FIO-9159: change clearOnHide behavior to track conditionally hidden state rather than mere visibility

src/components/_classes/component/Component.js

@@ -374,11 +374,19 @@
     // Needs for Nextgen Rules Engine
     this.resetCaches();
 
+    /**
+     * Determines if this component is conditionally hidden. Should generally not be set outside of conditional logic pipeline.
+     * This is necessary because of clearOnHide behavior that only clears when conditionally hidden - we need to track
+     * conditionallyHidden separately from "regular" visibility.
+     */
+    this._parentConditionallyHidden = this.options.hasOwnProperty('parentConditionallyHidden') ? this.options.parentConditionallyHidden : false;
+    this._conditionallyHidden = this.checkConditionallyHidden(null, data) || this._parentConditionallyHidden;
+
     /**
      * Determines if this component is visible, or not.
      */
     this._parentVisible = this.options.hasOwnProperty('parentVisible') ? this.options.parentVisible : true;
-    this._visible = this._parentVisible && this.conditionallyVisible(null, data);
+    this._visible = this._parentVisible && (this.hasCondition() ? !this._conditionallyHidden : !this.component.hidden);
     this._parentDisabled = false;
 
     /**
@@ -454,7 +462,7 @@
       if (this.allowData && this.key) {
         this.options.name += `[${this.key}]`;
         // If component is visible or not set to clear on hide, set the default value.
-        if (this.visible || !this.component.clearOnHide) {
+        if (!(this.conditionallyHidden && this.component.clearOnHide)) {
           if (!this.hasValue()) {
             if (this.shouldAddDefaultValue) {
               this.dataValue = this.defaultValue;
@@ -537,7 +545,8 @@
 
   init() {
     this.disabled = this.shouldDisabled;
-    this._visible = this.conditionallyVisible(null, null);
+    this._conditionallyHidden = this.checkConditionallyHidden();
+    this._visible = (this.hasCondition() ? !this.conditionallyHidden : !this.component.hidden);
     if (this.component.addons?.length) {
       this.component.addons.forEach((addon) => this.createAddon(addon));
     }
@@ -706,7 +715,6 @@
         return;
       }
       this._visible = value;
-      this.clearOnHide();
       this.redraw();
     }
   }
@@ -729,6 +737,23 @@
     return this._visible && this._parentVisible;
   }
 
+  get conditionallyHidden() {
+    return this._conditionallyHidden || this._parentConditionallyHidden;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Evaluates whether the component is conditionally hidden (as opposed to intentionally hidden, e.g. via the `hidden` component schema property).
+   * @param {object} data - The data object to evaluate the condition against.
+   * @param {object} row - The row object to evaluate the condition against.
+   * @returns {boolean} - Whether the component is conditionally hidden.
+   */
+  checkConditionallyHidden(data = null, row = null) {
+    if (!this.hasCondition()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return !this.conditionallyVisible(data, row);
+  }
+
   get currentForm() {
     return this._currentForm;
   }
@@ -2059,7 +2084,7 @@
   rebuild() {
     this.destroy();
     this.init();
-    this.visible = this.conditionallyVisible(null, null);
+    this.visible = this.hasCondition() ? !this.conditionallyHidden : !this.component.hidden;
     return this.redraw();
   }
 
@@ -2136,8 +2161,8 @@
   conditionallyVisible(data, row) {
     data = data || this.rootValue;
     row = row || this.data;
-    if (this.builderMode || this.previewMode || !this.hasCondition()) {
-      return !this.component.hidden;
+    if (this.builderMode || this.previewMode) {
+      return true;
     }
     data = data || (this.root ? this.root.data : {});
     return this.checkCondition(row, data);
@@ -2177,8 +2202,15 @@
       this.redraw();
     }
 
-    // Check advanced conditions
-    const visible = this.conditionallyVisible(data, row);
+    // Check advanced conditions (and cache the result)
+    const isConditionallyHidden = this.checkConditionallyHidden(data, row) || this._parentConditionallyHidden;
+    if (isConditionallyHidden !== this._conditionallyHidden) {
+      this._conditionallyHidden = isConditionallyHidden;
+      this.clearOnHide();
+    }
+
+    // Check visibility
+    const visible = (this.hasCondition() ? !this.conditionallyHidden : !this.component.hidden);
 
     if (this.visible !== visible) {
       this.visible = visible;
@@ -2320,6 +2352,12 @@
 
           const property = action.property.value;
           if (!_.isEqual(_.get(this.component, property), _.get(newComponent, property))) {
+            // Advanced Logic can modify the component's hidden property; because we track conditionally hidden state
+            // separately from the component's hidden property, and technically this Advanced Logic conditionally hides
+            // a component, we need to set _conditionallyHidden to the new value
+            if (property === 'hidden') {
+              this._conditionallyHidden = newComponent.hidden;
+            }
             changed = true;
           }
 
@@ -2338,7 +2376,7 @@
             }
           );
 
-          if (!_.isEqual(oldValue, newValue) && !(this.component.clearOnHide && !this.visible)) {
+          if (!_.isEqual(oldValue, newValue) && !(this.component.clearOnHide && this.conditionallyHidden)) {
             this.setValue(newValue);
 
             if (this.viewOnly) {
@@ -2383,7 +2421,7 @@
           },
           'value');
 
-          if (!_.isEqual(oldValue, newValue) && !(this.component.clearOnHide && !this.visible)) {
+          if (!_.isEqual(oldValue, newValue) && !(this.component.clearOnHide && this.conditionallyHidden)) {
             this.setValue(newValue);
 
             if (this.viewOnly) {
@@ -2512,7 +2550,7 @@
       !this.options.readOnly &&
       !this.options.showHiddenFields
     ) {
-      if (!this.visible) {
+      if (this.conditionallyHidden) {
         this.deleteValue();
       }
       else if (!this.hasValue() && this.shouldAddDefaultValue) {
@@ -2807,7 +2845,7 @@
   get dataValue() {
     if (
       !this.key ||
-      (!this.visible && this.component.clearOnHide && !this.rootPristine)
+      (this.conditionallyHidden && this.component.clearOnHide && !this.rootPristine)
     ) {
       return this.emptyValue;
     }
@@ -2829,7 +2867,7 @@
     if (
       !this.allowData ||
       !this.key ||
-      (!this.visible && this.component.clearOnHide && !this.rootPristine)
+      (this.conditionallyHidden && this.component.clearOnHide && !this.rootPristine)
     ) {
       return;
     }
@@ -3000,7 +3038,7 @@
 
   /**
    * Returns if the value (e.g. array) should be divided between several inputs
    * @returns {boolean}
    */
   isSingleInputValue() {
     return false;
@@ -3193,7 +3231,7 @@
     // If no calculated value or
     // hidden and set to clearOnHide (Don't calculate a value for a hidden field set to clear when hidden)
     const { clearOnHide } = this.component;
-    const shouldBeCleared = !this.visible && clearOnHide;
+    const shouldBeCleared = this.conditionallyHidden && clearOnHide;
     const allowOverride = _.get(this.component, 'allowCalculateOverride', false);
 
     if (shouldBeCleared) {
@@ -3917,7 +3955,7 @@
             // If component definition changed, replace it.
             if (!_.isEqual(this.component, newComponent)) {
               this.component = newComponent;
-              const visible = this.conditionallyVisible(null, null);
+              const visible = this.hasCondition() ? !this.conditionallyHidden : !this.component.hidden;
               const disabled = this.shouldDisabled;
 
               // Change states which won't be recalculated during redrawing

src/components/_classes/component/editForm/Component.edit.data.js

@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ export default [
   {
     weight: 700,
     type: 'checkbox',
-    label: 'Clear Value When Hidden',
+    label: 'Omit Value From Submission Data When Conditionally Hidden',
     key: 'clearOnHide',
     defaultValue: true,
-    tooltip: 'When a field is hidden, clear the value.',
+    tooltip: 'When a field is conditionally hidden, omit the value from the submission data.',
     input: true
   },
   EditFormUtils.javaScriptValue('Custom Default Value', 'customDefaultValue', 'customDefaultValue', 1000,

src/components/_classes/nested/NestedComponent.js

@@ -86,27 +86,36 @@ export default class NestedComponent extends Field {
     const visibilityChanged = this._visible !== value;
     this._visible = value;
     const isVisible = this.visible;
+    const isConditionallyHidden = this.checkConditionallyHidden();
     const forceShow = this.shouldForceShow();
     const forceHide = this.shouldForceHide();
-    this.components.forEach(component => {
+    this.components.forEach((component) => {
       // Set the parent visibility first since we may have nested components within nested components
       // and they need to be able to determine their visibility based on the parent visibility.
       component.parentVisible = isVisible;
+      component._parentConditionallyHidden = isConditionallyHidden;
+      let visible;
+      if (component.hasCondition()) {
+        component._conditionallyHidden = component.checkConditionallyHidden() || component._parentConditionallyHidden;
+        visible = !component.conditionallyHidden;
+      }
+      else {
+        visible = !component.component.hidden;
+      }
 
-      const conditionallyVisible = component.conditionallyVisible();
-      if (forceShow || conditionallyVisible) {
+      if (forceShow || visible) {
         component.visible = true;
       }
-      else if (forceHide || !isVisible || !conditionallyVisible) {
+      else if (forceHide || !isVisible || !visible ) {
         component.visible = false;
       }
       // If hiding a nested component, clear all errors below.
       if (!component.visible) {
         component.error = '';
       }
     });
+
     if (visibilityChanged) {
-      this.clearOnHide();
       this.redraw();
     }
   }
@@ -399,6 +408,7 @@ export default class NestedComponent extends Field {
     data = data || this.data;
     options.parent = this;
     options.parentVisible = this.visible;
+    options.parentConditionallyHidden = this.conditionallyHidden;
     options.root = options?.root || this.root || this;
     options.localRoot = this.localRoot;
     options.skipInit = true;
@@ -688,7 +698,7 @@ export default class NestedComponent extends Field {
   clearOnHide(show) {
     super.clearOnHide(show);
     if (this.component.clearOnHide) {
-      if (this.allowData && !this.hasValue() && !(this.options.server && !this.visible)) {
+      if (this.allowData && !this.hasValue() && !this.conditionallyHidden) {
         this.dataValue = this.defaultValue;
       }
       if (this.hasValue()) {
@@ -721,7 +731,7 @@ export default class NestedComponent extends Field {
 
   calculateValue(data, flags, row) {
     // Do not iterate into children and calculateValues if this nested component is conditionally hidden.
-    if (!this.conditionallyVisible()) {
+    if (this.conditionallyHidden) {
       return false;
     }
     return this.getComponents().reduce(

src/components/datamap/DataMap.js

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default class DataMapComponent extends DataGridComponent {
   get dataValue() {
     if (
       !this.key ||
-      (!this.visible && this.component.clearOnHide)
+      (this.conditionallyHidden && this.component.clearOnHide)
     ) {
       return this.emptyValue;
     }

src/components/editgrid/EditGrid.js

@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ export default class EditGridComponent extends NestedArrayComponent {
     }
 
     const changed = this.hasChanged(value, this.dataValue);
-    if (this.parent && !this.options.server) {
+    if (this.parent) {
       this.parent.checkComponentConditions();
     }
     this.dataValue = value;
@@ -1389,10 +1389,7 @@ export default class EditGridComponent extends NestedArrayComponent {
 
     this.openWhenEmpty();
     this.updateOnChange(flags, changed);
-    // do not call checkData with server option, it is called when change is triggered in updateOnChange
-    if (!this.options.server) {
-      this.checkData();
-    }
+    this.checkData();
 
     this.changeState(changed, flags);
 

src/components/form/Form.js

@@ -473,11 +473,12 @@ export default class FormComponent extends Component {
   }
 
   hideSubmitButton(component) {
-    const isSubmitButton = (component.type === 'button') &&
-      ((component.action === 'submit') || !component.action);
+    const isSubmitButton = component.type === 'button' && (component.action === 'submit' || !component.action);
 
     if (isSubmitButton) {
       component.hidden = true;
+      // clearOnHide no longer clears from the JSON `hidden` flag, so we make the button conditionally hidden to clear its data
+      component.customConditional = 'show = false';
     }
   }
 
@@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ export default class FormComponent extends Component {
    * @returns {Promise} - The promise that resolves when the subform is loaded.
    */
   loadSubForm(fromAttach) {
-    if (this.builderMode || this.isHidden() || (this.isSubFormLazyLoad() && !fromAttach)) {
+    if (this.builderMode || this.conditionallyHidden || (this.isSubFormLazyLoad() && !fromAttach)) {
       return Promise.resolve();
     }
 
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ export default class FormComponent extends Component {
    * @returns {*|boolean} - TRUE if the subform should be submitted, FALSE if it should not.
    */
   get shouldSubmit() {
-    return this.subFormReady && (!this.component.hasOwnProperty('reference') || this.component.reference) && !this.isHidden();
+    return this.subFormReady && (!this.component.hasOwnProperty('reference') || this.component.reference) && !this.conditionallyHidden;
   }
 
   /**

src/components/html/HTML.js

@@ -62,9 +62,22 @@ export default class HTMLComponent extends Component {
 
   checkRefreshOn(changed) {
     super.checkRefreshOn(changed);
-    if (!this.builderMode && this.component.refreshOnChange && this.element &&
-      !_.isUndefined(changed) && ((_.isBoolean(changed) && changed) || !_.isEmpty(changed)) &&
-      this.conditionallyVisible(this.data, this.row)) {
+    let visible;
+    if (this.hasCondition()) {
+      this._conditionallyHidden = this.checkConditionallyHidden();
+      visible = !this.conditionallyHidden;
+    }
+    else {
+      visible = !this.component.hidden;
+    }
+    const shouldSetContent = !this.builderMode
+      && this.component.refreshOnChange
+      && this.element
+      && !_.isUndefined(changed)
+      && ((_.isBoolean(changed) && changed) || !_.isEmpty(changed))
+      && visible;
+
+    if (shouldSetContent) {
       this.setContent(this.element, this.renderContent());
     }
   }