Last modified: 2011-11-15 21:10:35 UTC
I noticed when using a «using values from ...» parameter in field, you get different page results depending on "..." is namespace or concept. * namespace: output is {{PAGENAME}} (without namespace prefix) * concept: output is {{FULLPAGENAME}} (with namespace prefix) I should check for category (I guess as in concept) I was wondering whether there could be some way to have a better control on this, without having to hack in the template itself.
Yes, that was done on purpose. Which one of these would you want to change?
(In reply to comment #1) > Yes, that was done on purpose. Which one of these would you want to change? The issue I found is changing, let's say, "values from namespace" to "values from concept" in order to restrict the suggested values (without having to rewrite the template). For compatibility, if I had to change any, maybe I would do in "values from namespace" to show full pagenames as well. However, for esthetical reasons, I admit I do not like that users see prefixes in any case.
Hi, Thinking about it more, I remember my rationale for doing it this way: for "values from namespace", there's no point including the namespace, since it's known. It's true that this makes backwards-compatibility an issue, but hopefully that can be fixed using either Replace Text or an #if call in the template. For "values from concept" and the like, not including the namespace is risky, because there can be two pages with the same name, but in different namespaces.
(In reply to comment #3) > Hi, > > Thinking about it more, I remember my rationale for doing it this way: for > "values from namespace", there's no point including the namespace, since it's > known. It's true that this makes backwards-compatibility an issue, but > hopefully that can be fixed using either Replace Text or an #if call in the > template. > > For "values from concept" and the like, not including the namespace is risky, > because there can be two pages with the same name, but in different namespaces. You are right in both cases. I was suggesting this simply as an optional enhancement for form inputs (as a parameter: don't show, or show in case of 'value from namespaces', prefix namespace). Of course, users should be aware of the risks in the second case and this should be included in documentation. I haven't check the code to see how difficult this could be.
I think not including the namespace, if more than one namespace is possible, would be a bad idea - I'm setting this to "WONTFIX". If you want to discuss it further, feel free to write to the mailing list about it.
