The Inline Entity Form field options need simplifying. At the moment end users can be confused by the amount of buttons to click and the current wording used on them.

At the moment there's an unnecessary 3 click process to adding an existing node.

  1. Click 'Add existing node' button
  2. Select an existing node from the select list (get patch to add select list) or type the node name in the autocomplete field
  3. Commit the selection by clicking the 'Add node' button

2 of these clicks could be eliminated by simply having the select list appear in default mode of the field's form and if the user needs to create a new node then they just click on the 'Add new node' button. (Also, the wording on the 'Add new node' button is also confusing because the user is actually creating a new node in the system so a suggestion would be to have that button say 'Create new node' instead.)

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the_glitch created an issue. See original summary.

the_glitch’s picture

Title: Remove 'Add Existing Node' button from form. » Remove 'Add Existing Node' button from Complex form.
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geek-merlin’s picture

Title: Remove 'Add Existing Node' button from Complex form. » Simplify and reword the Complex form.
the_glitch’s picture

Any news on this feature coming to life?

the_glitch’s picture

?

the_glitch’s picture

Just wondering if this in the pipeline at all?

the_glitch’s picture

Version: 8.x-1.0-rc1 » 8.x-1.0-rc7
geek-merlin’s picture

The next step is that someone(tm) rolls a patch. Everything wlse won't help.

the_glitch’s picture

@geek-merlin (tm) ?

the_glitch’s picture

Here's a patch that works. It should also work with autosubmit in views. Hopefully it gets accepted and merged :)

the_glitch’s picture

Status: Active » Needs review

Status: Needs review » Needs work

The last submitted patch, 10: simplify-complex-form-defaultLayout-3115249-11.patch, failed testing. View results
- codesniffer_fixes.patch Interdiff of automated coding standards fixes only.

dcam’s picture

Linking to a related issue where a user requested the ability to link to existing entities in the Simple widget because the Complex widget is "tedious."