Year/date format suggestion (#2186)

* Year/date format suggestion * More suggestions for date fields * URL suggestion corrected * CHANGELOG.md * Introduce additional biblatex field name constants instead string * Changed switch and separate method * Added switch default * Typo * Some additional field name constants
JabRef · Oct 26, 2016 · a1b838a · a1b838a
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
 - [koppor#5](https://github.com/koppor/jabref/issues/5) When entries are found while dropping a pdf with xmp meta data the found entries will be displayed in the import dialog
 - [koppor#61](https://github.com/koppor/jabref/issues/61) Display gray background text in "Author" and "Editor" field to assist newcomers
 - Updated Vietnam translation
+- Added greyed-out suggestion for `year`/`date`/`url` fields
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed [#2089](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2089): Fixed faulty cite key generation

diff --git a/src/main/java/net/sf/jabref/gui/entryeditor/EntryEditorTab.java b/src/main/java/net/sf/jabref/gui/entryeditor/EntryEditorTab.java
@@ -153,12 +153,7 @@ private void setupPanel(JabRefFrame frame, BasePanel bPanel, boolean addKeyField
                         false);
                 defaultHeight = 0;
             } else {
-                String prompt = "";
-                if (field.equals(FieldName.AUTHOR) || field.equals(FieldName.EDITOR)) {
-                    prompt = String.format("%1$s and %1$s and others", Localization.lang("Firstname Lastname"));
-                }
-
-                fieldEditor = new TextArea(field, null, prompt);
+                fieldEditor = new TextArea(field, null, getPrompt(field));
                 parent.addSearchListener((TextArea) fieldEditor);
                 defaultHeight = fieldEditor.getPane().getPreferredSize().height;
             }
@@ -218,6 +213,39 @@ private void setupPanel(JabRefFrame frame, BasePanel bPanel, boolean addKeyField
         }
     }
 
+    private String getPrompt(String field) {
+        String prompt = "";
+        switch (field) {
+        case FieldName.AUTHOR:
+            prompt = String.format("%1$s and %1$s and others", Localization.lang("Firstname Lastname"));
+            break;
+        case FieldName.EDITOR:
+            prompt = String.format("%1$s and %1$s and others", Localization.lang("Firstname Lastname"));
+            break;
+        case FieldName.YEAR:
+            prompt = String.format("YYYY");
+            break;
+        case FieldName.DATE:
+            prompt = String.format("YYYY-MM-DD");
+            break;
+        case FieldName.URLDATE:
+            prompt = String.format("YYYY-MM-DD");
+            break;
+        case FieldName.EVENTDATE:
+            prompt = String.format("YYYY-MM-DD");
+            break;
+        case FieldName.ORIGDATE:
+            prompt = String.format("YYYY-MM-DD");
+            break;
+        case FieldName.URL:
+            prompt = String.format("https://");
+            break;
+        default:
+            prompt = "";
+            break;
+        }
+        return prompt;
+    }
 
     private BibEntry getEntry() {
         return entry;