custom field not showing in user profile

[liomj]

i have made some testing... text type is working

but when you use radio button select box etc

it is not showing in userinfo

visibility permission have been set

[geekwright]

They are working here. Two things come to mind.

Empty fields generally don't show. For example, if you have a checkbox, and it is not checked, it won't show.

The Default category is special, and generally doesn't show additional fields.

Can you provide a more specific example that demonstrates the issue?

[liomj]

i Have a 2.57.2 live Installation this is working but when i test 2.59 its not working for some type
XOOPS Version XOOPS 2.5.9-Beta2
PHP Version 5.6.25
mySQL Version 5.7.14

1. Add a new select field type
2. Add title, name - add option put it under personal, make it required etc
3. Set permission is visible for - Everyone viewing a profile of - Everyone
4. make sure the permission Field editable from profile
5. Go the front page, edit user and update select. Submit
6. It is not showing
   did i forget something.. ?

[GregMage]

I can not reproduce the problem. In admin:

edituser.php:

it works!

[liomj]

What i meant was The field is not showing in user profile after you update it in edituser.php

Btw can the select box be sort default as discussed in xoops.org

http://xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=362373

Imo should be sort in default

[geekwright]

I still cannot reproduce the profile issue. I'll tinker with it some more and see if I can find it.

The answer to sorting is no. While I understand why you might think that is a good idea, it will break someone else's setup.

The order entered is preserved. If that isn't true, it is a bug - open an issue for it. But, there is no way to know what the preferred order is.

Consider a simple example, a day of the week question. People will expect the days in natural order, Tuesday would not normally come after Wednesday. In this case, you might be able to sort on the value. But if your numbers need to match some standard (like ISO 8601) even that might not fit your actual preference.

Another example would be something like a list of US States. Each state has a two letter code, which is preferred for storing the data. The natural sort order is by name, the 'N' section looks like this:

While sorted by value (as needed for days above) the result is this:

Confusing to say the least.

There is no universal solution. Keeping the data in the order entered lets people choose what is appropriate for the data collected. Perhaps there could be a new option to make sorting easier - drag and drop, sort buttons, or something else. That is an enhancement request that would need to be made separately.

Without such an enhancement, the sort cannot be "fixed" without breaking things

[GregMage]

Your explanation is not clear!

But you are right! There's a bug!

in form:

and in profil:

The "test bug" field is not present!

[trabisdementia]

I think field options are serialized in db so there is no weight field for options, but, I think we could have a "manage field options" action so we could reorder them. In there we could have the drag and drop and/or a selection field with some options like "sort by value desc", etc. Something for 2.6 or 2.5.10? Em 10/03/2017 09:13, "Grégory Mage" <notifications@github.com> escreveu:

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Your explanation is not clear! But you are right! There's a bug! in form: [image: image] <https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/16707432/23789186/f85cd446-0579-11e7-85eb-743adbff9201.png> and in profil: [image: image] <https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/16707432/23789203/110c3090-057a-11e7-9eb3-e6cc3fac5038.png> The "test bug" field is not present! — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#410 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGFR7zylRcYWfOveeujobLGpa3fkcLB-ks5rkRQkgaJpZM4MWxvn> .

[geekwright]

OK, if I create a field with Field Type of Select, and accept the default Value Type of Array, it produces something that cannot work. Other Value Types seem to work.

Changing the value type to Text field works, displays correctly after the profile has been edited.

Changing the value type from Array to Integer does not seem to to have any effect; it stays as Array?

Not sure I understand why Array is presented as a value type option for a Select field. Does not seem like it would ever be appropriate.

@liomj Can you provide a list of the Field Type and Value Type combinations that you have found do not display?

I'll continue digging.

[GregMage]

Not fixed for me. Select doesn't work

[GregMage]

The problem is always present!