Fix hidden_field_tag Nested Attributes Format For Rails 7 Upgrade and Add Test Coverage

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - Fixed a bug in the deep copy of plans where the old identifier was being copied into the new plan. We now copy the generated id of the new plan to the identifier field.
 - Fixed bar chart click function in the Usage dashboard (GitHub issue #3443)
 - Fixed broken link for the V1 API documentation.
+- Fix `hidden_field_tag` Nested Attributes Format For Rails 7 Upgrade and Add Test Coverage [#3479](https://github.com/DMPRoadmap/roadmap/pull/3479)
 
 
 **Note this upgrade is mainly a migration from Bootstrap 3 to Bootstrap 5.** 

app/views/research_outputs/metadata_standards/_search_result.html.erb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%# locals: result %>
 
 <% if result.present? %>
-  <%= hidden_field_tag "research_output[metadata_standards_attributes[#{result.id}][id]]", result.id %>
+  <%= hidden_field_tag "research_output[metadata_standards_attributes][#{result.id}][id]", result.id %>
 
   <p><%= sanitize(result.description) %></p>
 

app/views/research_outputs/repositories/_search_result.html.erb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %>
 
 <% if result.present? %>
-  <%= hidden_field_tag "research_output[repositories_attributes[#{result.id}][id]]", result.id %>
+  <%= hidden_field_tag "research_output[repositories_attributes][#{result.id}][id]", result.id %>
 
   <p><%= result.description %></p>
 

spec/features/modal_search_spec.rb

@@ -49,4 +49,35 @@
     click_link 'Remove'
     expect(page).not_to have_text(@model.description)
   end
+
+  it 'saves research output and selected repository association', :js do
+    # Fill in required fields
+    fill_in 'Title', with: 'Test Output'
+    select 'Audiovisual', from: 'research_output_output_type'
+
+    # Open the modal and select repository
+    click_button 'Add a repository'
+    within('#modal-search-repositories') do
+      fill_in 'research_output_search_term', with: @model.name
+      click_button 'Apply filter(s)'
+      click_link 'Select'
+      # (execute_script('arguments[0].click();', modal_close_button) works locally here, but not as GitHub Action)
+      find('[data-bs-dismiss="modal"]').click
+    end
+
+    click_button 'Save'
+
+    # Verify UI changes
+    expect(page).to have_css('.fas.fa-circle-check + span + span',
+                             text: 'Successfully added the researchoutput.')
+    expect(page).to have_content('Test Output')
+    expect(page).to have_content(@model.name)
+
+    # Verify DB changes
+    research_output = ResearchOutput.last
+    expect(research_output.title).to eq('Test Output')
+    expect(research_output.output_type).to eq('audiovisual')
+    expect(research_output.repositories).to include(@model)
+    expect(research_output.plan).to eq(@plan)
+  end
 end