Add Select form field (#8815)

Closes https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/pull/8815

I took inspiration from existing parts of the codebase. Please, see the
comments I left below.

Remaining questions:

- I'm not sure about the best way to handle hotkey scopes in the
components easily



https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7a6dd144-d528-4f68-97cd-c9181f3954f9

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-field/components/FormFieldInput.tsx

@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-import { FieldMetadataItem } from '@/object-metadata/types/FieldMetadataItem';
 import { FormBooleanFieldInput } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/FormBooleanFieldInput';
 import { FormNumberFieldInput } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/FormNumberFieldInput';
+import { FormSelectFieldInput } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/FormSelectFieldInput';
 import { FormTextFieldInput } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/FormTextFieldInput';
 import { VariablePickerComponent } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/types/VariablePickerComponent';
+import { FieldDefinition } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldDefinition';
+import { FieldMetadata } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldMetadata';
 import { isFieldBoolean } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/guards/isFieldBoolean';
 import { isFieldNumber } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/guards/isFieldNumber';
+import { isFieldSelect } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/guards/isFieldSelect';
 import { isFieldText } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/guards/isFieldText';
 import { JsonValue } from 'type-fest';
 
 type FormFieldInputProps = {
-  field: FieldMetadataItem;
+  field: FieldDefinition<FieldMetadata>;
   defaultValue: JsonValue;
   onPersist: (value: JsonValue) => void;
   VariablePicker?: VariablePickerComponent;
@@ -23,7 +26,6 @@ export const FormFieldInput = ({
 }: FormFieldInputProps) => {
   return isFieldNumber(field) ? (
     <FormNumberFieldInput
-      key={field.id}
       label={field.label}
       defaultValue={defaultValue as string | number | undefined}
       onPersist={onPersist}
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ export const FormFieldInput = ({
     />
   ) : isFieldBoolean(field) ? (
     <FormBooleanFieldInput
-      key={field.id}
       label={field.label}
       defaultValue={defaultValue as string | boolean | undefined}
       onPersist={onPersist}
@@ -46,5 +47,13 @@ export const FormFieldInput = ({
       placeholder={field.label}
       VariablePicker={VariablePicker}
     />
+  ) : isFieldSelect(field) ? (
+    <FormSelectFieldInput
+      label={field.label}
+      defaultValue={defaultValue as string | undefined}
+      onPersist={onPersist}
+      field={field}
+      VariablePicker={VariablePicker}
+    />
   ) : null;
 };

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/FormSelectFieldInput.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+import { StyledFormFieldInputContainer } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/StyledFormFieldInputContainer';
+import { StyledFormFieldInputInputContainer } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/StyledFormFieldInputInputContainer';
+import { StyledFormFieldInputRowContainer } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/StyledFormFieldInputRowContainer';
+import { VariableChip } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/components/VariableChip';
+import { VariablePickerComponent } from '@/object-record/record-field/form-types/types/VariablePickerComponent';
+import { FieldDefinition } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldDefinition';
+import { FieldSelectMetadata } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldMetadata';
+import { InlineCellHotkeyScope } from '@/object-record/record-inline-cell/types/InlineCellHotkeyScope';
+import { SINGLE_RECORD_SELECT_BASE_LIST } from '@/object-record/relation-picker/constants/SingleRecordSelectBaseList';
+import { SelectOption } from '@/spreadsheet-import/types';
+import { SelectDisplay } from '@/ui/field/display/components/SelectDisplay';
+import { SelectInput } from '@/ui/field/input/components/SelectInput';
+import { InputLabel } from '@/ui/input/components/InputLabel';
+import { useSelectableList } from '@/ui/layout/selectable-list/hooks/useSelectableList';
+import { usePreviousHotkeyScope } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/hooks/usePreviousHotkeyScope';
+import { useScopedHotkeys } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/hooks/useScopedHotkeys';
+import { isStandaloneVariableString } from '@/workflow/utils/isStandaloneVariableString';
+import styled from '@emotion/styled';
+import { useId, useState } from 'react';
+import { Key } from 'ts-key-enum';
+import { isDefined, VisibilityHidden } from 'twenty-ui';
+
+type FormSelectFieldInputProps = {
+  field: FieldDefinition<FieldSelectMetadata>;
+  label?: string;
+  defaultValue: string | undefined;
+  onPersist: (value: number | null | string) => void;
+  VariablePicker?: VariablePickerComponent;
+};
+
+const StyledDisplayModeContainer = styled.button`
+  width: 100%;
+  align-items: center;
+  display: flex;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  border: none;
+  background: transparent;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  padding-inline: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(2)};
+
+  &:hover,
+  &[data-open='true'] {
+    background-color: ${({ theme }) => theme.background.transparent.lighter};
+  }
+`;
+
+export const FormSelectFieldInput = ({
+  label,
+  field,
+  defaultValue,
+  onPersist,
+  VariablePicker,
+}: FormSelectFieldInputProps) => {
+  const inputId = useId();
+
+  const hotkeyScope = InlineCellHotkeyScope.InlineCell;
+
+  const {
+    setHotkeyScopeAndMemorizePreviousScope,
+    goBackToPreviousHotkeyScope,
+  } = usePreviousHotkeyScope();
+
+  const [draftValue, setDraftValue] = useState<
+    | {
+        type: 'static';
+        value: string;
+        editingMode: 'view' | 'edit';
+      }
+    | {
+        type: 'variable';
+        value: string;
+      }
+  >(
+    isStandaloneVariableString(defaultValue)
+      ? {
+          type: 'variable',
+          value: defaultValue,
+        }
+      : {
+          type: 'static',
+          value: isDefined(defaultValue) ? String(defaultValue) : '',
+          editingMode: 'view',
+        },
+  );
+
+  const onSubmit = (option: string) => {
+    setDraftValue({
+      type: 'static',
+      value: option,
+      editingMode: 'view',
+    });
+
+    goBackToPreviousHotkeyScope();
+
+    onPersist(option);
+  };
+
+  const onCancel = () => {
+    if (draftValue.type !== 'static') {
+      throw new Error('Can only be called when editing a static value');
+    }
+
+    setDraftValue({
+      ...draftValue,
+      editingMode: 'view',
+    });
+
+    goBackToPreviousHotkeyScope();
+  };
+
+  const [selectWrapperRef, setSelectWrapperRef] =
+    useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+
+  const [filteredOptions, setFilteredOptions] = useState<SelectOption[]>([]);
+
+  const { resetSelectedItem } = useSelectableList(
+    SINGLE_RECORD_SELECT_BASE_LIST,
+  );
+
+  const clearField = () => {
+    setDraftValue({
+      type: 'static',
+      editingMode: 'view',
+      value: '',
+    });
+
+    onPersist(null);
+  };
+
+  const selectedOption = field.metadata.options.find(
+    (option) => option.value === draftValue.value,
+  );
+
+  const handleClearField = () => {
+    clearField();
+
+    goBackToPreviousHotkeyScope();
+  };
+
+  const handleSubmit = (option: SelectOption) => {
+    onSubmit(option.value);
+
+    resetSelectedItem();
+  };
+
+  const handleUnlinkVariable = () => {
+    setDraftValue({
+      type: 'static',
+      value: '',
+      editingMode: 'view',
+    });
+
+    onPersist(null);
+  };
+
+  const handleVariableTagInsert = (variableName: string) => {
+    setDraftValue({
+      type: 'variable',
+      value: variableName,
+    });
+
+    onPersist(variableName);
+  };
+
+  const handleDisplayModeClick = () => {
+    if (draftValue.type !== 'static') {
+      throw new Error(
+        'This function can only be called when editing a static value.',
+      );
+    }
+
+    setDraftValue({
+      ...draftValue,
+      editingMode: 'edit',
+    });
+
+    setHotkeyScopeAndMemorizePreviousScope(hotkeyScope);
+  };
+
+  const handleSelectEnter = (itemId: string) => {
+    const option = filteredOptions.find((option) => option.value === itemId);
+    if (isDefined(option)) {
+      onSubmit(option.value);
+      resetSelectedItem();
+    }
+  };
+
+  useScopedHotkeys(
+    Key.Escape,
+    () => {
+      onCancel();
+      resetSelectedItem();
+    },
+    hotkeyScope,
+    [onCancel, resetSelectedItem],
+  );
+
+  const optionIds = [
+    `No ${field.label}`,
+    ...filteredOptions.map((option) => option.value),
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    <StyledFormFieldInputContainer>
+      {label ? <InputLabel>{label}</InputLabel> : null}
+
+      <StyledFormFieldInputRowContainer>
+        <StyledFormFieldInputInputContainer
+          ref={setSelectWrapperRef}
+          hasRightElement={isDefined(VariablePicker)}
+        >
+          {draftValue.type === 'static' ? (
+            <>
+              <StyledDisplayModeContainer
+                data-open={draftValue.editingMode === 'edit'}
+                onClick={handleDisplayModeClick}
+              >
+                <VisibilityHidden>Edit</VisibilityHidden>
+
+                {isDefined(selectedOption) ? (
+                  <SelectDisplay
+                    color={selectedOption.color}
+                    label={selectedOption.label}
+                  />
+                ) : null}
+              </StyledDisplayModeContainer>
+
+              {draftValue.editingMode === 'edit' ? (
+                <SelectInput
+                  selectableListId={SINGLE_RECORD_SELECT_BASE_LIST}
+                  selectableItemIdArray={optionIds}
+                  hotkeyScope={hotkeyScope}
+                  onEnter={handleSelectEnter}
+                  selectWrapperRef={selectWrapperRef}
+                  onOptionSelected={handleSubmit}
+                  options={field.metadata.options}
+                  onCancel={onCancel}
+                  defaultOption={selectedOption}
+                  onFilterChange={setFilteredOptions}
+                  onClear={
+                    field.metadata.isNullable ? handleClearField : undefined
+                  }
+                  clearLabel={field.label}
+                />
+              ) : null}
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            <VariableChip
+              rawVariableName={draftValue.value}
+              onRemove={handleUnlinkVariable}
+            />
+          )}
+        </StyledFormFieldInputInputContainer>
+
+        {VariablePicker ? (
+          <VariablePicker
+            inputId={inputId}
+            onVariableSelect={handleVariableTagInsert}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+      </StyledFormFieldInputRowContainer>
+    </StyledFormFieldInputContainer>
+  );
+};

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-field/meta-types/display/components/SelectFieldDisplay.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { Tag } from 'twenty-ui';
-
 import { useSelectFieldDisplay } from '@/object-record/record-field/meta-types/hooks/useSelectFieldDisplay';
+import { SelectDisplay } from '@/ui/field/display/components/SelectDisplay';
 import { isDefined } from '~/utils/isDefined';
 
 export const SelectFieldDisplay = () => {
@@ -15,10 +14,6 @@ export const SelectFieldDisplay = () => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <Tag
-      preventShrink
-      color={selectedOption.color}
-      text={selectedOption.label}
-    />
+    <SelectDisplay color={selectedOption.color} label={selectedOption.label} />
   );
 };

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-record/record-field/meta-types/input/components/SelectFieldInput.tsx

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import { useSelectField } from '@/object-record/record-field/meta-types/hooks/us
 import { FieldInputEvent } from '@/object-record/record-field/types/FieldInputEvent';
 import { SINGLE_RECORD_SELECT_BASE_LIST } from '@/object-record/relation-picker/constants/SingleRecordSelectBaseList';
 import { SelectOption } from '@/spreadsheet-import/types';
-import { SelectInput } from '@/ui/input/components/SelectInput';
-import { SelectableList } from '@/ui/layout/selectable-list/components/SelectableList';
+import { SelectInput } from '@/ui/field/input/components/SelectInput';
 import { useSelectableList } from '@/ui/layout/selectable-list/hooks/useSelectableList';
 import { useScopedHotkeys } from '@/ui/utilities/hotkey/hooks/useScopedHotkeys';
 import { useState } from 'react';
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ export const SelectFieldInput = ({
 
   return (
     <div ref={setSelectWrapperRef}>
-      <SelectableList
+      <SelectInput
         selectableListId={SINGLE_RECORD_SELECT_BASE_LIST}
         selectableItemIdArray={optionIds}
         hotkeyScope={hotkeyScope}
@@ -77,21 +76,17 @@ export const SelectFieldInput = ({
             resetSelectedItem();
           }
         }}
-      >
-        <SelectInput
-          parentRef={selectWrapperRef}
-          onOptionSelected={handleSubmit}
-          options={fieldDefinition.metadata.options}
-          onCancel={onCancel}
-          defaultOption={selectedOption}
-          onFilterChange={setFilteredOptions}
-          onClear={
-            fieldDefinition.metadata.isNullable ? handleClearField : undefined
-          }
-          clearLabel={fieldDefinition.label}
-          hotkeyScope={hotkeyScope}
-        />
-      </SelectableList>
+        selectWrapperRef={selectWrapperRef}
+        onOptionSelected={handleSubmit}
+        options={fieldDefinition.metadata.options}
+        onCancel={onCancel}
+        defaultOption={selectedOption}
+        onFilterChange={setFilteredOptions}
+        onClear={
+          fieldDefinition.metadata.isNullable ? handleClearField : undefined
+        }
+        clearLabel={fieldDefinition.label}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 };

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/field/display/components/SelectDisplay.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Tag, ThemeColor } from 'twenty-ui';
+
+type SelectDisplayProps = {
+  color: ThemeColor;
+  label: string;
+};
+
+export const SelectDisplay = ({ color, label }: SelectDisplayProps) => {
+  return <Tag preventShrink color={color} text={label} />;
+};

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/ui/field/input/components/SelectInput.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { SelectOption } from '@/spreadsheet-import/types';
+import { SelectInput as SelectBaseInput } from '@/ui/input/components/SelectInput';
+import { SelectableList } from '@/ui/layout/selectable-list/components/SelectableList';
+import { ReferenceType } from '@floating-ui/react';
+
+type SelectInputProps = {
+  selectableListId: string;
+  selectableItemIdArray: string[];
+  hotkeyScope: string;
+  onEnter: (itemId: string) => void;
+  selectWrapperRef?: ReferenceType | null | undefined;
+  onOptionSelected: (selectedOption: SelectOption) => void;
+  options: SelectOption[];
+  onCancel?: () => void;
+  defaultOption?: SelectOption | undefined;
+  onFilterChange?: ((filteredOptions: SelectOption[]) => void) | undefined;
+  onClear?: (() => void) | undefined;
+  clearLabel?: string;
+};
+
+export const SelectInput = ({
+  selectableListId,
+  selectableItemIdArray,
+  hotkeyScope,
+  onEnter,
+  selectWrapperRef,
+  onOptionSelected,
+  options,
+  onCancel,
+  defaultOption,
+  onFilterChange,
+  onClear,
+  clearLabel,
+}: SelectInputProps) => {
+  return (
+    <SelectableList
+      selectableListId={selectableListId}
+      selectableItemIdArray={selectableItemIdArray}
+      hotkeyScope={hotkeyScope}
+      onEnter={onEnter}
+    >
+      <SelectBaseInput
+        parentRef={selectWrapperRef}
+        onOptionSelected={onOptionSelected}
+        options={options}
+        onCancel={onCancel}
+        defaultOption={defaultOption}
+        onFilterChange={onFilterChange}
+        onClear={onClear}
+        clearLabel={clearLabel}
+        hotkeyScope={hotkeyScope}
+      />
+    </SelectableList>
+  );
+};

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/views/components/EditableFilterChip.tsx

@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ export const EditableFilterChip = ({
     <SortOrFilterChip
       key={viewFilter.id}
       testId={viewFilter.id}
-      labelKey={viewFilter.definition.label}
-      labelValue={`${getOperandLabelShort(viewFilter.operand)} ${
-        viewFilter.displayValue
-      }`}
+      labelKey={`${viewFilter.definition.label}${getOperandLabelShort(viewFilter.operand)}`}
+      labelValue={viewFilter.displayValue}
       Icon={getIcon(viewFilter.definition.iconName)}
       onRemove={onRemove}
     />

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/views/components/SortOrFilterChip.tsx

@@ -33,35 +33,44 @@ const StyledChip = styled.div<{ variant: SortOrFitlerChipVariant }>`
         return theme.color.blue;
     }
   }};
+  height: 26px;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
   cursor: pointer;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   flex-shrink: 0;
   font-size: ${({ theme }) => theme.font.size.sm};
   font-weight: ${({ theme }) => theme.font.weight.medium};
-  padding: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(0.5) + ' ' + theme.spacing(2)};
-  margin-left: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(2)};
+  padding: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(0.5)};
+  padding-left: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(1)};
+  column-gap: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(1)};
   user-select: none;
   white-space: nowrap;
 
-  max-height: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(4.5)};
+  margin-left: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(2)};
 `;
 
 const StyledIcon = styled.div`
   align-items: center;
   display: flex;
-  margin-right: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(1)};
 `;
 
-const StyledDelete = styled.div<{ variant: SortOrFitlerChipVariant }>`
+const StyledDelete = styled.button<{ variant: SortOrFitlerChipVariant }>`
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  height: 20px;
+  width: 20px;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
   align-items: center;
   cursor: pointer;
-  padding: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(0.5)};
-  display: flex;
   font-size: ${({ theme }) => theme.font.size.sm};
-  margin-left: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(2)};
-  margin-top: 1px;
   user-select: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+  color: inherit;
+
   &:hover {
     background-color: ${({ theme, variant }) => {
       switch (variant) {

packages/twenty-front/src/modules/workflow/workflow-actions/components/WorkflowEditActionFormRecordCreate.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { useFilteredObjectMetadataItems } from '@/object-metadata/hooks/useFilteredObjectMetadataItems';
+import { useObjectMetadataItem } from '@/object-metadata/hooks/useObjectMetadataItem';
+import { formatFieldMetadataItemAsFieldDefinition } from '@/object-metadata/utils/formatFieldMetadataItemAsFieldDefinition';
 import { FormFieldInput } from '@/object-record/record-field/components/FormFieldInput';
 import { Select, SelectOption } from '@/ui/input/components/Select';
 import { WorkflowEditGenericFormBase } from '@/workflow/components/WorkflowEditGenericFormBase';
@@ -55,6 +57,33 @@ export const WorkflowEditActionFormRecordCreate = ({
   });
   const isFormDisabled = actionOptions.readonly;
 
+  const objectNameSingular = formData.objectName;
+
+  const { objectMetadataItem } = useObjectMetadataItem({
+    objectNameSingular,
+  });
+
+  const inlineFieldMetadataItems = objectMetadataItem.fields
+    .filter(
+      (fieldMetadataItem) =>
+        fieldMetadataItem.type !== FieldMetadataType.Relation &&
+        !fieldMetadataItem.isSystem &&
+        fieldMetadataItem.isActive,
+    )
+    .sort((fieldMetadataItemA, fieldMetadataItemB) =>
+      fieldMetadataItemA.name.localeCompare(fieldMetadataItemB.name),
+    );
+
+  const inlineFieldDefinitions = inlineFieldMetadataItems.map(
+    (fieldMetadataItem) =>
+      formatFieldMetadataItemAsFieldDefinition({
+        field: fieldMetadataItem,
+        objectMetadataItem,
+        showLabel: true,
+        labelWidth: 90,
+      }),
+  );
+
   const handleFieldChange = (
     fieldName: keyof CreateRecordFormData,
     updatedValue: JsonValue,
@@ -76,23 +105,6 @@ export const WorkflowEditActionFormRecordCreate = ({
     });
   }, [action.settings.input]);
 
-  const selectedObjectMetadataItemNameSingular = formData.objectName;
-
-  const selectedObjectMetadataItem = activeObjectMetadataItems.find(
-    (item) => item.nameSingular === selectedObjectMetadataItemNameSingular,
-  );
-
-  if (!isDefined(selectedObjectMetadataItem)) {
-    throw new Error('Should have found the metadata item');
-  }
-
-  const editableFields = selectedObjectMetadataItem.fields.filter(
-    (field) =>
-      field.type !== FieldMetadataType.Relation &&
-      !field.isSystem &&
-      field.isActive,
-  );
-
   const saveAction = useDebouncedCallback(
     async (formData: CreateRecordFormData) => {
       if (actionOptions.readonly === true) {
@@ -162,16 +174,16 @@ export const WorkflowEditActionFormRecordCreate = ({
 
       <HorizontalSeparator noMargin />
 
-      {editableFields.map((field) => {
-        const currentValue = formData[field.name] as JsonValue;
+      {inlineFieldDefinitions.map((field) => {
+        const currentValue = formData[field.metadata.fieldName] as JsonValue;
 
         return (
           <FormFieldInput
-            key={field.id}
+            key={field.metadata.fieldName}
             defaultValue={currentValue}
             field={field}
             onPersist={(value) => {
-              handleFieldChange(field.name, value);
+              handleFieldChange(field.metadata.fieldName, value);
             }}
             VariablePicker={WorkflowVariablePicker}
           />