description vs description

[jycouet]

Hi again,
The more I play with the lib the more I like it :)

Quick questions:

• How do you choose between schema.properties.firstName.description and uiSchema.firstName.ui:options.description ? First schema and overwrite with uiSchema ? (Any special reason to have it in uiSchema then ?)
• How do you get description to display markdown ? You used a custom component ?
• is there a "readonly" mode ? (Not disable), to just display values ?

[x0k]

1. Values from UiSchema always have higher priority, here is an example description: uiOptions?.description ?? schema.description.
   The reasons for defining something in UiSchema can be different, for example I was making an editor for UiSchema so that the user could edit the form view without changing the data model.
2. Yeah, this one. Not everyone needs markdown support by default, but it will increase the size of the bundle for everyone.
3. You can make some fields readonly using the readOnly parameter in the json schema.
   You can make part or all of the form non-interactive using the inert attribute.

[jycouet]

Perfect and detailed answer. Thank you 👍

Your editor stuff is available somewhere ?
I started something similar 😅

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I saw that a next version is coming ? Should I wait for it or should I start already diging more ? (I'm not in a hurry)

[x0k]

Your editor stuff is available somewhere ?

No, it was a project at a previous job, I don't have that code anymore.
The only opensource part of that project is json-table to display the collected responses in tabular form.

Should I wait for it or should I start already diging more ?

This depends on the functionality to be used.
In the simple case, you will have to replace

import { theme } from '...'

const form = createForm3({
  ...theme,
  ...
})
...
<RawForm {form} />

with

import { themeResolver } from '...'
const theme = createTheme(themeResolver)
const form = createForm({
  theme,
  ...
})
setFormContext(form.context)
...
<SimpleForm />

If you plan to implement a UiSchema editor, you can count on the following list of options + title. The rest of the options will depend on the selected theme (example, a button defines a field to override its attributes).

I think the release won't be until next month at the earliest.

[jycouet]

Clear, thank you 👍