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Afform - Fix live-update of token-based field defaults - #36439

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Afform - Fix live-update of token-based field defaults#36439
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Overview

Fix live-update of token-based afform_default field values which regressed in 6.16 via #35562.

Fixes dev/core#6674

Before

When a field's default value contains a token referencing another field (e.g. [Contact.1.first_name]), the target field should recalculate its value whenever the source field changes. This was silently broken.

After

Live-update works as designed.

Technical Details

575232f changed afForm.identifyTokens() to return a Set instead of an array, but the existing code was still checking for .length. Set objects don't have a .length they have a .size (thanks javascript) so tokens.length was always undefined (falsy), so the $watchCollection watcher that drives live-updating was never registered.

identifyTokens() returns a Set (since 575232f), which has .size not
.length. The guard  was therefore always undefined/falsy,
so the  watcher that recalculates the default whenever a
source field changes was never registered.

Regressed by: 575232f (Afform - fix token replacement if multiple instances of same token)
Fixes dev/core#6674
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colemanw commented Aug 7, 2026

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/port 6.17

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6.17 port: #36440

If this PR changes, you can update the port by running /port 6.17 again.

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eileenmcnaughton merged commit c09501d into civicrm:6.18 Aug 7, 2026
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eileenmcnaughton deleted the afform-token-default-liveupdate branch August 7, 2026 23:50
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ufundo commented Aug 9, 2026

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Thanks @colemanw !!

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ufundo commented Aug 9, 2026

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and javascript of course

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