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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ const uiSchema = {
};
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In addition it is valid to mark an array as "required". This means the user must select at least one item to add to the array.

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I'm realizing slightly late that this is overlapping with the minItems jsonschema directive. I think the jsonschema spec wants a required object array property to be an array, possibly an empty one. With jsonschema, if we wanted at least one item in our array, we'd set minItems to 1 instead of relying on the required directive.

So that's a strong direction we're taking here, we're officially diverging from the jsonschema spec to fit Web forms use cases & habits. Is everybody okay with this?

Would appreciate inputs from @MoOx @maartenth @olzraiti @leplatrem @Natim @dehli

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Fair call. I wasn't aware of that directive. If we can achieve a similar effect with existing code that is standards compliant I would certainly support that.

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Indeed that's a serious diff. Not sure I am comfortable with that but I guess we can't have the silver bullet.

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The SelectWidget is an interesting case. In truth I don't use it much because I've written my own custom widget based on react-select which better suited my needs for a nullable and multiselect-able drop down widget. (Happy to share if anyone wants it, but I thought since it was an extra dependency it was better off outside the core project.)

I could be convinced to do it here as well, since of course the "required" tag won't work, and while I prefer react-select for this case, perhaps like dates we possibly should cater for the most general case.

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This wouldn't affect my code base, but I'm not sure if we would benefit enough from adding this considering the consequences.

We aren't extending the json schema spec in a way that would make something possible that was impossible before (using minItem provides the functionality that is wanted here). We are merely making something more convenient than before, with the cost of breaking compatibility with json schema spec.

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JSON Schema is not a form builder

The issue is that people import existing schemas and expect them to work with forms with no need to tweak their schemas (uiSchemas have been introduced for that specific purpose).

That could be addressed with an appropriate FAQ/Caveats section though. The same way we could document the minItems jsonschema directive.

the difference between an empty array and undefined is simply not visible in a form

That's indeed a fair point. Another approach would be to make the difference actually visible, but that's rather tricky to get right, and would probably clutter UX a lot. Also this would have to work with bootstrap and other styles.

So my current thinking is:

  1. Keep the empty string as undefined value feature from this patch.
  2. Remove the required array should contain at least one item one and add proper docs describing how to achieve it using the minItems jsonschema directive.
  3. Leave SelectWidget as it is, users should provide enum values matching their expectations.

What do people think?

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I agree with you @n1k0 . I'm currently using minItems in my application b/c that's the json-schema way of doing it. If we added documentation describing it, then it'll be more obvious that it's the way to do it.

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Sounds good to me! Empty string as undefined seems well-grounded.

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I'm OK with your proposed solution, @n1k0. I think it is an improvement to the current situation either way.

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Good, @crumblix would you mind updating the patch accordingly if you agree with this decision? :)

Thanks a bunch 👍


See the "Arrays" section of the playground for cool demos.

### Autogenerated widget ids
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if (event) {
event.preventDefault();
}
var newitems = this.state.items.filter((_, i) => i !== index);
if (newitems.length == 0) {
newitems = undefined;
}
this.asyncSetState({
items: this.state.items.filter((_, i) => i !== index)
items: newitems
}, {validate: true}); // refs #195

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const items = this.state.items.filter((_, i) => i !== index);
this.asyncSetState({
  items: items.length > 0 ? items : undefined,
}, {validate: true}); // refs #195

};
};
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}

renderMultiSelect() {
const {schema, idSchema, uiSchema, disabled, readonly, autofocus} = this.props;
const {schema, idSchema, uiSchema, disabled, required, readonly, autofocus} = this.props;
const {items} = this.state;
const {widgets, definitions} = this.props.registry;
const itemsSchema = retrieveSchema(schema.items, definitions);
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<Widget
id={idSchema && idSchema.$id}
multiple
required={required}
onChange={this.onSelectChange}
options={options}
schema={schema}
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value,
readonly,
autofocus,
onChange,
options, // eslint-disable-line
schema, // eslint-disable-line
formContext, // eslint-disable-line
registry, // eslint-disable-line
...inputProps
} = props;
const _onChange = props.onChange;
return (
<input
{...inputProps}
className="form-control"
readOnly={readonly}
autoFocus={autofocus}
value={typeof value === "undefined" ? "" : value}
onChange={(event) => onChange(event.target.value)}/>
onChange={(event) => {if (event.target.value == "") {
return _onChange(undefined);
} else {
return _onChange(event.target.value);
}}}/>

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const _onChange = ({target: {value}}) => {
  return props.onChange(value === "" ? undefined : value);
};
// ...
onChange={_onChange} />

);
}

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}

function deselectValue(value, selected) {
return selected.filter(v => v !== value);
var ret = selected.filter(v => v !== value);
if (ret.length == 0) {
return undefined;
} else {
return ret;
}

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const ret = selected.filter(v => v !== value);
return ret.length === 0 ? undefined : ret;

}

function CheckboxesWidget(props) {
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return (
<div className="checkboxes" id={id}>{
enumOptions.map((option, index) => {
const checked = value.indexOf(option.value) !== -1;
const checked = (value === undefined) ? false : value.indexOf(option.value) !== -1;

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Nit: Unnecessary wrapping parenthesis.

const disabledCls = disabled ? "disabled" : "";
const checkbox = (
<span>
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autofocus,
onChange
}) {
const _onChange = onChange;
return (
<textarea
id={id}
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disabled={disabled}
readOnly={readonly}
autoFocus={autofocus}
onChange={(event) => onChange(event.target.value)}/>
onChange={(event) => {if (event.target.value == "") {
return _onChange(undefined);
} else {
return _onChange(event.target.value);
}}}/>

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See previous impl. suggestion above.

);
}

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