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Well the reason of the drop down is that now it does not store the make as text, but takes the ID of that make to link it to the makes table. So when you pick something in the list, it actually saves the ID behind it (e.g. 1 for Unknown, 10 for Ford, 11 for Chevrolet, etc.).
I could try to sort the makes by number of vehicles in them, to have the main ones displayed at top, that would help. I'll see if it is easily feasible.
For the MB shortcut, indeed that does not work anymore. When you type "Mer" it is the 3rd one, you can pick it from the list. Indeed it is a little longer than before for that specific case.
I could add an option for those who want to disable the drop-down. The page would then try to match with the name entered, but then for some makes which share a name it would be more difficult.
Another solution would be to add some shortcuts for popular makes, like MB for Mercedes-Benz, and some 1-letter or 2-letter combination not used in actual makes as shortcuts for popular ones. I'll see if it is easy or not to make.
Or it is maybe just a matter of habit, and after a few days it would be fine
Even when using the history from the browser I used to type at least a few characters before picking something in a list (or just doing copy/paste from the comment, as often I copy the whole name and then paste/cut/paste parts in the various fields), so for me the list seemed not change much from before.
Everybody use the site with some habits, hence the difficulty in any change
That's also why I created the thread in the admin section to have some feedback before putting everything on the official site. In this case this was in test since 25 January, but had feedback only from two admins (second one only a few days ago).
I could try to sort the makes by number of vehicles in them, to have the main ones displayed at top, that would help. I'll see if it is easily feasible.
For the MB shortcut, indeed that does not work anymore. When you type "Mer" it is the 3rd one, you can pick it from the list. Indeed it is a little longer than before for that specific case.
I could add an option for those who want to disable the drop-down. The page would then try to match with the name entered, but then for some makes which share a name it would be more difficult.
Another solution would be to add some shortcuts for popular makes, like MB for Mercedes-Benz, and some 1-letter or 2-letter combination not used in actual makes as shortcuts for popular ones. I'll see if it is easy or not to make.
Or it is maybe just a matter of habit, and after a few days it would be fine
Even when using the history from the browser I used to type at least a few characters before picking something in a list (or just doing copy/paste from the comment, as often I copy the whole name and then paste/cut/paste parts in the various fields), so for me the list seemed not change much from before.
Everybody use the site with some habits, hence the difficulty in any change
That's also why I created the thread in the admin section to have some feedback before putting everything on the official site. In this case this was in test since 25 January, but had feedback only from two admins (second one only a few days ago).