Slightly odd behaviour with the filter dialogue

[Peter Mayes]

Just to add that I forgot to do an obvious test, which is to try the 
same thing with the built-in "year" field, which is also a "number". The 
same thing happens. Also, if I fill in a number, e.g. "1", then delete 
it, the "OK" and "Apply" buttons become active. So this behaviour is not 
a function of my own custom "Box" field.


On 12/01/2024 10:31, Peter Mayes wrote:
> This refers to tellico-3.5.1 under Fedora38 Linux
>
> I have recently been in OCD heaven sorting and re-cataloging my 
> collection of around 1,500 classical CDs, and have noticed some 
> strange behaviour.
>
> Since my CDs are ripped to a storage device and played on a network 
> music player, they are stored in boxes in a cupboard. I added a new 
> field "box" to the collection, so I would be able to find a physical 
> CD if needed. It is defined to be of type "Number".
>
> I bring up the filter dialogue and select "Box" and "equals" - I 
> wanted to find any entries that haven't been assigned a box number. So 
> I leave the value field empty. Problem is that the "OK" and "Apply" 
> buttons are not active.
>
> However, I found by trial and error that if I change "Box" to 
> something else and back again, the buttons become active. Similarly if 
> I change "equals" to another condition and back again, the buttons 
> become active. The query then works as expected - I get a list of all 
> CDs not assigned a box number.
>
> Not a big deal, and an easy workaround, but just not quite right somehow.
>
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Best wishes -- Peter
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