schema:#/definitions/condition is treated the same as schema:#/definitions/booleanExpression

[tomlm]

Describe the bug

schema:#/definitions/condition indicates that the default UX for the property should be the expression editor. NOTE: It should NOT HAVE an equals.

schema:#/definitions/booleanExpression indicates that the value could be a bool TRUE/FALSE or an expression which evaluates to that.

If you look in the schema you can see that IfCondition action the condition is different then disabled

       "condition": {
            "$ref": "schema:#/definitions/condition",
            "title": "Condition",
            "description": "Expression to evaluate.",
            "examples": [
                "user.age > 3"
            ]
        },
        "disabled": {
            "$ref": "schema:#/definitions/booleanExpression",
            "title": "Disabled",
            "description": "Optional condition which if true will disable this action.",
            "examples": [
                true,
                "=user.age > 3"
            ]
        },

I have written 3 bots with composer and NOT ONCE have I had a trigger or IfCondition which was "TRUE/FALSE". 100% of the time it was an expression such as user.age > 3

The current UI is saying that the default for an If condition is true

   // writing a if statement like this almost never ever is done, because it's meaningless.
   if (true)

The effect of this bug is that I have to click 3 times EVERYTIME I create a new trigger or IfCondition.

1. once to drop show menu
2. once to select expression
3. once to click on the input box. By the end of a long day I am swearing at the monitor.

Version

Browser

• [x] Electron distribution
• [ ] Chrome
• [ ] Safari
• [ ] Firefox
• [ ] Edge

OS

• [ ] macOS
• [x] Windows
• [ ] Ubuntu

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Add a trigger with condition user.age > 3
2. Add a IfCondition with condition user.name == 'john'

Expected behavior

I expect the schema design to be respected.

1. Conditions should not be labeled as T/F and not have drop down menu. It should just be the expression editor without the '='.
2. Boolean properties should have T/F and the drop as it does today.
3. If I select expression for any expression property the focus should be placed on the input box so I don't have to have the third click.

This should be all places that /definitions/condition is used in the .schema files:

• IfCondition action (the condition property)
• all triggers (the condition property)
• all ** Input dialogs (the validations array)

Screenshots

Additional context

[cwhitten]

@tomlm @GeoffCoxMSFT has some suggestions here for the SDK that will make this easier for Composer, and will follow-up

[yeze322]

We have some findings

1. condition fields are displayed as a dropdown with boolean because of sdk.schema declares it as oneOf field (generated by dialog:merge).

2. booleanExpression is fine, it will be displayed as an abc string field in Composer (if edit sdk.schema manually) 67.png)

So for this problem, if we want to change all *.condition fields' behavior in Composer, it's better to update it in dotnet sdk as a thorough fix.

@cwhitten @boydc2014 FYI

[cwhitten]

Transferred to botbuildet-dotnet.

@tomlm we believe this should be fixed in schema. From our understanding of the problem and a way to address it is to have condition stop defining it's interface as a oneOf for expression or boolean. Because the schema says it can be a boolean, the form provides the related selectable options (TRUE/FALSE).