Custom Field Design
If this proposal might work for others, can you please like the comment so maybe Wrike will take it into consideration.
I have mentioned numerous times to our account management team over the years that the layout of the custom fields need reworked. The customer needs more control over them. Here is what I have proposed:
1). Add a dedicated row (or dropdown list) for CF Groups at the top of the Project Details and Task screens
2). Allow the customer to label these group names as needed (e.g. Budget)
3). Allow the customer to decide which CFs go into each CF Group (e.g. all budget related CFs in Budget) - perhaps you could use similar code that you use for the selecting the CFs to add to Table View?
4). Allow the customer to arrange the viewable CFs in each CF Group by the order needed - preferably in a way that doesn't require creative naming.
5). Keep the multiple columns (at least 2) when the fields are displayed - this will also further reduce scrolling on the screen.
The above approach would allow the customer to only display those fields they need to view for that task or project. It will would shorten the number of fields displayed on the screen (less scrolling) and it would help us keep them organized. If we can have CFs grouped, we would likely no longer need to prefix every CF name so they are ordered together. We have some really long CF names that may only have 3-5 characters of data in them - all because we have to prefix the CF to organize them. Long CF names make the columns realllllllllly wide in some views (e.g. Table) and in some reports.
We appreciate that Wrike is trying to come up with a solution with the redesign of LightSpeed. Hopefully you will take this feedback into consideration.
Thank you so much for such detailed feedback Michael Kelley!
I'll now pass it on to the team responsible for custom fields 👍
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