[4.x]: Conditional fields not auto-refreshing on users/globals/orders etc

[CharlieGentle]

What happened?

Description

Conditional fields don't work properly when on an element type that doesn't auto save. Elements must be manually saved for the fields to display.

Steps to reproduce

1. Add lightswitch field to user.
2. Add conditional field that is conditional on the lightswitch
3. Go to a user and switch on/off the lightswitch

Expected behavior

Conditional field should show/hide based on switch.

Actual behavior

Conditional field doesn't show/hide until user is saved.

Craft CMS version

4.3.1

PHP version

8.1

Operating system and version

No response

Database type and version

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Image driver and version

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Installed plugins and versions

[brianjhanson]

This is working as expected at the moment. In order to determine which fields should be displayed (and update the UI) we need to save a draft. That means if autosaveDrafts is false the fields won't update automatically.

[CharlieGentle]

This is fine for elements that autosave but the problem is that Globals, Users and Orders can't autosave.

[brianjhanson]

Yeah, that's a limitation with the current implementation. In Craft 5 we plan to consolidate Globals and Singles which will enable support on that front. Orders and users are a bit more complicated and will require another solution.

[Michael-Paragonn]

I just wasted a bunch of time troubleshooting why my conditional fields were not updating, finally arriving here after almost reporting this as a bug with a 3rd-party plugin. 🥴

@brandonkelly Request: 🙏 If Auto-Save Drafts is disabled for a site/environment, add a little notice in the field conditions side panel noting that Auto-Save Drafts is needed for conditional fields to dynamically update... something like this:

Thanks!

[brandonkelly]

Good suggestion @Michael-Paragonn! Just released Craft 4.5.6 with that: (77930ee)