Archiving a DataObject calls the validator about silverstripe-cms HOT 4 OPEN

Yeah, that's been like that for some time now and we had users complaining about it as well. Since our validation was usually simple we asked them to populate those required fields and then archive it.

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There’s a method in Form called setValidationExemptActions() (or something similar) - do we just need to add the archive action to that?

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There’s a method in Form called setValidationExemptActions() (or something similar) - do we just need to add the archive action to that?

Already tried that... seems that when the archive action kicks in the validationExemptActions array is empty.

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DataObject subclasses are most typically edited using a gridfield, which means the form that needs this treatment is the one produced by GridFieldDetailForm_ItemRequest::ItemEditForm().

You should be able to work around this by adding the following extension to GridFieldDetailForm_ItemRequest:

class GridFieldValidationExcemptExtension extends Extension
{
    public function updateItemEditForm(Form $form): void
    {
        $form->setValidationExemptActions([
            'doArchive',
            // You probably want to also add other actions like delete, restore, etc
        ]);
    }
}

Ideally this will be done in core directly in GridFieldDetailForm_ItemRequest::ItemEditForm() through a PR. If someone wants to do that I'd be happy to look at it.

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