openlibhums / openlibhums/janeway

Submission Fields: Content of the field can no longer be removed after it has been filled

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Description

Our journals are using additional submission fields as a workaround to display the names of the reviewers on the article page below the table of contents.
We have now established the following: As soon as the field has been filled in, the content can no longer be removed, only replaced by other content. It then becomes a mandatory field, so to speak. Deleting the content is ignored.

JW Version: 1.7.4
Parameters of the field:

  • Kind: Text Field
  • Width: Third
  • Display: true

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests. Reproduce the problem with a displayed Text Field configured to one-third width, then trace how its value is saved and cleared; done means an existing value can be deleted rather than only replaced.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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