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Yes/No Checkboxes - Can't search for "No" values

Wojciech Mocek

September 06, 2017 09:27

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Problem:

user added in a CheckBox custom field for projects. 
The default value of CheckBoxes is "No" or unchecked, however he cannot use this in the search filters. He can only search for CheckBoxes that have been checked.

Answer:

Indeed this is the expected behaviour for checkBox in the filter :
- if CheckBox is checked in the filter, it retrieves all projects with this custom field checked.
- if CheckBox is not checked in the filter, it will retrieve all projects.

For this kind of field to be able to filter on both custom field states, one should use a dropdown menu with 2  values (yes/no).

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  Andy Schwieter April 19, 2018 16:01

  I am frustrated by this behavior. I'd prefer:

  - if CheckBox is checked in the filter, it retrieves all projects with this custom field checked.
  - if CheckBox is not checked in the filter, it retrieves all projects with this custom field not checked
  - if CheckBox is not included in the filter, it retrieves all projects

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  Andy Schwieter April 19, 2018 16:07

  Using "yes/no" doesn't work either since I can't force the value to be initialized to "no", and leaving the filter blank returns both "yes" and "no" values.

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  Wojciech Mocek April 20, 2018 08:31

  Hello.

  Thanks Andy for commenting.

  Could you please make a feature suggestion about it so that enabling initial value will be made possible in Wordbee?

  You can also make another suggestion about changing default performance of CheckBox custom fields.

  Have a good day.

  All the best

  Wojciech