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Bug 320922

Summary: [Usability] Remove 'Constants' section from Entity and Datatype editors
Product: [Technology] Tigerstripe Reporter: Navid Mehregani <nmehrega>
Component: UIAssignee: Project Inbox <tigerstripe.ui-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: 0.5M0   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)   
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Description Navid Mehregani CLA 2010-07-26 11:40:23 EDT 
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The Entity and Datatype editors currently have an 'Attribute' section as well as a 'Constant' section.  Constants are a form of attributes so I don't see the benefit of having both of these sections.  The UI looks a bit convoluted.  My proposal would be to represent constants under Attributes section, and have an 'Is Constant' checkbox when a user selects an attribute.  Based on the selection of this checkbox we can modify what the user can or can't edit for the constant.  See attached screenshot for more details.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Navid Mehregani CLA 2010-07-26 12:12:15 EDT 
Created attachment 175236 [details]
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Comment 2 Navid Mehregani CLA 2010-07-26 21:53:49 EDT 
We should hold off on making any changes for this defect, since there isn't a consensus in the community regarding the proposed changes.
Comment 3 Navid Mehregani CLA 2011-01-17 10:39:15 EST 
Marking as WONTFIX, since there isn't a consensus in the community for how this should be tackled.