SettingsForm doesn't support entity_autocomplete fields
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>As discovered in <span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/performance_budget/issues/3072581" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#3072581: Configurable KPIs</a></span>, if you use an entity_autocomplete field with a capture utility the SettingsForm doesn't work. </p>
<p>The issue occurs here: </p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> $fields </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$config</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">get</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$group</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'id'</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fields </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$field </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$value</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$form</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$plugin_definition</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'id'</span><span style="color: #007700">]][</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$group</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'id'</span><span style="color: #007700">]][</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$field</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#default_value'</span><span style="color: #007700">] = </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$value</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> unset(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$form</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$plugin_definition</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'id'</span><span style="color: #007700">]][</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$group</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'id'</span><span style="color: #007700">]][</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$field</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#required'</span><span style="color: #007700">]);<br> }<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>Specifically with that #default_value assignment, which as it turns out is completely unnecessary. </p>
<p>#default_value is already set, but what's happening in this particular case, because of the way entity_autocomplete data is stored in the config (i.e. as an array instead of a string), the default value isn't getting set properly. </p>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>Remove the unnecessary assignment</p>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<p>n/a</p>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<p>n/a</p>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<p>n/a</p>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
<p>n/a</p>
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