readonly fields

Hi guys,

I am just starting with Podio and Podio API, but there is a thing I already stumbled upon several times.

We have fields in our apps we do not want our users to fill out but instead they are filled via API hooks (e.g. user enters a customer address and in the background our geocoder stores coordinates and a link to a dynamic map). For now they are normal text/number/link fields and when creating an item they are shown to the users and they have to know, that they should ignore it. Of course they will remember this after some time, but it also adds unnecessary clutter to the edit forms.

Another case are calculated fields with dates that we want to update daily. In this thread (https://help.podio.com/hc/communities/public/questions/201885938-How-to-update-date-calculations) it is recommended to not even use a calculated field for this but instead directly fill in a normal field via API. But again, we do not want the user to edit - we just want to show the result of a calculation. So having a possibilty for a readonly field would also work here I think.

We can already easily mark a field "mandatory" or "hidden if empty" - adding an "readonly" option and later treat it like a calculation field in the edit forms should be rather simple to implement in my understanding.

What are your thoughts about this? Could others also use this feature?

Regards,
Andreas

Charlie Lindstrom

July 10, 2015 13:08

Hey Andreas,

I think this is a very interesting idea, to set some fields to be read-only. I have heard about something similar being discussed before and I'll pass it on to the team here on Podio to take a look at.

Thanks for sharing! :-)

/Charlie - Podio

Andreas Forstinger

July 10, 2015 14:00

Thanks Charlie, would love to see this.

Arpit Gupta

September 13, 2015 11:46

Any update on this? I am considering to use Podio for managing orders received on our e-commerce website. I need some fields to be editable while others read only for a particular order.

Please reply as this would be important for us to consider the software for our use case.

Soporte ITSCS

March 22, 2016 05:24

Jacob Robinson

August 10, 2016 12:27

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