optional uid

Make the uid field optional

install/ui/dialog.js

@@ -188,6 +188,23 @@ IPA.dialog = function(spec) {
 
             var span = $('<span/>', { 'name': field.name }).appendTo(td);
             field.create(span);
+            field.field_span = span;
+
+            if (field.optional){
+                span.css('display','none');
+                td.append(
+                    $('<a/>',{
+                        text: IPA.messages.widget.optional,
+                        href:'',
+                        click: function(){
+                            var span = $(this).prev();
+                            span.css('display','inline');
+                            $(this).css('display','none');
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }));
+            }
+
         }
 
         var sections = that.sections.values;
@@ -327,6 +344,8 @@ IPA.dialog = function(spec) {
             var factory = field_spec.factory || IPA.text_widget;
             field = factory(field_spec);
 
+            field.optional = field_spec.optional || false;
+
             /* This is a bit of a hack, and is here to support ACI
                permissions. The target section is a group of several
                widgets together. It makes more sense to do them as a

install/ui/test/data/ipa_init.json

@@ -15609,6 +15609,7 @@
                         "sudo": "Sudo"
                     },
                     "widget": {
+                        "optional": "Optional field: click to show",
                         "validation_error": "Text does not match field pattern"
                     }
                 }

install/ui/user.js

@@ -119,7 +119,14 @@ IPA.entity_factories.user = function() {
             link: link
         }).
         adder_dialog({
-            fields: ['uid', 'givenname', 'sn']
+            fields: [
+                {
+                    factory : IPA.text_widget,
+                    undo: false,
+                    optional: true,
+                    name:'uid'
+                },
+                'givenname', 'sn']
         });
 
     return builder.build();

ipalib/plugins/internal.py

@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ class i18n_messages(Command):
             "remove":_("Remove ${other_entity} from ${entity} ${primary_key}"),
             },
         "widget":{
+            "optional":_("Optional field: click to show"),
             "validation_error":_("Text does not match field pattern"),
             },
         "ajax":{