Pro Request: Unlock "Incompatible Type" in Elements Dropdown

w.fly · 2025-01-09T16:29:38.039Z

Screenshot 2025-01-09 at 10.23.04 AM484×165 14 KB

Screenshot 1

In the image above, ASD Patch - Dropdown Company is of type Company.
However, I need the spaceID to be a text. The kicker is the text I am trying to give to spaceID just so happens to be a text that I get FROM the Company in that dropdown… See below what this should look like (which works, btw, if you copy and paste from another field elsewhere…)

Screenshot 2025-01-09 at 10.23.24 AM
Screenshot 2

Bubble, do not disallow us from choosing elements in the dropdown due to “Incompatible Type” (In Screenshot 1, note how ASD Patch - Dropdown Company is unclickable!). We may be using that “incompatible type” to GET to the right type. At the moment, this is an unnecessary workaround.

BrianHenderson · 2025-01-09T16:51:10.491Z

Yeah, isn’t that what the error checker is for?

mitchbaylis · 2025-01-10T00:13:14.649Z

I have this issue a lot in dev too.

Very frustrating as I sit there and try to access the type I know exists and then do the standard “why isn’t it there” checks and then remember I need to workaround because bubble added logic to limit me from selecting incompatible types.

One of those “bubble making my life harder by trying to make it easier” features.

dylan9 · 2025-04-11T18:57:46.442Z

I’ve also been running into this now with the new workflow editor beta. It’s pretty frustrating and seems unnecessary.