Issue Editing Taxon Form in Specify 7

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Hi @Heryk,

In most cases, Specify will look for the view definition named exactly as the table is (in your case, Specify is looking for the Taxon view definition, ignoring Taxon2):

See this section of the “Editing Forms in Specify” doc:

View Definition Names

In most cases, the table has the same view name as its default view (e.g. Collection Object will display the view definition named CollectionObject, Accession will display Accession, and Collecting Event will display CollectingEvent).

Some tables use a special name for the view definition that is not always the same as the name of the table. The entire list of such cases are included below:

Table Name Default View Name
Attachment AttachmentsForm
Collecting Trip CollectingTripForm
Journal JournalForm
Other Identifier OtherIdentifiers
FieldNotebookAttachment ObjectAttachment
FieldNotebookPageSet ObjectAttachment
…

Because there is a default Taxon form, it uses that instead of the one you’ve defined. The reason there is the possibility to name a view definition is for cases where you need to reference them as a viewname="" when editing the XML for a subview (e.g. Determination or Preparation).

If you create a view definition named “Taxon” in the appropriate collection/discipline app resource directory, you should see the custom form! Can you let me know if you have any issues after trying this?

Thank you!

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