Make boolean values a checkbox

[schoeke]

The "skip_first" value is supposed to be a boolean. However, the form on the website presented is a text field with no indication what the expected values are (true, True, 1 etc.). The form should be replaced with a well-formed dropdown menu that allows to chose only valid answers.

One example for this wrong behavior is in the RSS feed bee, which is also used as the introductory example. It should probably changed first.

[CalmBit]

I'm not sure if this is still a pressing issue, but perhaps a checkbox would work better than a dropdown box?

Although, to be fair, I kinda wish there was an enum system for bee configuration...

[prologic]

A checkbox makes more sense than a drop-down menu for a Boolean value!

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[muesli]

@CalmBit Do you mean enums for the types?

[CalmBit]

@muesli I think the idea I was roughly trying to express was related to the ability to configure a bee with an enumerated value of some kind. That is to say, if a value can only have a set range of values that would be better served with a string identifier, perhaps some sort of way to expose a true dropdown?

[muesli]

@CalmBit Yeah, that's probably a good idea!

As a heads up: the new admin system has a bit of type reflection, so we can at least handle types differently.

[prologic]

Can we change the title of this ieeue?

Make boolean form a dropdown menu

I do not believe this should be a "dropdown menu". Wrong UI/UX IHMO.