Label Printer Template Selection has no Default Value in Label Printing Modal

[simonkuehling]

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Describe the bug*

as a follow-up on #8313 (mentioned by @SergeoLacruz) there is another issue with the Label Printer Modal form: currently no template is selected by default in the form - which is another two clicks for each printing operation.

I have looked into fixing this, but cannot figure out how to access the template field options for setting a value: in https://github.com/simonkuehling/InvenTree/blob/cb0248d15944544d66b5b047b905275d76954a00/src/frontend/src/components/buttons/PrintingActions.tsx#L60-L67

Happy to create a PR for it if someone could give me a hint on this!

Steps to Reproduce

1. open a Part/StockItem/etc
2. click "print label" action button

Expected behaviour

pre-select the drop down with the first template

Deployment Method

• Docker
• Package
• Bare metal
• Other - added info in Steps to Reproduce

Version Information

InvenTree-Version: 0.17.0 dev
Django Version: 4.2.16
Commit Hash: 17bf7bb
Commit Date: 2024-10-18
Commit Branch: null
Database: postgresql
Debug-Mode: False
Deployed using Docker: True
Platform: Linux-6.1.0-rpi7-rpi-v8-aarch64-with
Installer: DOC
nullActive plugins: [{"name":"InvenTreeBarcode","slug":"inventreebarcode","version":"2.1.0"},{"name":"InvenTreeCoreNotificationsPlugin","slug":"inventreecorenotificationsplugin","version":"1.0.0"},{"name":"InvenTreeCurrencyExchange","slug":"inventreecurrencyexchange","version":"1.0.0"},{"name":"InvenTreeLabel","slug":"inventreelabel","version":"1.1.0"},{"name":"InvenTreeLabelMachine","slug":"inventreelabelmachine","version":"1.0.0"},{"name":"InvenTreeLabelSheet","slug":"inventreelabelsheet","version":"1.0.0"},{"name":"DigiKeyPlugin","slug":"digikeyplugin","version":"1.0.0"},{"name":"LCSCPlugin","slug":"lcscplugin","version":"1.0.0"},{"name":"MouserPlugin","slug":"mouserplugin","version":"1.0.0"},{"name":"TMEPlugin","slug":"tmeplugin","version":"1.0.0"},{"name":"IPNAutoGenerator","slug":"ipnautogenerator","version":null},{"name":"OrderNotesTemplates","slug":"ordernotestemplates","version":null},{"name":"Brother Labels","slug":"brother","version":"1.0.0"}]

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[SchrodingersGat]

This could be fixed by implementing the "auto-fill" attribute that we have in the legacy user interface:

InvenTree/src/backend/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/forms.js

Line 2152 in 21ab1a1

} else if (field.auto_fill) {

Basically, for fields with this attribute, the form will send off an API request to the server, with the provide field filters. If one (and only one) result is returned, then the value is populated into the field.

This is how it was achieved in CUI previously, but I think that the behaviour has regressed after we recently refactored how report templates are handled