[5.1] com_contact remove showon when useglobal is used in the field

[drmenzelit]

Pull Request for Issue #42381 .

Summary of Changes

Removed the showon option in several fields

Testing Instructions

See issue #42381

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

Showon fields are not displayed in contact and menu item if the "parent" field has useglobal

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

Showon fields are displayed

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[HLeithner]

maybe it's better to fix the real issue if the issue is true for all global based showOns ?

[drmenzelit]

maybe it's better to fix the real issue if the issue is true for all global based showOns ?

Yes ;-) useglobal inserts a new select option but without value ... do you know where that is created?

[crimle]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 441e2f1

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[MacJoom]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 441e2f1

Tested on 5.1.0 RC1

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[Quy]

RTC

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[cybersalt]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on a80245d

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[bembelimen]

Like Harald said, removing the option does not fix the issue: #42386 (comment)

[bembelimen]

Back to pending

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[drmenzelit]

Like Harald said, removing the option does not fix the issue: #42386 (comment)

I was not able to find the code for that ... #42386 (comment)

[drmenzelit]

This PR doesn't solve the underlying problem of showon fields. We need more coding effort for that.