-- SUMMARY --

The Reference Dialog module allows end users to add, edit and search
referenced entities (nodes, users and terms) from the referencing
entity using dialogs.

-- REQUIREMENTS --

* Views module.

-- INSTALLATION --

* See http://drupal.org/documentation/install/modules-themes/modules-7.

-- CONFIGURATION --

No configuration required.

-- USAGE --

1. Create or edit a content type (admin/structure/types/manage/).

2. Create or edit a field of the type Entity Reference or Term 
Reference.

3. Select one or more of the follow checkboxes: 

   * Edit dialog.

   * Add dialog.

   * Search dialog.

4. (Optional) Change the display preferences for the field.

5. For the Search dialog, you need to take the following 
   additional steps: 
   
   a. Create a new view (uncheck Create a page and Create a block if 
      necessary).
   
   b. Add a display of the type Reference dialog Search.
      
   c. Under References Dialog attach the reference field to the 
      display. You can select multiple references if you would like 
      to use the view for more than one field. 
      
   d. Save the view.

   e. Clear the cache. Now you should have a search option for this 
      field.

-- EXAMPLES --

Suppose you have a song database. You want to reference composers 
to the songs they wrote. You have:

* Created a Composer content type.

* Created a Song content type.

* Installed the Entity Reference module.

* Added a Song reference field to the Composer content type, 
  referencing nodes of the Song content type.

If you left it at that, you would have to create songs before you 
created the corresponding composers, which could soon get 
cumbersome.

With the References Dialog module you can create Song nodes from
within the Artist node you are creating or editing. This allows 
for a workflow where the user can create all the references to a 
node at the same time as she is creating it.

-- CONTACT --

File bug reports, support requests and feature requests at the 
project's issue queue, 
http://drupal.org/project/issues/references_dialog.