Improve the form widget for assigning object types for permissions

[jeremystretch]

NetBox version

v4.3.4

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

Introduce a new form field field & widget to improve the user experience when modifying object types for a permission. The form field currently looks like this:

This FR proposes adopting an approach similar to how we handle the selection of columns when reconfiguring an object table:

(The ordering of selected options is not significant in this context.)

This should be implemented in a way such that a single form field class can be reused throughout the application as needed.

Use case

The current approach has several drawbacks:

• Selecting a large number of options can be tedious
• Mis-clicking within the field can result in accidentally clearing all selections
• The size of the selection widget is limited and inhibits readability

Adopting the dual-column approach would make the process of adding and removing individual options less error-prone, while preserving the ability to make bulk selections.

Database changes

N/A

External dependencies

N/A

[rcon-git]

it would be neat if you had a search/filter field to easily filter the list of objects to make finding and selecting the desired objects easier/faster.

[jeremystretch]

I have a lot of cleanup to do, but here's the rough functionality in place: