Issue #2914839 by Sam152: The current moderation state in the "meta" region on...

Issue #2914839 by Sam152: The current moderation state in the "meta" region on content entity forms is coupled to the moderation_state field widget

core/modules/content_moderation/src/EntityTypeInfo.php

@@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ public function formAlter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state, $form_id
           $form['moderation_state']['#group'] = 'footer';
         }
 
-        // Duplicate the label of the current moderation state to the meta
-        // region, if available.
+        // If the publishing status exists in the meta region, replace it with
+        // the current state instead.
         if (isset($form['meta']['published'])) {
-          $form['meta']['published']['#markup'] = $form['moderation_state']['widget'][0]['current']['#markup'];
+          $form['meta']['published']['#markup'] = $this->moderationInfo->getWorkflowForEntity($entity)->getTypePlugin()->getState($entity->moderation_state->value)->label();
         }
       }
     }

core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Functional/ModerationFormTest.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\content_moderation\Functional;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\Entity\EntityFormDisplay;
 use Drupal\workflows\Entity\Workflow;
 
 /**
@@ -468,6 +469,23 @@ public function testContentTranslationNodeForm() {
     ], t('Save (this translation)'));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test the moderation_state field when an alternative widget is set.
+   */
+  public function testAlternativeModerationStateWidget() {
+    $entity_form_display = EntityFormDisplay::load('node.moderated_content.default');
+    $entity_form_display->setComponent('moderation_state', [
+      'type' => 'string_textfield',
+      'region' => 'content',
+    ]);
+    $entity_form_display->save();
+    $this->drupalPostForm('node/add/moderated_content', [
+      'title[0][value]' => 'Test content',
+      'moderation_state[0][value]' => 'published',
+    ], 'Save');
+    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Moderated content Test content has been created.');
+  }
+
   /**
    * Tests that workflows and states can not be deleted if they are in use.
    *