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Composite field-type "bug"?

I'm using a composite field (combining lastname, firstname) - this works well. However, after adding the field-type to my template, I get a blank row appearing in the edit form in the admin area. This can be "hidden" by moving the composite field to the bottom of the template.

However, I want to sort the items by my composite field - in order for the field to appear in the "Sort By" dropdown, it has to have a label attribute in the template - which means the edit form now shows a row with a label, but (obviously) no input box.

It looks a little weird...

Duncan Revell

Duncan Revell 78 points

  • 4 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

Yes, that sounds weird. The best thing to do is hold on for Perch 3. We're probably not going to be going back to Perch 2 to address small interface bugs at this point.

Duncan Revell

Duncan Revell 78 points
Registered Developer

Thanks Drew - I have no desperate need for it to be fixed in Perch 2, but if it can be double-checked in Perch 3 (making a wild assumption that the fieldtype code has been pushed from 2 -> 3) that would be wonderful.

Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

Yes, we'll see if it can be addressed in 3, if it occurs there.