From 3f658b0af6d3cf84a686c8d7eb948929520e6323 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederick Muriuki Muriithi
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 16:05:40 -0500
Subject: Fix entry/selection of population families.

Populations can be grouped into families for presentation in the
menus. They can also be left ungrouped. These "families" are general
categories of data, whose only effect is to present the selection of
the populations from the menus in a more organised form.

The families can also differ from species to species, though there are
some very general categories that span multiple (all?) species.

This commit takes all the above into consideration, relaxing the entry
constraints and making entry of the families a lot more flexible.
---
 .../templates/populations/create-population.html   | 39 ++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

(limited to 'uploader/templates')

diff --git a/uploader/templates/populations/create-population.html b/uploader/templates/populations/create-population.html
index c0c4f45..007b6bf 100644
--- a/uploader/templates/populations/create-population.html
+++ b/uploader/templates/populations/create-population.html
@@ -154,24 +154,35 @@
          {%else%}
          class="form-group"
          {%endif%}>
-      <label for="select-population-family" class="form-label">Family</label>
-      <select id="select-population-family"
-              name="population_family"
-              class="form-control"
-              required="required">
-        <option value="">Please select a family</option>
+      <label for="txt-population-family" class="form-label">Family</label>
+      <input type="text"
+             id="txt-population-family"
+             name="population_family"
+             class="form-control"
+             list="families-list" />
+      <datalist id="families-list">
         {%for family in families%}
-        <option value="{{family}}"
-                {%if error_values.population_family == family%}
-                selected="selected"
-                {%endif%}>{{family}}</option>
+        <option value="{{family}}">{{family}}</option>
         {%endfor%}
-      </select>
+      </datalist>
       <small class="form-text text-muted">
         <p>
-          This is a rough grouping of the populations in GeneNetwork into lists
-          of common types of populations.
-        </p>
+          This is <strong>optional</strong> metadata. It is used to group
+          populations into "families" for presentation in the menus.
+          {%if families | length > 0%}
+          Examples of currently existing families are:
+          <ul>
+            {%for family in families[0:7]%}
+            <li>{{family}}</li>
+            {%endfor%}
+            <li>etc.</li>
+          </ul>
+          {%endif%}
+
+          You can
+          {%if families|length>0%} select from existing families, or {%endif%}
+          create a new family by typing in the input box above. You can also
+          leave the family blank.</p>
       </small>
     </div>
 
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