- Issue created by @mariacha1
- Merge request !493git commit -m 'Issue #3463864: Element autocomplete does not validate against list of options → (Open) created by mariacha1
- Status changed to Needs review
9 months ago 8:02pm 25 July 2024 - 🇬🇧United Kingdom mchaplin
I'm afraid I tried the patch
https://git.drupalcode.org/issue/webform-3463864/-/commit/a527618b7181cb...
based on the changes and it failed.The issue is that it is taking the input $value (a textual string eg 'location1 from my custom options') and then looking in a keyed array $options[$value] eg $options['location1 from my custom options'] which doesn't exist. It should be eg $options[1] etc.
So while it prevents the form from submitting if a bad value is entered, it also prevents the form from submitting if a valid option is chosen.
- First commit to issue fork.
- 🇺🇸United States jrockowitz Brooklyn, NY
The autocomplete element is meant to provide suggested values and not be a replacement for a select menu.
- 🇨🇦Canada andrew.wang
I think this has a valid use case - there's a webform on my site that asks the user to select from one of many thousands of species. It doesn't make sense to use a select menu in this case as it'd be a crazy user experience to ask user to choose one from thousands of options from a dropdown menu. Using an autocomplete field with the patch in this issue applied works great for us.