Lava textbox isrequired false not honored

[zackdutra]

Description

Setting isrequired to false in the lava textbox shortcode does not work.

Actual Behavior

The input always has "required" on it, whether or not false is set.

Expected Behavior

The input required attribute should change depending on what is set on the shortcode.

Steps to Reproduce

• Add a textbox shortcode to an HTML content block, setting the value to anything, but setting isrequired to false as shown below
  {[ textbox name:'test' label:'Test' value:'test' isrequired:'false' ]}
• Use the browser dev tools to inspect the input element and notice the required attribute still set.
  

This will cause fields that should not be required to be required on forms.

In my testing, I was able to make a functional version of the Text Box by moving the assign for isrequired inside of the rock control shortcode body, such as this:

{[ rockcontrol id:'rc-{{ '' | UniqueIdentifier }}' label:'{{ label }}' showlabel:'{{ showlabel }}' controltype:'rock-text-box' isrequired:'{{ isrequired }}' validationmessage:'{{ validationmessage }}' ]}
    {% assign isrequired = isrequired | AsBoolean %}

    {% if preaddon != empty or postaddon != empty %}<div class="input-group">{% endif %}

    {% if preaddon != empty %}
        <span class="input-group-addon">{{ preaddon }}</span>
    {% endif %}

    <input name="{{ name }}" type="{{ type}}" id="{{ id }}" class="form-control {% if size != empty %}input-{{ size }}{% endif %} {% if width != empty %}input-width-{{ width }}{% endif %}" value="{{ value }}" {% if isrequired == true %}required{% endif %} {{ additionalattributes }}>

    {% if postaddon != empty %}
        <span class="input-group-addon">{{ postaddon }}</span>
    {% endif %}

    {% if preaddon != empty or postaddon != empty %}</div>{% endif %}

{[ endrockcontrol ]}

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Rock Version

16.6

[bradencohen]

Hey Zack!

We have some ideas as to what this could be, could you tell us what Lava engine you're running so we can more thoroughly validate our fix?

[zackdutra]

Hey @bradencohen this is on Fluid, thanks!

[jonedmiston]

@zackdutra can you confirm that this is still not working for you. We've tested this and it seems to be working correctly.

[zackdutra]

Hey @jonedmiston to confirm, this lava {[ textbox name:'test' label:'Test' value:'test' isrequired:'false' ]} renders the textbox above with a required attribute set.

This was originally reported while doing local development, but this test today was on our production instance.

[jonedmiston]

@zackdutra odd. I've tested your markup https://prealpha.rocksolidchurchdemo.com/page/853 on three servers and they all return the correct results. You can see that here on the pre-alpha server: https://prealpha.rocksolidchurchdemo.com/page/853

Is there anything in your Lava configuration that is different or unique?

[zackdutra]

Hey Jon, I've inspected the content blocks between the two, the Text Box shortcode, and the Rock Control shortcode between our production server and the prealpha site, and they appear identical. Additionally, I ran the two through ChatGPT and it thinks they're identical in content. I'm not sure how to explain the difference either.

[pbassham]

I see this issue too.

I did some work to reproduce it.

It looks like the issue is that the {{ blockContent }} when inside of the {[ rockcontrol ]} block shortcode is a different scope. So the variable isrequired is no longer a true Boolean value inside of the rockcontrol shortcode.

I modified the {[ textbox ]} markup to test these values by printing them using ToJSON, which puts quotes around strings, but not around true boolean values.

Inside of the rockcontrol block the isrequired variable is a string again, even though it was converted AsBoolean in the first line, outside of the rockcontrol block.

Here is the shortcode i used:
{[ textbox name:'lastname' label:'List Id' isrequired:'true' additionalattributes:'placeholder="22780884-b6fa-4d4a-a0fc-aa3981cd8d60"']}

When setting isrequired to true, it works. This is what my test code renders:

But when setting it to false, it gets evaluated as true. This is what my test code renders:

Also, this doesnt seem to just affect the textbox shortcode, but all of the boolean values that are wrapped in the {[ rockcontrol ]} block shortcode. Currency, datepicker, etc.

Also, just to note, the required is set correctly on the div with the form-group class. It is the actual <input> field that doesnt update correctly.

[david-axelson]

fwiw, I'm seeing this issue too.

It seems like moving {% assign isrequired = isrequired | AsBoolean %} into the block content in the Text Box shortcode works correctly, so I'm guessing Philip's right about the scope.

[mikedotmundy]

We are noticing this issue also.