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Submitted by David_H on 2016/11/10 19:58

Any tricks I don't know to assign several fields quickly? In Evernote I can just click in the Tags areas of a note, type a few letters, and assign a tag. Allows me to assign several tags to a note very quickly.

What is the fastest way to do the same in IQ with fields (for an item), when they don't exist in the grid as a column? Obviously I know different ways it can be done, with forms or fields in the properties pane. But I don't find either particularly fast.

Thanks

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Hi David,

Press F4 to show the Properties pane and start typing and it will highlight the field. Press the space bar to toggle it

Also, if it is often the same fields, why not create a form to set them all in one shot

Another possibility is a multi-select pop-up list

Lastly, you can create a script to have one or more message boxes to suggest fields

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

Pierre, are you saying it is possible to use a multi-select pop-up field/column to assign multiple fields? I was under the impression that is not possible yet.

[quote=David_H]

Pierre, are you saying it is possible to use a multi-select pop-up field/column to assign multiple fields? I was under the impression that is not possible yet.

[/quote]

No it isn't possible. I was saying to use a text field for your tags, instead of individual fields

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

[quote=David_H]

Pierre, are you saying it is possible to use a multi-select pop-up field/column to assign multiple fields? I was under the impression that is not possible yet.

[/quote]

Surprise new feature...

The multi-select pop-up list now has an option to sync fields of the same name... so now, you can use a multi-select pop-up to assign multiple fields !!!

I'll be updating v85 with this new feature:

New: Multi-Select popup list: Option to sync fields with the same name as list values. So adding / removing values will check / uncheck corresponding fields

HTH !

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

I do not get it exactly what it this "fields of the same name.." means?

What are the criteria for fields to "match"?

[quote=ethanrox]

I do not get it exactly what it this "fields of the same name.." means?

What are the criteria for fields to "match"?

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tags and fields need to have the same name, I guess.

So checking/writing or unchecking/deleting in multiselect: "trees,rocks"

would check/uncheck those fields:

trees

rocks

IQ geek

Windows 8.1

CPU: Intel i5 2.6ghz

A-ha :) Thanks for the clarification. I've been doing this for a while now with AutoAssigns. Great to have it out of the box :)

[quote=ethanrox]

A-ha :) Thanks for the clarification. I've been doing this for a while now with AutoAssigns. Great to have it out of the box :)

[/quote]

Yes, it's effectively possible with autoassigns -- albeit abit painful...

IQ geek

Windows 8.1

CPU: Intel i5 2.6ghz

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

[quote=David_H]

Pierre, are you saying it is possible to use a multi-select pop-up field/column to assign multiple fields? I was under the impression that is not possible yet.

[/quote]

Surprise new feature...

The multi-select pop-up list now has an option to sync fields of the same name... so now, you can use a multi-select pop-up to assign multiple fields !!!

I'll be updating v85 with this new feature:

New: Multi-Select popup list: Option to sync fields with the same name as list values. So adding / removing values will check / uncheck corresponding fields

HTH !

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

[/quote]

Simple and efficient implementation!

Now the only problem is the quantity of fields a user could create.

Thousands, possible?

Some kind of UI to allow creating Y/N fields "on the fly" would probably be an interesting addition to that feature.

IQ geek

Windows 8.1

CPU: Intel i5 2.6ghz

"New: Multi-Select popup list: Option to sync fields with the same name as list values. So adding / removing values will check / uncheck corresponding fields"

Hi Pierre,

Is this documented yet? If not, where would I select this option?

I assume that if I were to implement this and later decide I don't want to use it and delete the pop-up list, than any fields I had changed via this method would remain intact?

Thanks

[quote=David_H]

"New: Multi-Select popup list: Option to sync fields with the same name as list values. So adding / removing values will check / uncheck corresponding fields"

Hi Pierre,

Is this documented yet? If not, where would I select this option?

I assume that if I were to implement this and later decide I don't want to use it and delete the pop-up list, than any fields I had changed via this method would remain intact?

[/quote]

Not yet documented. Still working on focus issues with docking panes...
If you delete the pop-up list field, your other fields are OK. If you delete the pop-up list field values, the other fields will sync, unless you've unchecked "sync matching fields" of course

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

[quote=David_H]

"New: Multi-Select popup list: Option to sync fields with the same name as list values. So adding / removing values will check / uncheck corresponding fields"

Hi Pierre,

Is this documented yet? If not, where would I select this option?

I assume that if I were to implement this and later decide I don't want to use it and delete the pop-up list, than any fields I had changed via this method would remain intact?

[/quote]

Not yet documented. Still working on focus issues with docking panes...
If you delete the pop-up list field, your other fields are OK. If you delete the pop-up list field values, the other fields will sync, unless you've unchecked "sync matching fields" of course

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer

[/quote]

Pierre,

When you get a chance would you tell me how to do this? I've looked for some new obvious option in the field setup dialog such as "sync pop-up list values", but cannot find anything.

Is it possible to use the sync feature with "list of items pop-up" so that I can enter the values I want to sync in a grid?

Thanks

I found the sync settings and am going to experiment with it. 2 questions:

1. Should it work if I use the wikitag field?

2. Should it work is I use a "list of items pop-up" so that I can enter the values I want to sync in a grid?

Thanks

Should work with both. The system is rather simple... it parses the tags and sees if there are fields of the same name.

Pierre_Admin

IQ Designer