Make question field optional in Branching Scenario: Branching Question

Submitted by jeremydouglass on Tue, 04/26/2022 - 22:40
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BACKGROUND

Currently the Branching Scenerio: Branching Question has a required field "question." If not filled in, it displays the error:

     The text field is required and must have a value.

This can be ignored, and the form saved -- then in preview, it displays the text string "undefined" instead of an empty question.

 

FEATURE REQUEST

The question text should not be a required field, and should display nothing or an empty string if undefined or empty. In the context of branching choices, many choice sets are self-explanatory due to the interactive context, and do not require a prompt. A great example is An Unexpected Demo:

https://www.olivertacke.de/labs/2019/09/04/an-unexpected-demo/

It uses placeholder prompt "What would you like to do?" -- but for most branching works (from CYOA to Bandersnatch) this is redundant, and they would simply provide a list of actions. Of course, being able to frame a choice set on the choice screen is important for many forms of pedagogy, and even in interactive fiction it can be a great option to editorialize on the choice, with the choice ("Would you like to interrupt the cursing, raging dwarf who's wielding his battle axe?") but it shouldn't be a hard requirement.

 

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Make question field optional in Branching Question
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Branching Scenario
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BV52

Wed, 04/27/2022 - 19:08

Hi Jeremy,

Thank you for contributing your ideas on how to make H5P better! There are developers in the community who every now and then work on a feature they find interesting or useful. You can also help by developing or help (crowd) fund the development of this feature.

-BV

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jeremydouglass

Thu, 04/28/2022 - 21:27

Thank you, BV. For next steps, would you recommend that I open an issue on this repo:

https://github.com/h5p/h5p-editor-branching-scenario/issues

...and / or submitting a pull request? Is that preferred to the feature request forum, or should I do both feature request forum and github issues? I see that there is also a jira board. I want to contribute in whatever way core devs prefer.

Also, regarding (crowd)funding, I'm interested in contributing and have an open question about that on a separate thread -- https://h5p.org/comment/45583#comment-45583

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BV52

Fri, 04/29/2022 - 18:24

Hi Jeremy,

It doesn't really matter which platform you post a feature request in. The product lead reviews all of them (Jira, Github and forum), then decides if it will be developed or not.

With regards to a bounty/funding development the core team may not be able to accept any new projects until probably late this year (last time it was mentioned they have a full schedule until this summer). Other developers may be able to develop the feature such as Otacke.

-BV

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otacke

Fri, 04/29/2022 - 21:15

Hi all!

Please find the tiny changes required in the pull request at https://github.com/h5p/h5p-branching-question/pull/33.

Best,
Oliver

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BV52

Mon, 05/02/2022 - 17:50

Thanks Ollie!