for setting criteria: field value list – easier selection!

[Markus Barrera-Kolb]

When using a field value as criteria for a database row, it's very painstaking to scroll through the necessarily insanely long list of record fields to find the one you want – there should be a way to find the field you're looking for much more quickly. Either through hierarchical display, where the formats are displayed and the fields can be expanded by clicking on the desired format, or by including a search function, or both.

As a side note, the list is not even in any discernible order (e.g. alphabetic), which would at least be a start in making it easier to navigate...

Edited November 12, 2015 by Markus Barrera-Kolb

[bcd]

agreed - although you can start typing to jump to that letter in the list.

[Art V]

+1 for better display, and would prefer hierarchical display to be an option next to alphabetic.

Sometimes it is useful to go by the record if different fields of that same record are being used, that would make it easier to find the records than searching by name (e.g. if one field name starts with "A" and another starts with "T" they would be close to each other)

Edited November 13, 2015 by Art V