Formpages does not work when a required field is in the second page
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Description
ckan version: 2.10
ckanext-scheming: latest (installed on 01.07.2023)
have a field with ```required: true``` after the first form_page causes an error message while being in the first form_page.
It looks that the form_page only separates the field visually and ckan processes the whole field at once.
to reproduce the error:
scheming.yml -> Although the field "Resource" is a required field in the second form page, I cannot even see the second page, because in the first form_page I receive the error of not filling the Resource field as an obligatory field.
```
scheming_version: 2
dataset_type: test
about_url: http://example.com/the-camel-photos-schema
dataset_fields:
- start_form_page:
title: Basic Info
description: Required and core dataset fields
field_name: title
label: Title
preset: title
form_placeholder: eg. A descriptive title
- field_name: name
label: URL
preset: dataset_slug
form_placeholder: eg. my-dataset
- field_name: owner_org
label: Organization
preset: dataset_organization
- start_form_page:
title: Detailed Info
description:
These fields improve search and give users important links
field_name: tag_string
label: Tags
preset: tag_string_autocomplete
form_placeholder: eg. economy, mental health, government
- field_name: url
label: Source
required: true
form_placeholder: http://example.com/dataset.json
display_property: foaf:homepage
display_snippet: link.html
resource_fields:
- field_name: url
label: URL
preset: resource_url_upload
- field_name: name
label: Name
form_placeholder: eg. January 2011 Gold Prices
- field_name: description
label: Description
form_snippet: markdown.html
form_placeholder: Some useful notes about the data
- field_name: format
label: Format
preset: resource_format_autocomplete
```
Here a screenshot of the error:
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with the provided scheming.yml on CKAN 2.10 and ckanext-scheming latest, focusing on the required url field after the second form_page. Trace how form-page validation processes fields, then verify that the first page can be submitted without filling required fields on later pages and that the second page still validates its own required fields.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100