Today there was an update called Refreshed linked record picker in Interfaces which makes the record picker for linked fields more compact and consistent. I like the idea, but it breaks some important things in our workflow.
Namely, it does not show images, and it truncates the record names.
Here you can see a snippet of an interface which shows a linked field. There are a few records already linked (circled in green) with image thumbnails appearing on the right side of the card (red arrow). Clicking the "Add group" button opens the new record picker (circled in blue) which severely truncates the record name and does not show image thumbnails.
To confirm the configuration of this field, here are the settings which show that "Part Image" is the first visible field. (Regardless of the position, it always shows up to the right on the cards, which is a handy feature. Here I put it first in line to try to force it to show up in the new record picker.)
The update states "We've updated the linked record picker in Interfaces, now featuring a streamlined UI, width-resizability, and enhanced usability for single-select linked records."
Does anyone know how to resize the width so that I can avoid truncating my record name? Is it possible to have image thumbnails show in the new record picker? Without those features, my interface has become unusable.
I was also confused about adding records, since the + button disappeared, but found that you just have to start typing to see the option to create a new record.
Not ideal for workflows like this one where I want users to create a new record every time--and the record creation form is not sufficient since it does not automatically link records based on the context.
That's a helpful workaround, but definitely not ideal.
Most of my users see a UI like the one in your screenshot, but in my account, I see something different - see below.
I checked and this does not appear to be a permissions (Editor vs Creator) issue. It could be a rollout issue, not sure.
Agreed that the button up top was a better implementation, and I hope we can bring that back.
In other news, I fiddled around and realized that it does show images if the field is an attachment. It does not show images if the field is a lookup.
So I'm hoping this is a bug/oversight and we can get them to show up regardless of the field type.
