Fix: Record Merging “Auto-populate” preference applies in reverse #7478
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- Verify that enabling the Auto-populate preference pre-fills merge fields, while disabling it leaves them blank.
I noticed that for some fields they are not auto-populated when they should be or they are auto-populated when they shouldn't be. I'm not sure why this is or if this is intentional but I've been able to recreate it with a few different fields.
With auto-populate on the date of birth and death precision are not populated:
With auto-populate off numerous fields are still populated:
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… enabled and leaves them blank when disabled
Triggered by ba1cb77 on branch refs/heads/issue-4869
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- Verify that enabling the Auto-populate preference pre-fills merge fields, while disabling it leaves them blank.
Looks good, my previous issue was fixed!
Auto-populate on:
Auto-populate off:
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Fixes #4869
The record merging dialog was using the auto-populate preference in reverse—fields were prefilled when the preference was disabled and left blank when enabled. The boolean check has been corrected so that enabling the preference now correctly triggers field auto-population.
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