On 4/26/07, David Metzler <metzlerd@metzlerd.com> wrote:
After about the tenth time one of my business persons asked me to modify the description associated with one of my modules form fields, I got to thinking that I might want to leverage form_alter to modify the titles, descriptions and add links to the help documentation for all modules.
The strategy I was thinking of is to have hook_form_alter modify the fields based on help data stored in the database. If the user had privileges, they would see links to modify each field displayed on the form in a "wiki" like way.
I'm emailing the dev list to ask.
1. Is this a good idea or a bad one given future forms/ internationalization directions?
2. Is someone else working on a similar issue in a different (or same) direction?
About to try and code a prototype.....
See http://drupal.org/project/helptip If you have permission, you see an edit link. Expanding it to work directly as a link underneath forms is interesting. -- Boris Mann Office 604-682-2889 Skype borismann http://www.bryght.com