Multiple Express Forms for the same Entity (or categories?)
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Hi there,
I checked out Version 8 and immediately realized the power of the new Express feature. However, I find one particular thing very annoying or I am too stupid to use it correctly. For each Express Object I can apparently create multiple forms with a different selection of attributes. This is very handy. However, I don't see any possibility to select the form to be used if a new Express Object is added or one is edited. It always uses the standard form (which can be chosen in the settings).
To explain why I would like to do that I use the same example as Andrew in his Express introduction video. There are boats that belong to a Marina with different attributes such as name and length. Let's now suppose that we have boats of different types, such as sailing boat, rowing boat and motor yacht. I would now like to have a different set of attributes for each boat type. E.g. the sailing boat should have an attribute sail area, while the motor yacht features an attribute engine output, which are unique to this boat type.
Of course I could create three different entities, but that's not what I want as they should be listed by the same express list block.
Is there any way to do that? If not, please regard this as a feature request.
I checked out Version 8 and immediately realized the power of the new Express feature. However, I find one particular thing very annoying or I am too stupid to use it correctly. For each Express Object I can apparently create multiple forms with a different selection of attributes. This is very handy. However, I don't see any possibility to select the form to be used if a new Express Object is added or one is edited. It always uses the standard form (which can be chosen in the settings).
To explain why I would like to do that I use the same example as Andrew in his Express introduction video. There are boats that belong to a Marina with different attributes such as name and length. Let's now suppose that we have boats of different types, such as sailing boat, rowing boat and motor yacht. I would now like to have a different set of attributes for each boat type. E.g. the sailing boat should have an attribute sail area, while the motor yacht features an attribute engine output, which are unique to this boat type.
Of course I could create three different entities, but that's not what I want as they should be listed by the same express list block.
Is there any way to do that? If not, please regard this as a feature request.
