When creating a new document that has a uid field that uid field auto-updates with the content from the most recently updated text field until the uid field is manually edited. Is there anyway to set the source field the uid uses to generate its content? e.g. There are 3 fields on a document, a hea…

Hey Diz, So I created an issue with the Dev team about this and hopefully at some they can find time to work on this. Whenever they have any update about if/when they will work on this I'll update you here. Though as Levi pointed out: [image] Levi: Unfortunately at the moment there is no way …

Hey Ben, This is a known issue that is being tracked in this thread, the workaround is to save after you enter the first line of text. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks.

Hi Thanks Phil, That seems like an odd bug. What do you do with pages that have already picked up the bug? Like the screenshot above? I don't really want to tell a client to have to delete lots of pages.

They can edit the slug manually. Just copy and paste the title in to that field.

Hey Ben, This is a low priority to be fixed and will most likely be tackled at the end of the year.

Is this still in the pipeline for this year? In my opinion, this is a serious issue, as content editors can initially see the slug being autogenerated from the title, but then don't realise it's being replaced as they move across the different content tabs, meaning all generated slugs have essentia…

Hello @studiotreble , thanks for joining the conversation. We understand why this could not be the ideal expected behavior for all use cases. We consider all feedback. However, we aren't working on this at the moment. We update our progress page regularly to give transparency about all the new feat…

Hi Pau, that's disappointing but I appreciate the transparency. Thanks

Hello, Have you find a fix for this or it still an issue ? because I am facing the same problem.

Hello there, Thank so much I just figured out where to configure that and It works perfectly. I think with this solution closes the issue.

I'm still seeing this issue and have a client who is concerned he might miss this when creating new posts. Saving the document first or adding the "useAsTitle" key doesn't resolve it. Any update on when this might be fixed?

The uid field seems to auto fill based on the most recently updated text field

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guy.proops (Guy Proops) April 18, 2024, 2:39pm 68

Thanks for clarifying. The team is taking a look into and I'll post an update in here once I have a timeline on a resolution.

Best,
Guy

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The uid field seems to auto fill based on the most recently updated text field

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