Rich Text Field Showing Javascript Code

Sorry this post took a direction I really did not intend!  However, let me provide my 2cents on all of this.  I joined quick base about 1 1/2 years ago representing a company sized of about 40 employees.  We dont have a development team....  I am the COO and computer savvy with an interest in programming but little formal training.....

Quick base out of the box is fantastic but has limitations.  People are using javascript to solve problems.  I know that when clients use outside tools to solve problems in my industry it means I have some gaps.....  The answer should not be to eliminate that functionality without providing the resources to solve those problems.  I certainly hope that you are going to provide a way to solve for these challenges first.

As to support.....  I had not honestly thought of such an elementary idea of just copying the button and creating multiple fields to use.  I know it sounds silly...  But I did reach out on community and this was the advice received.....  After reaching quick base support.

I cannot tell you how many times I am told go to a partner which for a smaller business does not work.  I am already spending a lot of money on quick base, so the support needs to be thorough enough to provide solutions....

As to my specific problem I will certainly go the multiple field route as it is simple enough to implement to fix my issue.....  But I really think you have a bigger issue here....  A casual mention in the community of preventing future javascript is not a very good communication plan....I apologize to call that out, but that is really not the right place for such an announcement.  

I love quick base, since joining I am a huge fan....  But I think you have uncovered some issues here on a few fronts I really hope will be taken seriously....  Harrison or anyone if any need to discuss further offline feel free to reach out (iweiss@elitestudioe.com) but I do really hope this is going to be handled well as it is going to create a bit issue in a number of ways.  

I understand, like everyone does, that javascript is not officially supported.....  But there is a reason it is there....  And more importantly best be really careful how this is all communicated and what options are going to be available in lieu of the most common javascript uses.

For example, I have no idea how to even implement javscript in a code page for our use....  So maybe need some training on that too.

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Ivan Weiss
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Hi Ivan,

No worries at all and thank you for the great conversation! It's so important for us to have this open dialogue. I just wanted to respond once more to kind of wrap things up for now. While partners are an important part of our community, it should not be necessary to work with a partner to create common types of buttons in Quick Base. If it appears that way, there may either be a misunderstanding or we may want to evaluate that situation, to see how adding a new feature there might benefit all users. The more pieces of your app you build using native QB features rather than JS code you may not be very familiar with, puts more control in your hands to customize and extend your app. The idea of copying a formula field I shared above is just one example, and we we've observed many reaching for javascript quickly to accomplish something in Quick Base where there may be other options.

We've shared some detail about why we're making the javascipt change later this year, as well as some info on how to address the workflow issue from the opening post without using javascript. So I would encourage folks interested to read this thread from the beginning, and to add your own thoughts.

For more information about these javascript changes, keep an eye out for an official announcement post from us in the coming months. My apologies for the slightly premature announcement here, and anyone should feel free to email me at bcafferelli@quickbase.com if you'd like to follow up offline.

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Brian Cafferelli
Product Marketing Manager | Quick Base
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