@smpfmc said:
It'd be appreciated if you could point me in the right direction with any of this:
Hiya! I'll try my best.
@smpfmc said:
- Is it possible to make the 'users can edit as a text box' a standard option for a custom attribute rather than having to select it?
Not without some fairly-serious Ruby hacking. You could write a custom plugin that would watch for new attributes and set the appropriate attribute to designate them as text editable. Let me know if you're going to pursue this and I could point you in the right direction.
@smpfmc said:
- Is there any way of stopping an attribute value automatically being copied to all similar objects?
If you select the new objects and do a "Make Unique" on them, this will create a ComponentDefinition that is unique to that instance, and you can edit attributes without affecting the rest.
@smpfmc said:
- Is it possible to edit the same attribute on a selection of objects?
Yep. If you have components with attributes of exactly the same attribute names, and you select multiple components at once, the Component Options window will show you these for editing.
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
-Scott