quick-add for mandatory fields #4587

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2021):

which would direct you the the specific editor

We could add an "add" button to the dropdown easily, but are you saying have it open a separate tab, or something more advanced? Ideally it would open a modal within the current tab to add the new object, but that would take a lot more work under the hood to implement.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2021): > which would direct you the the specific editor We could add an "add" button to the dropdown easily, but are you saying have it open a separate tab, or something more advanced? Ideally it would open a modal within the current tab to add the new object, but that would take a lot more work under the hood to implement.

adam commented

@tsohst commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2021):

No new Tab, open the editor in the same Tab, to create the new object.
Save that new object and after save, your back in the editor you we're before.

@tsohst commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2021): No new Tab, open the editor in the same Tab, to create the new object. Save that new object and after save, your back in the editor you we're before.

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2021):

Yeah, as I mentioned that's not going to be feasible without a huge amount of UI work unfortunately.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Feb 24, 2021): Yeah, as I mentioned that's not going to be feasible without a huge amount of UI work unfortunately.

adam commented

@DanSheps commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021):

I have to concur with @jeremystretch, until we do a major UI rewrite, modals are just not feasible right now.

@DanSheps commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021): I have to concur with @jeremystretch, until we do a major UI rewrite, modals are just not feasible right now.

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021):

I think it's worthwhile to add a button though. Even if you need to open a new tab to add something, the selection widget within the form will automatically repopulate to include it.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021): I think it's worthwhile to add a button though. Even if you need to open a new tab to add something, the selection widget within the form will automatically repopulate to include it.

adam commented

@tsohst commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021):

Okay, sounds good 👍

@tsohst commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2021): Okay, sounds good 👍

adam commented

@cpmills1975 commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2021):

Would it be possible to leverage the return_url somehow to bring the user back to the form they were editing after clicking save?

@cpmills1975 commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2021): Would it be possible to leverage the return_url somehow to bring the user back to the form they were editing after clicking save?

adam commented

@DanSheps commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2021):

We could perhaps see how it is opened (new tab) and maybe do a window(tab) close instead

@DanSheps commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2021): We could perhaps see how it is opened (new tab) and maybe do a window(tab) close instead

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2021):

Marking this as blocked by #5893

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2021): Marking this as blocked by #5893

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Dec 13, 2021):

Lately I've been looking into HTMX and this seems like a prime use case for it. It should be pretty simple to embed an "add" button next to the field which, when clicked, displays an object creation form directly below the form field. Once the form is submitted, it will disappear, and the newly created object will appear as an available option in the field's dropdown widget.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Dec 13, 2021): Lately I've been looking into [HTMX](https://htmx.org/) and this seems like a prime use case for it. It should be pretty simple to embed an "add" button next to the field which, when clicked, displays an object creation form directly below the form field. Once the form is submitted, it will disappear, and the newly created object will appear as an available option in the field's dropdown widget.

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021):

I've started working on a POC for this. The bare functionality is there, but we need to fix up some of the frontend stuff. Specifically:

~~Applying APISelect to the modal fields in the "add new" form~~
~~Fixing auto-slugification~~
Rendering the success/error messages returned when submitting the form
Automatically refreshing the list of available objects & selecting the newest one (if feasible)

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021): I've started working on a POC for this. The bare functionality is there, but we need to fix up some of the frontend stuff. Specifically: - ~Applying APISelect to the modal fields in the "add new" form~ - ~Fixing auto-slugification~ - Rendering the success/error messages returned when submitting the form - Automatically refreshing the list of available objects & selecting the newest one (if feasible)

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2022):

I've got a rough POC for this working in the 5858-inline-add-objects. However, we need to change how form errors are handled, to ensure the dynamically-loaded forms function as expected. This is largely related to #8058, so I'm going to mark this as blocked for now.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2022): I've got a rough POC for this working in the [5858-inline-add-objects](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/tree/5858-inline-add-objects). However, we need to change how form errors are handled, to ensure the dynamically-loaded forms function as expected. This is largely related to #8058, so I'm going to mark this as blocked for now.

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2023):

Hoping to take a fresh look at this soon.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2023): Hoping to take a fresh look at this soon.

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2023):

Bumped this to v4.0 as it probably makes more sense to implement as part of the UI refresh.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2023): Bumped this to v4.0 as it probably makes more sense to implement as part of the UI refresh.

adam commented

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2024):

Bumping this for now due to time constraints. Might pick it back up if we finish some other milestones earlier than planned.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2024): Bumping this for now due to time constraints. Might pick it back up if we finish some other milestones earlier than planned.

adam commented