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When modifying a section field, lock the ID

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When initially building a section the ID of the fields should follow the name of the fields, however, when editing later, a field should be renamable without breaking the code- the ID for the field could be locked to remain the same.

This could either be done after the section has first been “created/published”
OR there could be a smart check to see if the field has already been used in the code, and lock the ID after it has been.
OR We could allow the user a checkbox to “lock” the ID manually when editing the field name

Posted by Matt Jones ·
Status: Completed1 comment

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  • Matt Jones

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    Mar 26

    One serious reason for this is that data could be lost if the field name changes. This would support being a bit stricter, e.g. locking the field ID by default, and maybe allowing it to be “unlocked”.