Don't know how hard this would be.

The one at a time u.i. for this is harder than I would like. The sequence of the current list and finding the fields needed seems clumsy.

Could there be a dialog with a checked tree, Entities as nodes, fields as leafs or a checkd grid that could be filtered on entity?

Hmm. The sequence is: click add, select field, done. Eventually change the name. As the list is sorted by entity -> field, it should be easy to find the field. It's also assumed that the # of fields mapped on related fields isn't that high per entity.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean with 'the sequence of the current list', could you elaborate a bit?

If I have 20 entities related to the the entity I'm working on and each has 10 fields, the current ui makes me scroll through a lot of entries to get to one field. If I am going to add additional fields from that same entity I have to press add then scroll through many items to get to where I just was. repeat, repeat, repeat.

It's fine for one field, but not ideal for many.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean with 'the sequence of the current list', could you elaborate a bit?

The fields are listed within Entity, but the entities are not alphabetical.

arschr wrote:

If I have 20 entities related to the the entity I'm working on and each has 10 fields, the current ui makes me scroll through a lot of entries to get to one field. If I am going to add additional fields from that same entity I have to press add then scroll through many items to get to where I just was. repeat, repeat, repeat.

It's fine for one field, but not ideal for many.

True. I'll think about a popup, although I don't like popups in that area that much. I've to admit you're the first who complaints about that particular gui. (it's there since 1.0.2005.1)

I'm not entirely sure what you mean with 'the sequence of the current list', could you elaborate a bit?

The fields are listed within Entity, but the entities are not alphabetical.

Ok, that's stupid indeed, I'll definitely make it sorted, by entity, then by field. I'll also consider the suggestion of making it a popup screen.

Thanks. I think it will get used more now that you have entity views.