[Rt-devel] Adding Custom Field Types (specifically: Date)

[Jesse Vincent]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 11:40:26AM -0700, Joshua Colson wrote:
> I'm interested in adding a Date type for custom fields. However, I'm not
> entirely sure how this might be done. Is it as simple as adding the type
> to the hash defined in lib/RT/CustomField_Overlay.pm (which modified
> would, of course, be lib/RT/CustomField_Local.pm) and then creating the
> appropriate local/html/Elements/EditCustomFieldDate file?

That sounds about right. I think you want a viewer component for it too.

> 
> Also, I noticed in the docs/design_docs/evil_plans file it mentions that
> this would be a 'Nice' feature to have. Does that mean there is already
> work happening on this at BP? If anyone is working on this, I would be
> willing to help.

We're not currently doing anything along these lines. My humble request
would be "start with 3.6", as it's had a lot of CF work that might be
useful to you.


> Thanks.
> 
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