[Bug] Cannot set Text Editor's content with frappe.new_doc()

Assume I have a DocType Task with these fields:

• subject (Data)
• description (Text Editor)

If I call the following in JavaScript, the new Tasks subject will be set to “New task” but the description will be left blank.

frappe.new_doc("Task", {"description": "Do stuff", "subject": "New task"})

Same problem with frappe.route_options().

This happens with all fields of type Text Editor.

Though this works:

frm.doc.description = "Do stuff"
frm.refresh()

Version

Frappe Framework: v11.1.32 (master)

[gwhitney]

Sure. I have some end-of-year deadlines for the organization I am setting up with ERPNext, so I likely won’t get to it until early in the new year, but would be happy to.

[gwhitney]

Some comments on the PR #11900 I just filed to address this: since it turns out not to be practical to simply allow any field to be specified by the route_options argument to frappe.new_doc – in particular, trying to set fields of type Table in this way goes haywire – I left the route_options alone, and instead enhanced the behavior of the init_callback argument, so that it is called regardless of whether the DocType has a Quick Entry form. So with #11900 in place, the OP can accomplish the original desired effect via:

frappe.new_doc("Task", {"subject": "New task"}, doc => {doc.description = "Do stuff";});

and (for example) I can create a new Journal Entry with the posting date set and an accounts line filled in via

frappe.new_doc("Journal Entry", {"voucher_type": "Bank Entry"}, doc => {
    doc.posting_date = me.data.date;
    let newacc = frappe.model.add_child(doc, "accounts");
    newacc.account = ba_doc.account;
    newacc.account_currency = me.data.currency;
    newacc.debit_in_account_currency = me.data.credit;
    newacc.credit_in_account_currency = me.data.debit;
}