Ransack form search field value not persisted between requests when using alias

[fidalgo]

When I search, using an alias I cannot get the value of the searched parameter in the field.
In the name field I have tested and it's working fine.
My code:
In controller:

  def index
    @q = Customer.ransack(params[:q])
    @customers = @q.result(distinct: true)
  end

In model:

  ransack_alias :quick_search, :name_or_phone_or_mobile_or_email_or_vat_identification

In view:

      <%= search_form_for @q do |f| %>
      <%= f.search_field :quick_search_cont, class: "form-control"%>
    </div>
    <div id="table-filter" class="well filter-well">
      <div class="form-group">
        <%= f.label (:name) %>
        <%= f.search_field :name_cont, class: "form-control" %>
      </div>

Ransack version:
GIT
remote: git://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack.git
revision: 64d8c40

I'm using Ransack directly with:
Database: PostgreSQL
Rails: 5.0.0.rc1
ruby 2.2.5

[moofkit]

same here

Ransack version:
GIT
remote: git://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack.git
revision: fd94685

Database: PostgreSQL
Rails: 5.0.0
ruby 2.3.1

[luislezcair]

Any update on this? I'm having the same problem.

[doubleton]

If it helps anyone, I worked around this using value option:

= f.search_field :quick_search_cont, value: params.dig(:q, :quick_search_cont)

[asaletnik]

Same here.

Ransack: 1.8.3 / 1.8.2
Database: MySQL
Rails: 4.2.9
Ruby: 2.3.3

[mattwbarry]

Same here

Ransack: 1.8.3
Database: PostgreSQL
Rails: 4.0.13
Ruby: 2.3.3

[bitberry-dev]

Same bug here

Ransack: 2.1.1
Database: MySQL
Rails: 5.2.2
Ruby: 2.5.3

Also ransack sorting ignores aliases.

[danielnolan]

This is happening for me also when using ransack with simple form, using an alias doesn't populate my checkboxes when the page refreshes after submitting the form. If I remove the alias everything works as expected
Ransack: 3.1.0
Rails: 7.0.2.3
Ruby: 3.1.2
Simple Form: 5.1.0

[scarroll32]

This approach is also needed to keep values for a select

<div class="form-group">
    <%= f.label :due_days_eq, t('Review_days') %>
    <%= f.select :due_days_eq, options_for_select([0,1,2,3,4,5], params.dig(:q, :due_days_eq)), { include_blank: t('Any') }  %>
</div>

[rspeicher]

Just ran into this today as well. Created https://github.com/rspeicher/ransack-689-test to offer a minimal reproduction of the issue, and a failing system test. The full_search alias is defined here.

I was able to trace it as far as

ransack/lib/ransack/nodes/grouping.rb

Lines 180 to 186 in dbffa8b

	def read_attribute(name)
	if self[name].respond_to?(:value)
	self[name].value
	else
	self[name]
	end
	end

-- in our example the full name is name_or_description_cont, but it's aliased as full_search_cont, but because the group naming uses the underlying, expanded name we get nothing back for the value.

I wonder if it would be possible to store the alias name alongside the group so either will return the value we need, or to have the form builder expand the alias before asking for the value.

[scarroll32]

@rspeicher were you using SimpleForm ?