Editing objects

You can edit an item or category.

Inline editing

In the IBM® Product Master, interface for inline editable attributes, you can edit the value in the text box without bringing up the pop-up editor. The text boxes have an icon inside the text box towards the right-top corner of the text box, clicking on which will bring up the pop-up editor to edit the same value. The inline text box also has an auto-expand and auto-shrink feature, which means it would expand and shrink in height as the user would type and edit the value inline. The height of the text box keeps expanding until it reaches the maximum height of the text area, as defined in the user settings. As the height of the text box maximizes, the icon to open the pop-up editor stays at the top-right corner of the text box. Once the content expands beyond the maximum height of the text box a scroll bar appears. At any point if you switch back and forth from pop-up to inline editor or inline to pop-up editor, the edited value is synchronized in both the editors.

Editing using Single Edit

You can navigate to the Single-Edit UI in the following ways:
  • Select an item on the left-navigation panel. This option launches single-item edit page.
  • Search for an item and select it from a list of results in the Search results page. This option launches the single-edit pop-up editor.
  • Select an item in a multi-edit page. This option launches the single-edit pop-up editor.
You can edit the attributes of an item in the Single Edit screen using any of the following ways:
  • Edit the value inline (if the attribute is inline editable) using inline editing feature
  • Click on the image button icon. Clicking on the image button (icon) within the field via the mouse, will display the editor for that particular attribute.
  • Double-click within the field.
  • Use the keyboard command Ctrl+Enter.
When modifying an attribute in a spec from the item edit screen, the spec attribute changes are only seen after you have exited the screen and return back to the item.

Editing using Multi Edit

You can navigate to the Multi-Edit UI in the following ways:
  • Select the View X items link on the left-navigation panel. This option launches multi-edit page.
  • Search for items and the list of results in the Search results page. This option provides a multi-edit view.
You can use the inline editing feature in the Multi Edit screen using any of the following ways:
  • Edit the value inline (if the attribute is inline editable) using inline editing feature when in edit mode.
  • Click on the image button icon.
  • Double-click within the field when in edit mode.
  • Use the keyboard command Ctrl+Enter when in edit-mode.
Note: The multi-edit table shows a distinction between editable and non-editable cells through the use of shading. If a row is shaded, it is not editable.

When editing a multiple-line input field, for example, when the input field wraps to a new line while it is being edited, the grid will not display correctly until after you finish in Edit mode and click Enter or click on another cell. After either of these actions are taken, the grid refreshes and the row is correctly displayed.

When you are creating an item, ensure that you are familiar with the following notes:

  • The maximum length defined for a string and rich text attribute is defined by the number of bytes (instead of characters).
  • For a rich text attribute, the HTML markup tags are included in the total number of bytes calculation. For example, <b>Hello</b> is counted as 12 bytes instead of 5 bytes.
  • The maximum number of characters that can be entered in a string attribute will be fewer than the maxLength if any of the following type characters are used:
    • double-byte characters, or
    • 2-byte characters, or
    • 4-byte GB18030 characters.
    As an example, the use of the 5000 maxLength string attribute allows up to 1333 double-byte characters.
See Product accessibility for shortcuts that can help you navigate between editors on the Single Edit page using the new user interface.