belongs_to search from a nested form is failing

[mherzig]

Describe the bug

I have a resource that has a :has_many field, and in that associated resource is a :belongs_to with searchable: true. When I click that field to search, the search results list gives no results and only says "undefined method preview? for nil".

The rest of the nest form works and saves just fine, although this is the only field that you search for. If I go to the index page of the resource and do the search there, it works just fine. It's only searching from within that nested form where it breaks.

I've tried to follow this down as far as I can and I've gotten to this point--the HTML rendered for the search is

<div class="w-full hidden" data-search-target="autocomplete" data-search-resource="instructors" data-translation-keys="{
      &quot;no_item_found&quot;: &quot;No record found&quot;,
      &quot;cancel_button&quot;: &quot;Cancel&quot;
    }" data-via-association="belongs_to" data-via-association-id="instructor" data-via-reflection-id="5f3bdedd-bb8a-42cf-aa73-a00d851e25ca" data-via-reflection-class="CourseSection" data-via-reflection-view="" data-via-parent-resource-id="" data-via-parent-resource-class="" data-via-relation="">
...
</div>

The problem seems to be that the data-via-reflection-view attribute is empty for this form, where normally I see it set to edit or something. If I manually edit the HTML and set that attribute, the search now works.

So the question is, why isn't that attribute being set?

Reproduction repository for the bug

I don't have one--in fact, I tried to set up a minimal example with a fresh copy of Avo and it worked fine. It's possible that it's something specific to my app that is causing this, or that it's a valid but untested configuration that is causing problems.

I understand you can't go off chasing something that you can't repro, but I'm hoping that's enough info that you might be able to see why the view info isn't being passed along.

If not, or even if you have an idea of something I can go back and test in my app, any help is appreciated.

System configuration

Avo version: 3.24.1

Rails version: 7.2.2.2

Ruby version: 3.3.1

License type:

• Community
• Pro
• Advanced

Are you using Avo monkey patches, overriding views or view components?

• Yes. If so, please post code samples.
• No

Screenshots or screen recordings

Additional context

Impact

• High impact (It makes my app un-usable.)
• Medium impact (I'm annoyed, but I'll live.)
• Low impact (It's really a tiny thing that I could live with.)

Urgency

• High urgency (I can't continue development without it.)
• Medium urgency (I found a workaround, but I'd love to have it fixed.)
• Low urgency (It can wait. I just wanted you to know about it.)

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AVO-804 belongs_to search from a nested form is failing

[Paul-Bob]

Hi @mherzig

Thanks for opening this issue.

I don't have one--in fact, I tried to set up a minimal example with a fresh copy of Avo and it worked fine. It's possible that it's something specific to my app that is causing this, or that it's a valid but untested configuration that is causing problems.

I understand you can't go off chasing something that you can't repro, but I'm hoping that's enough info that you might be able to see why the view info isn't being passed along.

If not, or even if you have an idea of something I can go back and test in my app, any help is appreciated.

This is a major blocker for me because if I can't reproduce the issue, I'll be fixing something "blindly." My suggestion is to keep the app where you tried to set this up and continue adding attributes or logic from "the real app" until you can reproduce the issue. Then, share that reproduction repo with us.

This might be an edge case that needs a fix in Avo, or it could be an issue caused by something misconfigured in your application. But we need to be able to reproduce it in order to determine the right path forward.

Let me whenever you have more information on this