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Global Type with Tab(s) and Same Field Names Cause Mirroring Data

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f12057last year

Currently, I have a global type which has two tabs. Each tab has the same fields down to the name.



Example Code
export const foo: GlobalConfig = {
  slug: 'foo'
  fields: [
    {
      type: 'tabs',
      tabs: [
        {
          label: 'Tab One',
          description: 'description'
          fields: [
            {
              type: 'text',
              name: 'bar',
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          label: 'Tab Two',
          description: 'description'
          fields: [
            {
              type: 'text',
              name: 'bar',
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
}


Issue

When I update data for Tab One -> 'bar' field then the Tab Two -> 'bar' field shows the same data and vice versa.



Question

Is there a way to have two tabs with same named fields that do not mirror each others data? I'd like to keep the same name because then I can keep the shape/labels/etc of each set of fields in a constants file.



Thanks for your help!



Arg per usual I did troubleshooting for awhile then asked a question and figured it out right after asking.



Info Gathered

Some (maybe all) fields including

tabs

has a property named

name

that acts as the unique identifier for that field. When using two tabs with identical field names the data mirrors each other as described because there was no

name

set on

tabs

to make each distinct.



Solution

Add distinct

name

field to each tab as such:



{
  type: 'tabs'
  tabs: [
   {
      name: 'foo',
      label: 'Foo'
   },
   {
      name: 'bar',
      label: 'Bar'
   }
  ]
}


Giving each tab it's own unique name will result in the data beneath it being nested under that identifier.

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