Select field cannot be empty in Custom Document Type

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.1.20 EE GA2, 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 M3
• Fix Version/s: 6.1.X EE, 6.2.2 CE GA3 , 6.2.X EE
• Component/s: DM, DM > Administration
• Labels:
  • QA-F
  • QA-TP
  • liferay-fixpack-user-interface-11-6210
  • liferay-fixpack-user-interface-8-6130
• Branch Version/s:
  6.2.x, 6.1.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 4
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal-ee/pull/5190

We can not create a select field with empty option or empty value.

steps to reproduce

1. Start portal
2. Navigate Control Panel > Documents and Media
3. Click on Manage > Document Types
4. Drag and drop a Select field to the Main Metadata Fields
5. Configure this field
6. It has 3 options, clear the first option's value or clear the first option's text
7. click on save

expected behaviour

A select box with the first option's text empty or the first option's value empty

experienced behaviour

The option will be deleted

root cause

Alloy UI, aui-datatable-edit.js - saveOptions:

           names.each(function(inputName, index) {
                    var name = inputName.val();
                    var value = values.item(index).val();

                    if (name && value) {
                        options[value] = name;
                    }
                });

See the if (name && value). So the value is stored in options[] only when value is not empty. It should be changed to name || value