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+"@object-ui/components": patch
+---
+
+Built-in `select` fields: the form's label, validation message and required state now reach the control
+
+A hand-written form field `{ name: 'status', label: 'Status', type: 'select', options: [...] }`
+rendered a visible "Status" label that pointed at nothing. Measured before the fix:
+`<label for="…-form-item">` resolved to no element at all, `getByLabelText(/status/i)`
+found zero matches, and the trigger button carried no `id`, no `aria-describedby`, no
+`aria-invalid` and no `aria-required`. Clicking the label did nothing and a screen reader
+announced an anonymous combobox with no field name, no error link and no required state.
+
+Cause: the built-in `select` branch spread its whole DOM pass-through onto Radix's
+`Select.Root`. Root renders no DOM element of its own, so everything it does not
+recognise is silently dropped — and that is exactly where `<FormControl>`'s Slot puts the
+field's `id` / `aria-describedby` / `aria-invalid` and the renderer puts `aria-required`.
+The pass-through now lands on `SelectTrigger`, the focusable `button[role=combobox]` the
+user and their assistive tech actually operate, with the same two keys deliberately kept
+on Root as in the widget-side fix: `name` (the one key Root consumes — it forwards it to
+the hidden native `select` that takes part in form submission) and `disabled` (Root
+disables trigger, items and hidden select together, so the raw prop must not gain a second
+author). `ref` rides the pass-through too, so react-hook-form can finally focus a built-in
+select.
+
+This is the built-in half of the same mechanism objectui#3306 fixed on the widget side.
+The two halves diverged because `'select'` is a `BUILTIN_FIELD_TYPES` member: an
+object-driven `field:select` resolves to the registered `SelectField` (fixed since #3306),
+while a hand-written bare `type: 'select'` never consults the registry and kept the
+defect. Both paths are now pinned side by side — the registered path as a positive control
+— so they cannot drift apart again. Which component renders a bare `select` is unchanged;
+only where its host props land.
+
+Authored `className` on a built-in `select` now reaches the trigger (it previously reached
+no element), composed with the branch's touch-target height rather than replacing it.
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+/**
+ * ObjectUI
+ * Copyright (c) 2024-present ObjectStack Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The BUILT-IN `select` branch hands the host's control props to the control it
+ * actually renders — objectui#3976.
+ *
+ * Radix's `Select.Root` renders no DOM element of its own, so every prop it does
+ * not recognise is silently DROPPED instead of reaching an element. The branch
+ * used to spread its whole DOM pass-through onto that Root, which is where
+ * `<FormControl>`'s Slot puts the field's `id` / `aria-describedby` /
+ * `aria-invalid` and the call site puts `aria-required`. Measured before the
+ * fix, for a plain `{ name: 'status', label: 'Status', type: 'select' }`:
+ *
+ *     label for="_r_1_-form-item"   ->  no element carries that id
+ *     getByLabelText(/status/i)     ->  0 matches
+ *     trigger button                ->  no id, no aria-describedby,
+ *                                       no aria-invalid, no aria-required
+ *
+ * i.e. the visible "Status" label pointed at nothing (clicking it did nothing),
+ * the field had no accessible name, and neither the validation message nor the
+ * required state was announced.
+ *
+ * This is the same mechanism objectui#3306 fixed on the WIDGET side, where
+ * `SelectField` now routes its pass-through to `SelectTrigger`. The two `select`
+ * paths diverge because `BUILTIN_FIELD_TYPES` contains `'select'`: a bare
+ * `type: 'select'` renders the built-in branch and never consults the registry,
+ * while an object-driven `field:select` (`mapFieldTypeToFormType`) resolves to
+ * the widget. Only the built-in half was broken, which is why the fork itself is
+ * pinned below — both halves have to keep working independently, and a "fix"
+ * that quietly rerouted bare `select` to the registry would change which
+ * component renders for every hand-written form schema in existence.
+ *
+ * Reverse verification (run before writing the fix, direction predicted first):
+ * restoring the spread onto `<Select>` turns the built-in describe RED — the
+ * label-resolution, accessible-name, aria-required, aria-invalid and
+ * aria-describedby cases all fail — while the registry describe stays GREEN,
+ * because that path never went through Root.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor, cleanup } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { ComponentRegistry } from '@object-ui/core';
+// Module scope, not `beforeAll` — the cold transform must not be billed to
+// `hookTimeout`. See object-ui/no-dynamic-import-in-test-hook (objectui#3010).
+import '../../../renderers';
+
+const OPTIONS = [
+  { label: 'Open', value: 'open' },
+  { label: 'Closed', value: 'closed' },
+];
+
+/**
+ * Stands in for a registered option widget (`@object-ui/components` tests never
+ * load `@object-ui/fields`) and mirrors the one mechanism the registry path
+ * relies on: spread the leftover props onto the control it renders. Registered
+ * under the REAL `field:select` key so the fork below is measured, not assumed —
+ * the issue's finding was that the built-in branch wins even when that key
+ * resolves.
+ */
+function SelectWidgetProbe(props: any) {
+  const { name, value: _value, onChange: _onChange, field: _field, error: _error, options: _options, ...rest } = props;
+  return (
+    <button type="button" role="combobox" data-testid={`probe-${name}`} {...rest} />
+  );
+}
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  ComponentRegistry.register('select', SelectWidgetProbe, { namespace: 'field' });
+}, 30000);
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+function renderForm(fields: any[], defaultValues: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+  const Form = ComponentRegistry.get('form')!;
+  return render(
+    <Form
+      schema={{
+        type: 'form',
+        mode: 'create',
+        showSubmit: true,
+        showCancel: false,
+        submitLabel: 'Create',
+        defaultValues,
+        fields,
+        onSubmit: () => {},
+      }}
+    />,
+  );
+}
+
+const STATUS_FIELD = { name: 'status', label: 'Status', type: 'select', options: OPTIONS };
+
+/** The trigger button, by role — fails loudly if it stops being a combobox. */
+function triggerOf(name: string): Element {
+  const el = document.querySelector(`[data-field="${name}"] [role="combobox"]`);
+  if (!el) throw new Error(`no select trigger rendered for field "${name}"`);
+  return el;
+}
+
+/** Every `<label for=…>` in the document, paired with its resolved target. */
+function labelTargets(): Array<{ text: string; forId: string; resolves: boolean }> {
+  return Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('label'))
+    .map((el) => ({
+      text: (el.textContent ?? '').trim(),
+      forId: el.getAttribute('for') ?? '',
+      resolves: !!el.getAttribute('for') && !!document.getElementById(el.getAttribute('for')!),
+    }))
+    .filter((l) => l.forId !== '');
+}
+
+const submit = () => fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /create/i }));
+
+describe('built-in select — the host id reaches the trigger (objectui#3976)', () => {
+  it('emits no label pointing at an id nothing carries', () => {
+    renderForm([STATUS_FIELD], { status: undefined });
+
+    const labels = labelTargets();
+    expect(labels.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    // The defect verbatim: `for="_r_N_-form-item"` with no owner in the document.
+    expect(labels.filter((l) => !l.resolves)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('resolves the visible label to the trigger, not to a wrapper', () => {
+    renderForm([STATUS_FIELD], { status: undefined });
+
+    // `getAllByLabelText` walks `for`→id, so it guards the association itself:
+    // before the fix it returned 0 matches (the id had no owner at all).
+    const labelled = screen.getAllByLabelText('Status');
+    expect(labelled).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(labelled[0]).toBe(triggerOf('status'));
+    // …and the element carrying the id is the focusable control, not the row.
+    expect(labelled[0].tagName).toBe('BUTTON');
+  });
+
+  it('gives the combobox the label as its accessible name', () => {
+    renderForm([STATUS_FIELD], { status: undefined });
+
+    // The user-visible consequence, asserted on the computed name rather than on
+    // markup: pre-fix the control was reachable by role but ANONYMOUS, so a
+    // screen reader announced "combobox" with no field name.
+    const combobox = screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Status' });
+    expect(combobox).toHaveAccessibleName('Status');
+    expect(combobox).toBe(triggerOf('status'));
+  });
+
+  it('keeps `for` as the association channel — no second naming channel', () => {
+    // The built-in `select` renders a labelable `<button>`, so `resolveFieldLabelling`
+    // correctly classifies it as `'control'` (objectui#3961/#3978): plain `for`,
+    // and NO `aria-labelledby`. Two channels for one label is the failure the
+    // group-labelling work exists to avoid, and this fix must not introduce it.
+    renderForm([STATUS_FIELD], { status: undefined });
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('Status').getAttribute('for')).toBe(
+      triggerOf('status').getAttribute('id'),
+    );
+    expect(triggerOf('status')).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-labelledby');
+  });
+
+  it('carries aria-required on the trigger, and nothing when optional', () => {
+    renderForm([{ ...STATUS_FIELD, required: true }], { status: undefined });
+    expect(triggerOf('status')).toHaveAttribute('aria-required', 'true');
+
+    cleanup();
+    renderForm([STATUS_FIELD], { status: undefined });
+    expect(triggerOf('status')).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-required');
+  });
+
+  it('announces invalid on the trigger only AFTER validation fails', async () => {
+    renderForm([{ ...STATUS_FIELD, required: true }], { status: undefined });
+
+    // The explicit "false" half is load-bearing (#3222/#3306): a valid field
+    // SAYS it is valid rather than staying mute.
+    expect(triggerOf('status')).toHaveAttribute('aria-invalid', 'false');
+
+    submit();
+
+    // Prove the failure actually rendered before reading aria off it.
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getAllByText('Status is required')).toHaveLength(1));
+    expect(triggerOf('status')).toHaveAttribute('aria-invalid', 'true');
+  });
+
+  it('links aria-describedby to the rendered error message', async () => {
+    renderForm([{ ...STATUS_FIELD, required: true }], { status: undefined });
+
+    submit();
+
+    const message = await screen.findByText('Status is required');
+    // The association is only real if the id chain closes: the trigger must
+    // point at the exact element carrying the message text.
+    expect(message.id).not.toBe('');
+    const describedBy = triggerOf('status').getAttribute('aria-describedby') ?? '';
+    expect(describedBy.split(/\s+/)).toContain(message.id);
+  });
+
+  it('leaves `name` on Root, where the submitted hidden select is', () => {
+    // The whitelist half of the fix, and a regression fence against "move
+    // everything to the trigger": `name` is the ONE key Root genuinely consumes
+    // — it forwards it to the hidden native `<select>` that takes part in form
+    // submission. On the trigger it would sit uselessly on a non-submitter
+    // `<button>`.
+    renderForm([STATUS_FIELD], { status: undefined });
+
+    const hidden = document.querySelector('[data-field="status"] select[aria-hidden="true"]');
+    expect(hidden).toHaveAttribute('name', 'status');
+    expect(triggerOf('status')).not.toHaveAttribute('name');
+  });
+
+  it('still keeps `disabled` a single-authority prop on Root', () => {
+    // Root disables the trigger, the items and the hidden select together, so
+    // the raw prop must not gain a second author on the trigger.
+    renderForm([{ ...STATUS_FIELD, disabled: true }], { status: undefined });
+
+    expect(triggerOf('status')).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  it('two selects in one form each name their own trigger', () => {
+    renderForm(
+      [STATUS_FIELD, { name: 'stage', label: 'Stage', type: 'select', options: OPTIONS }],
+      { status: undefined, stage: undefined },
+    );
+
+    expect(labelTargets().filter((l) => !l.resolves)).toEqual([]);
+    // A shared/colliding id would make both labels resolve to the same control.
+    expect(screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Status' })).toBe(triggerOf('status'));
+    expect(screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Stage' })).toBe(triggerOf('stage'));
+  });
+});
+
+describe('the two select paths stay separate (objectui#3976 / #3231)', () => {
+  it('a bare `type: select` renders the BUILT-IN branch even though field:select resolves', () => {
+    // Measured, not inferred: `renderFieldComponent` skips the registry entirely
+    // for a `BUILTIN_FIELD_TYPES` member, so the probe registered above under
+    // the real `field:select` key does NOT win. That is why #3976 had to be
+    // fixed in the built-in branch — rerouting bare `select` to the registry is
+    // a design change (it swaps the rendered component for every hand-written
+    // form schema), not a bug fix.
+    expect(ComponentRegistry.get('field:select')).toBe(SelectWidgetProbe);
+
+    renderForm([STATUS_FIELD], { status: undefined });
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('probe-status')).toBeNull();
+    // The Radix trigger + its hidden native select — the built-in branch's DOM.
+    expect(triggerOf('status')).toHaveAttribute('aria-autocomplete', 'none');
+    expect(document.querySelector('[data-field="status"] select[aria-hidden="true"]')).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('a registered `field:select` widget still receives the host props (positive control)', () => {
+    // The path #3306 already fixed. It must be untouched by this change: the
+    // widget gets the id / aria-* as PROPS (the Slot clones the element it
+    // returns) and puts them on the control it renders.
+    renderForm(
+      [{ name: 'choice', label: 'Choice', type: 'field:select', required: true, options: OPTIONS }],
+      { choice: undefined },
+    );
+
+    const probe = screen.getByTestId('probe-choice');
+    expect(labelTargets().filter((l) => !l.resolves)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('combobox', { name: 'Choice' })).toBe(probe);
+    expect(probe).toHaveAttribute('aria-required', 'true');
+    expect(probe).toHaveAttribute('aria-invalid', 'false');
+    expect(probe.getAttribute('id')).toMatch(/-form-item$/);
+  });
+});