rubyforgood / rubyforgood/awbw
Edit story: can't deselect a story author to return to 'Select an author'
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stories
- Dominant language
- Ruby
- Stars
- 15
- Forks
- 26
- Avg merge
- 12h 42m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 242
Description
Problem
On an already-created unpublished story, there's no way to deselect the story author and return to the "Select an author" placeholder. The deselect behavior works on a new story form but not when editing an existing one.
Expected behavior
The author field should be clearable on the edit form the same way it is on the new story form.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by comparing the author field behavior on the new story form with the edit form for an already-created unpublished story. Confirm how the new form clears the selected author, then make the edit form return to the "Select an author" placeholder and verify that existing story editing still works.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100