Maintain extra fields on upload

[ivansg44]

Maintain extra fields on upload

[ddooley]

I like the idea of flagging that a user column is a "custom" column by giving it a color in header. Maybe we need a wee legend at bottom.
field legend: [yellow] required [violet] recommended [green] custom user field

[ddooley]

later we could add functionality to enable users to drag them around but the fact that they placed them adjacent to others in a section is a positive in my UI book.

[ivansg44]

Good idea on the legend, but I think we should hide the legend in a "Help" menu on the top-left toolbar. The menu could also have a link to the SOP, and maybe the version information.

In the name of further decluttering the screen, it might be worth while moving the add rows functionality to the Settings menu too. However, Google Sheets has a similar add-rows button near the bottom of the spreadsheet.

[ivansg44]

I would also avoid using green, because yellow and green are a notably bad combination for colour-blind users.

[ddooley]

UI is a delicate balance indeed. One thing I personally like to do is have the various elements that can be handy in a screen snapshot / diagram / printout visible on a line that one can choose to include or exclude during the screen grab. E.g. if a bottom line has legend, date of screen capture, version #. Others would say lets just create a switch to show/hide such elements in one go. Re. #rows input, I can see why one might tuck that into a menu. Its used maybe once during a work session.

[ddooley]

re. green, maybe you know of another pallet combo. I'm guessing to address color blind users, switching to patterned backgrounds would be a future solution.