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I have 2 contact subtypes, "Subtype A" and "Subtype B". They both share use the same custom fields, "Custom Fields A".

However when I remove "Subtype A" from a contact and select "Subtype B", I get the following warning:

"One or more contact subtypes have been de-selected from the list for this contact. Any custom data associated with de-selected subtype will be removed. Click OK to proceed, or Cancel to review your changes before saving."

It seems Civi doesn't detect that the subtypes shares exactly the same custom data, and as a result no data is lost which is good. I'm just wondering if there is any way to be more intelligent about the way this message is displayed?

function warnSubtypeDataLoss( )
{
   var submittedSubtypes = cj('#contact_sub_type').val();
   var defaultSubtypes   = {/literal}{$oldSubtypes}{literal};

   var warning = false;
   cj.each(defaultSubtypes, function(index, subtype) {
      if ( cj.inArray(subtype, submittedSubtypes) < 0 ) {
         warning = true;
      }
   });

   if ( warning ) {
      return confirm( 'One or more contact subtypes have been de-selected from the list for this contact. Any custom data associated with de-selected subtype will be removed. Click OK to proceed, or Cancel to review your changes before saving.' );
   }
   return true;
}