Labels and helper texts

[cervinka]

I often find that I need a different label for the same field on the index page and in the edit form.

In the Edit Form, a longer explanatory text is usually needed, but it would take up a large column width on the index page, see image:

So I would suggest allowing to specify different labels for different locations. Mostly this would need to be differentiated on the index page versus the others (show/edit/...), but if it were done, it would be preferable to support all options.

It could work by keeping the option to specify only label: "Name", but if needed, specify label: %{index: "Shot name", default: "Full descriptive name", edit: "Special edit label"}

Related to this is a second suggestion, to add support for helper text to be displayed below the input field. It would look something like this:

This text could also serve as a tooltip on the index page.

If you think the above suggestions might be useful, I can work up a PR.

Bye and thanks for your amazing work.

[Flo0807]

Hey @cervinka!

I've added a new help_text field option to display a text below form inputs. It will be part of the next release.

The text is only shown on form views. We need to discuss if and how we want to display the text on index and show views.

[Flo0807]

Hey, since help texts can now be added to form inputs, I'll close this discussion. If you have any suggestions on improving this feature, like showing help texts on the index view, feel free to create a new discussion.