Storing objects in a field?

Not so much of an issue, more a question: I’d like to store lists and objects in a field, is that possible?

For example, we have image uploads which always come as { uid, caption, url } object. We have single image uploads (e.g., a profile photo) or lists of uploads (e.g., photos on a blog post), which can be edited (i.e., adding, removing, changing the caption) in a form.

It doesn’t work setting the array or object directly in the field. Updates to the field (using field.set()) do not trigger a change in the form model.

Should I be using nested fields for this? If so, how would I specify a field containing a list with { uid, caption, url } objects in it, using unified notification?

What does work though is serializing the array or object to JSON and then putting this into the form. This is a bit inconvenient though.

Thanks!

[bvallant]

Well just as an update: Found out what the problem was… The component with the form was reinitialized for some weird reason which led also re-initializing the form and overwriting the updated value again. Though your hint @foxhound87 with using update() for nested fields was quite useful, thanks! 👍

[bvallant]

Oh sorry, that just happened when copying it over to GH… Well i’ll try to get it working somehow, but thanks for your help anyways!