fix: migrate meta.id to config.controlId for smaller payloads

add descriptions to json schema

src/demo/index.html

@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@
       <span id="formeo-logo-wrap"></span>
     </header>
     <section id="main_content" class="inner">
-      <form class="build-form clearfix"></form>
-      <div class="render-form">
-        <h2>Rendered Form</h2>
-      </div>
+      <form class="build-form"></form>
+      <div class="render-form"></div>
     </section>
     <div class="container render-btn-wrap" id="editor-action-buttons">
     </div>

src/lib/js/components/autocomplete.mjs

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ export const labelCount = (arr, label) => {
  * @return {String} component label
  */
 const getComponentLabel = ({ name, id, ...component }) => {
-  const labelPaths = ['config.label', 'attrs.id', 'meta.id']
+  const labelPaths = ['config.label', 'config.controlId', 'meta.id', 'attrs.id']
   const label = labelPaths.reduce((acc, cur) => {
     if (!acc) {
-      acc = component.get(cur)
+      return component.get(cur)
     }
     return acc
   }, null)

src/lib/js/components/component-data.js

@@ -3,17 +3,30 @@ import { uuid, clone, merge } from '../common/utils/index.mjs'
 import { get } from '../common/utils/object.mjs'
 
 export default class ComponentData extends Data {
-  load = (data = Object.create(null)) => {
+  load = dataArg => {
+    const data = this.parseformData(dataArg)
     this.empty()
-    if (typeof data === 'string') {
-      data = JSON.parse(data)
+    for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(data)) {
+      this.add(key, val)
     }
-    Object.entries(data).forEach(([key, val]) => this.add(key, val))
     return this.data
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Retrieves data from the specified path or adds new data if no path is provided.
+   *
+   * @param {string} [path] - The path to retrieve data from. If not provided, new data will be added.
+   * @returns {*} The data retrieved from the specified path or the result of adding new data.
+   */
   get = path => (path ? get(this.data, path) : this.add())
 
+  /**
+   * Adds a new component with the given id and data.
+   *
+   * @param {string} id - The unique identifier for the component. If not provided, a new UUID will be generated.
+   * @param {Object} [data=Object.create(null)] - The data to initialize the component with.
+   * @returns {Object} The newly created component.
+   */
   add = (id, data = Object.create(null)) => {
     const elemId = id || uuid()
     const component = this.Component({ ...data, id: elemId })
@@ -29,16 +42,22 @@ export default class ComponentData extends Data {
    */
   remove = componentId => {
     if (Array.isArray(componentId)) {
-      componentId.forEach(id => {
+      for (const id of componentId) {
         this.get(id).remove()
-      })
+      }
     } else {
       this.get(componentId).remove()
     }
 
     return this.data
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Deletes a component from the data object.
+   *
+   * @param {string} componentId - The ID of the component to delete.
+   * @returns {string} The ID of the deleted component.
+   */
   delete = componentId => {
     delete this.data[componentId]
     return componentId

src/lib/js/components/component.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import Components from './index.js'
 import Data from './data.js'
 import animate from '../common/animation.js'
 import Controls from './controls/index.js'
-import { get } from '../common/utils/object.mjs'
+import { get, set } from '../common/utils/object.mjs'
 import { toTitleCase } from '../common/utils/string.mjs'
 
 export default class Component extends Data {
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ export default class Component extends Data {
 
   /**
    * Method for handling onAdd for all components
+   * @todo improve readability of this method
    * @param  {Object} evt
    * @return {Object} Component
    */
@@ -397,10 +398,14 @@ export default class Component extends Data {
 
     const onAddConditions = {
       controls: () => {
-        const { controlData } = Controls.get(item.id)
         const {
-          meta: { id: metaId },
-        } = controlData
+          controlData: {
+            meta: { id: metaId },
+            ...elementData
+          },
+        } = Controls.get(item.id)
+
+        set(elementData, 'config.controlId', metaId)
 
         const controlType = metaId.startsWith('layout-') ? metaId.replace(/^layout-/, '') : 'field'
         const targets = {
@@ -424,7 +429,7 @@ export default class Component extends Data {
         const depth = get(targets, `${this.name}.${controlType}`)
         const action = depthMap.get(depth)()
         dom.remove(item)
-        const component = action(controlData, newIndex)
+        const component = action(elementData, newIndex)
 
         return component
       },
@@ -501,10 +506,23 @@ export default class Component extends Data {
     events.onRender && dom.onRender(this.dom, events.onRender)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sets the configuration for the component. See src/demo/js/options/config.js for example
+   * @param {Object} config - Configuration object with possible structures:
+   * @param {Object} [config.all] - Global configuration applied to all components
+   * @param {Object} [config[controlId]] - Configuration specific to a control type
+   * @param {Object} [config[id]] - Configuration specific to a component instance
+   * @description Merges configurations in order of precedence:
+   * 1. Existing config (this.configVal)
+   * 2. Global config (all)
+   * 3. Control type specific config
+   * 4. Instance specific config
+   * The merged result is stored in this.configVal
+   */
   set config(config) {
-    const metaId = get(this.data, 'meta.id')
     const allConfig = get(config, 'all')
-    const typeConfig = metaId && get(config, metaId)
+    const controlId = get(this.data, 'config.controlId')
+    const typeConfig = controlId && get(config, controlId)
     const idConfig = get(config, this.id)
     const mergedConfig = [allConfig, typeConfig, idConfig].reduce(
       (acc, cur) => (cur ? merge(acc, cur) : acc),

src/lib/js/components/controls/index.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import layoutControls from './layout/index.js'
 import formControls from './form/index.js'
 import htmlControls from './html/index.js'
 import defaultOptions from './options.js'
-import { get } from '../../common/utils/object.mjs'
+import { get, set } from '../../common/utils/object.mjs'
 
 const defaultElements = [...formControls, ...htmlControls, ...layoutControls]
 
@@ -126,17 +126,17 @@ export class Controls {
        */
       groupConfig.content = elements.filter(control => {
         const { controlData: field } = this.get(control.id)
-        const fieldId = field.meta.id || ''
+        const controlId = field.meta.id || ''
         const filters = [
-          match(fieldId, this.options.disable.elements),
+          match(controlId, this.options.disable.elements),
           field.meta.group === group.id,
-          !usedElementIds.includes(field.meta.id),
+          !usedElementIds.includes(controlId),
         ]
 
         let shouldFilter = true
         shouldFilter = filters.every(val => val === true)
         if (shouldFilter) {
-          usedElementIds.push(fieldId)
+          usedElementIds.push(controlId)
         }
 
         return shouldFilter
@@ -349,24 +349,29 @@ export class Controls {
     return element
   }
 
+  layoutTypes = {
+    row: () => Stages.active.addChild(),
+    column: () => this.layoutTypes.row().addChild(),
+    field: controlData => this.layoutTypes.column().addChild(controlData),
+  }
+
   /**
    * Append an element to the stage
    * @param {String} id of elements
    */
   addElement = id => {
-    const controlData = get(this.get(id), 'controlData')
-
     const {
       meta: { group, id: metaId },
-    } = controlData
+      ...elementData
+    } = get(this.get(id), 'controlData')
+
+    set(elementData, 'config.controlId', metaId)
 
-    const layoutTypes = {
-      row: () => Stages.active.addChild(),
-      column: () => layoutTypes.row().addChild(),
-      field: controlData => layoutTypes.column().addChild(controlData),
+    if (group === 'layout') {
+      return this.layoutTypes[metaId.replace('layout-', '')]()
     }
 
-    return group !== 'layout' ? layoutTypes.field(controlData) : layoutTypes[metaId.replace('layout-', '')]()
+    return this.layoutTypes.field(elementData)
   }
 
   applyOptions = async (controlOptions = {}) => {

src/lib/js/components/data.js

@@ -100,4 +100,25 @@ export default class Data {
   }
   setCallbacks = {}
   configVal = Object.create(null)
+
+  /**
+   * Parses the provided data argument. If the argument is a string, it attempts to parse it as JSON.
+   * If the parsing fails, it logs an error and returns an empty object.
+   * If the argument is not a string, it returns the argument as is.
+   *
+   * @param {string|Object} dataArg - The data to be parsed. Can be a JSON string or an object.
+   * @returns {Object} - The parsed object or the original object if the input was not a string.
+   */
+  parseformData = (dataArg = Object.create(null)) => {
+    if (typeof dataArg === 'string') {
+      try {
+        return JSON.parse(dataArg)
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Invalid JSON string provided:', e)
+        return Object.create(null)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return dataArg
+  }
 }

src/lib/js/components/fields/edit-panel.js

@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ export default class EditPanel {
    * @param {String} attr
    * @param {String|Array} val
    */
-  addAttribute = (attr, val) => {
+  addAttribute = (attr, valArg) => {
+    let val = valArg
     const safeAttr = slugify(attr)
     const itemKey = `attrs.${safeAttr}`
 
@@ -157,16 +158,16 @@ export default class EditPanel {
    * Add option to options panel
    */
   addOption = () => {
-    const metaId = this.field.data.meta.id
+    const controlId = this.field.data.config.controlId
     const fieldOptionData = this.field.get('options')
-    const type = metaId === 'select' ? 'option' : metaId
+    const type = controlId === 'select' ? 'option' : controlId
     const newOptionLabel = i18n.get('newOptionLabel', { type }) || 'New Option'
     const itemKey = `options.${this.data.length}`
-    
+
     const lastOptionData = fieldOptionData[fieldOptionData.length - 1]
     const optionTemplate = fieldOptionData.length ? lastOptionData : {}
     const itemData = { ...optionTemplate, label: newOptionLabel }
-    if (metaId !== 'button') {
+    if (controlId !== 'button') {
       itemData.value = slugify(newOptionLabel)
     }
     const newOption = new EditPanelItem({

src/lib/js/components/fields/field.js

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default class Field extends Component {
     const hideLabel = !!this.get('config.hideLabel')
 
     if (hideLabel) {
-      return
+      return null
     }
 
     const labelVal = this.get('config.editorLabel') || this.get('config.label')
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export default class Field extends Component {
    */
   fieldPreview() {
     const prevData = clone(this.data)
-    const { action = {} } = controls.get(prevData.meta.id)
+    const { action = {} } = controls.get(prevData.config.controlId)
     prevData.id = `prev-${this.id}`
     prevData.action = action
 

src/lib/js/components/fields/index.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import ComponentData from '../component-data.js'
 import Field from './field.js'
 import Controls from '../controls/index.js'
-import { get } from '../../common/utils/object.mjs'
+import { get, set } from '../../common/utils/object.mjs'
 
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
   actionButtons: {
@@ -60,6 +60,23 @@ export class Fields extends ComponentData {
       return acc
     }, {})
   }
+
+  load = (dataArg = Object.create(null)) => {
+    const allFieldData = this.parseformData(dataArg)
+    this.empty()
+
+    for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(allFieldData)) {
+      const { meta, ...data } = val
+      // meta object is only for controls, we want to migrate it out of field data
+      // we only need the control id to tie actions back to control definitons
+      if (meta?.id) {
+        set(data, 'config.controlId', meta?.id)
+      }
+      this.add(key, data)
+    }
+
+    return this.data
+  }
 }
 
 const fields = new Fields()