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fix: sync checkBox, switch and slider when re-rendered with a new value - #507

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Description

checkBox, switch and slider copy model.value into their State in initState and never update it. When the same control is rebuilt in place with a different value, for example an updated screen from the server or a list re-render, Flutter reuses the State, so the control keeps showing the old value. In a list, a row can even show another row's value after an item above it is removed.

Each of the three now has a didUpdateWidget, following the one radioGroup already has. When the incoming value differs from the previous one, the control shows it, and checkBox and slider update their form data too. A value the user changed themselves is kept across rebuilds that don't change the server value.

dropdownMenu and refreshIndicator have a similar stale-state problem and will be handled separately.

Verified locally: dart analyze reports no issues in packages/stac, and the repro from the issue, plus the same check for switch and slider, now shows the new value.

Related Issues

Closes #497

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Checkbox, slider, and switch controls now reflect updated values when their configuration changes.
    • Updated checkbox and slider values are also synchronized with associated form data.

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Checkbox, slider, and switch widgets now synchronize their state when their model values change. Checkbox and slider updates also write the new value to form data when the required identifiers and form scope are available.

Changes: Control Value Synchronization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Synchronize control state on update
packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_check_box/stac_check_box_parser.dart, packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_slider/stac_slider_parser.dart, packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_switch/stac_switch_parser.dart
Checkbox and slider state follows changed model values and updates form data when the required identifiers and scope are available. Switch state follows changed model values and resets to false when the new value is null.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9176c

A replaced list item can show the previous item’s selection and omit its form value. Handle ID changes before merging.

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Description Check Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: synchronizing checkbox, switch, and slider values when widgets re-render with new values.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #497 requires a checkbox to adopt a changed incoming value when Flutter reuses its State. The reviewed checkbox implementation adds didUpdateWidget, compares oldWidget.model.value with widget.mo…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes are limited to didUpdateWidget synchronization in checkBox, switch, and slider. Switch and slider address the same stale-initial-value defect described in the PR and are supporting scope f…
Docstring Coverage Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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Issue #497 requires a checkbox to adopt a changed incoming value when Flutter reuses its State. The reviewed checkbox implementation adds didUpdateWidget, compares oldWidget.model.value with widget.model.value, assigns _currentValue, and updates formData when applicable. The same focused change is present for switch and slider, as stated in the PR scope. No linked issue requirement remains unmet. The supplied PR evidence also reports a reproduction check and a clean dart analyze result.

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The changes are limited to didUpdateWidget synchronization in checkBox, switch, and slider. Switch and slider address the same stale-initial-value defect described in the PR and are supporting scope for the checkbox fix. The PR does not change dropdownMenu or refreshIndicator, which it explicitly defers. No unrelated change is shown.

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No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (3 skipped: 3 unsupported.)

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@packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_check_box/stac_check_box_parser.dart:
- Around line 51-56: Update the checkbox update logic in the widget state to
also detect changes to the model `id`; when either the value or `id` changes,
reset `_currentValue` from the new model and initialize its form-data entry. In
the slider update logic, apply the same condition and reset `selectedValue` from
the new model while initializing its form-data entry. Make these changes at
packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_check_box/stac_check_box_parser.dart
lines 51-56 and
packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_slider/stac_slider_parser.dart lines
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  • packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_check_box/stac_check_box_parser.dart
  • packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_slider/stac_slider_parser.dart
  • packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_switch/stac_switch_parser.dart

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fix: checkBox keeps its old value when re-rendered with a new value

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