing, e.g. *.txt, and press ENTER
4. As custom fields, write something like this:
line 1\nline 2\nline 3\nline 4
5. Close all dialogs with OK
6. Switch to thumbnail view

-> Under each txt file, the above-defined 4 lines are shown!
What exactly doesn't work for you?

Flint · Post by *Flint » 2007-09-07, 20:14 UTC

ghisler(Author) wrote:What exactly doesn't work for you?

Almost the same, except for I specified not text for file type, but general (the textbox just below the option "Show custom fields below thumbnails").

Post by *petermad » 2007-09-07, 22:37 UTC

but general (the textbox just below the option "Show custom fields below thumbnails").

The same here- that's what doesn't work for just text.

Post by *white » 2007-09-08, 23:51 UTC

but general (the textbox just below the option "Show custom fields below thumbnails").

The same here- that is what is causing empty lines to be displayed (which is the subject of this topic).

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2007-09-09, 08:51 UTC

Indeed plain text isn't currently supported in this field. It doesn't really make much sense to always show the same text here, that's why I didn't implement it so far. If you can give me a valid reason to put just plain text there, I will add it.

Flint · Post by *Flint » 2007-09-09, 09:43 UTC

ghisler(Author) wrote:If you can give me a valid reason to put just plain text there, I will add it.

At least one reason is "uniformity". It looks very strange when TC shows WDX fields, show WDX+text but refuses to show just text.

Another reason is debugging: when someone finds a problem creating custom fields (something does not work) and he wants to find out quickly who is guilty - TC or plugin, he removes all the plugin fields so that only text remains. And TC does not show this text. So, who is guilty in the user's opinion?