Edit Orders v4.0 Support Thread

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Originally Posted by lat9

v4.1.4 installs some items in the configuration menu (Configuration->Edit Orders) via the file /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/classes/eo_plugin.php.

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Thanks :)

Hi TIA.
My store is using text attributes with multiple lines of text, when editing a order the attribute looses the line breaks and combines into one line without spaces, is there any fix for it to keep the formatting?

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Originally Posted by ShopVille

Hi TIA.
My store is using text attributes with multiple lines of text, when editing a order the attribute looses the line breaks and combines into one line without spaces, is there any fix for it to keep the formatting?

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Try changing the "text" input box into a "textarea" (/admin/edit_orders.php). Most browsers strip newlines and extraneous spaces from "text" input boxes.

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Originally Posted by lhungil

Try changing the "text" input box into a "textarea" (/admin/edit_orders.php). Most browsers strip newlines and extraneous spaces from "text" input boxes.

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Thanks can you help with where in the file i have to edit?

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Originally Posted by ShopVille

Thanks can you help with where in the file i have to edit?

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Change the field type of your text attributes to a textarea..

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Originally Posted by DivaVocals

Change the field type of your text attributes to a textarea..

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I only have the following options:
Dropdown
Text
Radio
Checkbox
File
Read Only

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Originally Posted by ShopVille

I only have the following options:
Dropdown
Text
Radio
Checkbox
File
Read Only

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Not sure if there is a "fix" for your issue.. As lhungil pointed out "Most browsers strip newlines and extraneous spaces from "text" input boxes.". Not an issue caused persay by Edit Orders..

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Originally Posted by DivaVocals

Not sure if there is a "fix" for your issue.. As lhungil pointed out "Most browsers strip newlines and extraneous spaces from "text" input boxes.". Not an issue caused persay by Edit Orders..

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Right not caused by Edit Orders but only happens when editing since the browser will strip the lines

After looking a bit further, there is a real easy option to allow product attributes with user entered multiline text. So I was wrong earlier, no need to edit "/admin/edit_orders.php" (it has been awhile since I have looked through the product attribute display code in Zen Cart).

Zen Cart out of box supports changing individual "text" option names (attributes) to use a textarea HTML element instead of an input HTML element (with a type attribute of text). As Edit Orders uses almost the exact same code as a stock Zen Cart product page (minor modifications for handling of downloads), turning this option on for the "text" option name in Zen Cart will also switch to using a textarea HTML element.

How to enable support for multiline "text" product options:

1. Log into the Zen Cart administrative interface.
2. Navigate the menu's to "Catalog" -> "Option Name Manager".
3. Find the option name (option type: text) and click the associated "edit" button.
4. Change "rows" to the number of rows to display (for multiline input must be greater than 1).
5. Click the "update" button.

NOTE: Tested and verified to work under Zen Cart 1.5.1+ and Edit Orders 4.1.3+ (probably earlier as well - but these are my current test environments. The setting is documented in the wiki (Google FTW).

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Originally Posted by lhungil

After looking a bit further, there is a real easy option to allow product attributes with user entered multiline text. So I was wrong earlier, no need to edit "/admin/edit_orders.php" (it has been awhile since I have looked through the product attribute display code in Zen Cart).

Zen Cart out of box supports changing individual "text" option names (attributes) to use a textarea HTML element instead of an input HTML element (with a type attribute of text). As Edit Orders uses almost the exact same code as a stock Zen Cart product page (minor modifications for handling of downloads), turning this option on for the "text" option name in Zen Cart will also switch to using a textarea HTML element.

How to enable support for multiline "text" product options:

1. Log into the Zen Cart administrative interface.
2. Navigate the menu's to "Catalog" -> "Option Name Manager".
3. Find the option name (option type: text) and click the associated "edit" button.
4. Change "rows" to the number of rows to display (for multiline input must be greater than 1).
5. Click the "update" button.

NOTE: Tested and verified to work under Zen Cart 1.5.1+ and Edit Orders 4.1.3+ (probably earlier as well - but these are my current test environments. The setting is documented in the wiki (Google FTW).

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This is how i'm set up it keeps the line formatting in the order, however when editing it displays as one line