Research Change behavior of adding new changelog items

It would be convenient if new changelog entries were inserted at the top of the list instead of at the bottom as we keep these items as most recent at the top.

Additionally I would like to have a date picker for each log entry so we can set the date of the change and have the changlog sorted by date (asc or desc as an option). It would also then be way convenient if we could get a substitution string where we could insert this date in the changelog text.

If you add the date and allow for the sorting when presented to the user, then inserting at the bottom would be fine. However, it would be nice if once the insert happens the page is automatically scrolled to the bottom.

This would just save a lot of time manually entering in the date and manually dragging items from the bottom to the top.

I know, I ask for a lot 

Hi Alex,
the way it is designed to work (and per ITIL Change Management) is that per version there is one file, and per file you enter the changelog for that file / version with the changes made to the previous version of that file.
So the changlog on a file reflects all changes in that specific version. If the user wants to see what other changes have been done in orevious versions, then they need to open these specific files.

I think it is doable to have a view (or module) that will list all changes per file in a chronological overview: giving a changelog for the complete set of files. This would be a 'simple' fetch all files, sort on release date, and list per file the changes made.

This is not something that is currently implemented or on my todo list.
 

Yes, I understand that and was not looking for a cumulative changelog, only the changelog items for a particular release. As we make changes we add them to the file record for what will become the release. Our most recent one has over 20 items in the changelog and all the scrolling and such is time consuming. I

It isn't the end of the world, it was just a nice to have.

No worries if you feel it isn't something you wish to pursue.

Best regards.

Alex Chartier wrote:

It would be convenient if new changelog entries were inserted at the top of the list instead of at the bottom as we keep these items as most recent at the top.

 

This is Core Joomla behavior, so out-of-my control. Would imo make more sense though if clicking the + adds the new field below the field that you clicked the + on and not completely to the bottom, but that would make things very complex from a JS developer point of view when trying to implement that.
Maybe you can post this as a feature request / improvement on the Joomla Issue Tracker? Maybe one of the developers will pick it up there.

Turns out this is not so difficult to do. I have the JS working to add new items immediately after the item that the plus was clicked on. Add to the top with the top plus is proving a little more difficult but I am sure I will get it solved. I will send you the code when it is done. It does not require changing any core joomla code.

Cool
looking forward to it!
have a nice weekend Alex.
Regards,
Ruud.