AutocompleteInput does not respect createLabel prop

The createLabel text and selection is missing in version 4.1.3. It is showing correctly on SelectInput but not AutocompleteInput even though it is documented on the AutocompleteInput docs.

https://marmelab.com/react-admin/AutocompleteInput.html

The label for the menu item allowing users to create a new choice. Used when the filter is empty

The end of this list should show “Create New Type” when no input is put in

    <ReferenceInput source="typeId" reference="customer-types">
      <AutocompleteInput
        source="name"
        createLabel="Create New Type"
        createItemLabel="Create %{item}"
        create={<SimpleCreate resource="customer-types"/>}/>
    </ReferenceInput>

[slax57]

@davidhenley It’s no really that it would be hard to implement, but rather that this component already handles many props for many cases, and we fear that adding one more would make it too confusing.

Actually we thought of adding a prop like shouldAllowCreate or something in this taste to handle this, but we gave it up for the reason I mentioned.

Still, if you disagree with us, please let us know here, we might change our minds about this 😅

[davidhenley]

Thanks @slax57

I searched the linked code before creating the issue and the creation stuff looks identical to SelectInput. Couldn’t figure it out.

I would debate at least for our purposes that AutocompleteInput should have createLabel, because sometimes we know that we need to add one on the fly before even searching and it makes sense to just click the create button before beginning to type. Especially if there are multiple fields in the new dialog. This is how we’ve been using it already.