Bug in item picker (v17.06.00)

[skarpik]

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Current Behavior / Expected Behavior

For content types that include entities as fields, the Entity/Item picker is empty. If for the picker, I reference a Query-based entity/item picker, everything works as expected.

In a previous version (v17.04.00 or 17.05.00? - I can't remember which), the Entity/Item Picker or the Query-based picker worked as I expected.

This is not a deal breaker. Since I can use a query, I can always make things work but I want to make sure that this is intended behaviour.

Instructions to Reproduce the Problem

I created two simple apps:

• TestData - has a entity/item-based picker
• TestQuery - has a query-based picker

For both apps, there is a content type called "EyeColour".

Both apps, also have a content type called "Person" with the fields "Name" (a string) and "Eyes" (an entity).

For the TestData app, I used an Entity/Item picker and pointed it to the EyeColour data:

For the TestQuery app, I created a query of the eye colours and pointed the picker to that query:

When I go to add data, that's when I run into trouble with the TestData app - the dropdown for eye colours is empty:

On the other hand, the TestQuery app works as I expected:

I believe that both approaches should work (entity/item picker vs. query picker) but I may be misunderstanding something.

Your environment

• 2sxc version(s): 17.06.00
• Browser: all
• DNN: 9.13.03
• Hosting platform: IIS
• Language: English (I have not tested other languages)

[skarpik]

I have found the source of the problem! And it is likely me.

Before creating any of the views for the app, I started with the content types. Some of the content types included fields that were entities and used the item/data picker. But the item picker wasn't working - nothing was in the dropdown.

However, if I added the empty template app that 2sxc generates, everything works perfectly. So using the data picker before having at least one instance of the app on a page (and it doesn't seem to matter which view), makes everything work.

In the end, I don't know if I found a bug or not. It might be that my workflow was so idiosyncratic that everything messed up in which case no fix to 2sxc is required. I will leave it to @iJungleboy to decide if there is a problem or not.

[iJungleboy]

Found the root cause, it was app-opened-through-other app.

Fixed in 17.06.01