One of the most popular features we added to the Movie Connect software in the past few years is the Pre-fill screen. You know, the screen that pops up when adding new movies from Core and lets you “pre-fill” some fields for the new additions, right there and then. Without having to go back and edit the entries afterwards. A big time-saver for most users.

The set of fields that is available on the Pre-fill screen has always been fixed, limited to Location, Owner, Purchase Date/Store/Price, Quantity and Tags.

However, after the release of this feature, we instantly started getting requests for more fields to be added to the Pre-fill screen. Which makes sense, I mean, if you always fill in a field that is not on the Pre-fill screen, you would have to “edit after adding” anyway, rendering the entire Pre-fill screen useless…

So today we are taking the Pre-fill feature to the next level by making the screen completely user-configurable. That is, to allow you to choose your own Pre-fill fields!

And while we were at it, we made some other related improvements. Here’s what’s new today:

  • User-configurable Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields
  • Pre-fill: new for personal Date fields: Fill with “Today”
  • The Pre-fill screen is now also used to set field defaults

User-configurable Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields

Out of the box, the new Pre-fill screen will start with the fields that have always been on the screen: Location, Owner, Purchase Date/Store/Price, Quantity and Tags.
But now, you can remove and add fields to fit *your* needs!

To get started: In the Pre-fill screen, on the bottom right, tap the little “gears” icon. This will open a screen called “Select Pre-fill Fields”. There, you can check and uncheck fields.

TIP: use the drag icons to change the order of the Current fields! Some fields take half the Pre-fill screen width, other fields are full width. So you may want to play around with the order of fields to get the most “compact” layout.

Pre-fill: new for personal Date fields: Fill with “Today”

New, in the Pre-fill screen: “Fill with Today” toggles for the Purchase Date and Viewing Date.
If you add one of these fields to your Pre-fill screen, they will automatically show an extra “Fill with Today” toggle on the right of the input box, which will always automatically set the date to today’s date. Super useful if you are always adding your new movies on the same day you purchase them!

The Pre-fill screen is now also used to set field defaults

The functionality of the Field Defaults screen and the Pre-fill screen has always been comparable, so we figured it was the time to merge the two. The old Field Default screen has now been ditched and you can now set your field defaults with the Pre-fill screen, through the new menu option “Pre-fill Settings”.
The main advantage: you can now set field defaults for any field you want 🙂

NOTE: if you disable the Pre-fill screen, so that it does not show when adding, then you can use the “Pre-fill fields even when screen not shown setting to use the chosen values as field defaults.


Recent changes

New “search for…” suggestions when adding movies by title Aug 01, 2024 Improved search behaviour May 24, 2024 Improved managing and editing of pick list fields Apr 08, 2024 Connect is now available in Swedish! Feb 21, 2024 Connect is now available in Danish! Jan 30, 2024 Improvements to the Collections and Edit Multiple features Nov 20, 2023 Complete re-design of Edit Multiple feature Oct 30, 2023 Pre-fill screen: Orange highlights and a Clear button Oct 30, 2023 Improved search results in the Link with Core screen Oct 12, 2023 Connect is now available in French, Spanish and Hungarian! Sep 29, 2023 Improved Import from CSV/TXT screen Aug 16, 2023 Printing / Exporting a selection is now much easier Aug 11, 2023 Modify the Cast and Crew lists of your movie entries! Jul 20, 2023 Connect is now available in German! Jul 04, 2023 Re-designed collection tab-bar May 04, 2023 Connect is now available in Dutch! Apr 27, 2023 New collection view : Vertical Cards! Jul 07, 2022 Lots of new features and tweaks in one go! Jun 29, 2022 Improved Pre-fill screen: choose your own fields! Mar 04, 2022 New “Add from Core” settings: select which fields you want to download from Core Nov 25, 2021 New: Progress bars for slower actions Nov 24, 2021 Search by Barry / Cloud Visibility per Collection Sep 21, 2021 Easier Columns & Sorting / remove Core covers / more Field Defaults Sep 01, 2021 Set Box Set covers, enhanced Collection Status filter and more Update from Core fields Aug 13, 2021 New: add website links to your movie entries Mar 18, 2021

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