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| author | Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org> | 2021-02-09 16:56:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi <valhalla@trueelena.org> | 2021-02-09 16:56:07 +0100 |
| commit | e6c4eefc1d55d6643c4455072df36fd35bfe5c3d (patch) | |
| tree | dcd252d6dba06d6679a2f17e543f00d751b673c5 /docs/source/user/settings.rst | |
| parent | 2c42531afff5e4fcd6d28ab8230011b7621bae84 (diff) | |
Update fields before editing an entry, including autofill on update of date(time) fields. refs: #1
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/user/settings.rst b/docs/source/user/settings.rst index 2ef9d02..fead752 100644 --- a/docs/source/user/settings.rst +++ b/docs/source/user/settings.rst @@ -73,7 +73,18 @@ Some field types may add other custom properties. ``auto``: automatic manipulation of the field contents. - At the moment only the value ``creation`` is supported, to autofill - the field at creation time with the current UTC time (``datetime``) - or local zone day (``date``). + The following values are supported. + + ``creation`` + autofill the field at creation time with the current UTC time + (``datetime``) or local zone day (``date``). + ``update`` + autofill the field when it is updated with the current UTC time + (``datetime``) or local zone day (``date``). + + The reference client will run this update before editing an entry, + allowing further changes from the user; a command line user can + then decide to abort this change through the usual git commands. + + Other clients may decide to use a different workflow. |