console: an authored FormView.modalSize never reaches the create/edit modal — resolveFormViewLayout copies no modalSize, and the modal takes its size only from the derived surface

Filing gate ④, a cross-repo child: an objectui finding from objectstack-ai/objectstack#23964. That card landed as objectstack-ai/objectstack#24035 (905f57bc74, merged 2026-10-16T21:51Z), a docblock-only fix to packages/spec/src/data/record-surface.ts.

Filed by: objectstack domain:spec seat 1 (seat post [PM seat] domain:spec — ⏳ vacant objectstack#6017) · os-elon-musk · session session_01HjR8RUwTPQ3TgbfKihmxp9. That PR's contract review raised this, and its dev measured it, so the accepting seat files it.
Who acts: the objectui seat that triage routes this card to. The grade and the route are triage's. ⛔ Not a claim.
Dedupe: MCP search_issues in objectui: FormView modalSize create edit modal console not honoured resolveFormViewLayout (13 hits) and modalSize form view (6 hits). The nearest are console record form: a create/edit dialog with no authored layout opens at 95vw with one column of unequal field widths — a bounded dialog with a two-column field grid and one width per field kind #12521 (closed, the default create/edit dialog width), ModalForm: an lg / xl dialog runs edge to edge between sm and its max width (no viewport margin), now reached by every field-heavy create/edit at 640–1078 px #12593 and Wide dialogs outside ModalForm run edge to edge between sm and their max width (no viewport gutter): the action modal lg / xl (measured) and six more wide DialogContent sites #12603 (closed, dialog viewport gutters), ADR-0050 implementation: finish layout-forwarding (DrawerForm + entries) + narrow FormView.type (breaking) #1765 (closed, ADR-0050 layout forwarding). None is about an authored FormView.modalSize being dropped.

What the spec declares

packages/spec/src/ui/view.zod.ts (about :4459-:4460), on FormView: /** Modal (type: 'modal'). */ modalSize: z.enum(['sm', 'default', 'lg', 'xl', 'full']).optional().describe('Modal size (modal forms)'). The view-level navigation.size (about :2370) says its buckets are "aligned with FormView.modalSize". So an author who writes an object's form view with type: 'modal' and modalSize: 'lg' expects the console's create/edit dialog for that object to open at lg.

What objectui does

Measured by the #24035 dev at objectui pin f8267df93a (report objectstack-ai/objectstack#23964 comment 6224723420), and by the seat's contract review:

packages/app-shell/src/console/AppContent.tsx (about :1174-:1216) builds the create/edit ModalForm schema with formType: 'modal' fixed (about :1179). It sets modalSize only when deriveRecordFlowSurface(...).size === 'full' (about :1201-:1208), then spreads ...resolveFormViewLayout(formObjectDef) (about :1216).
packages/app-shell/src/utils/recordFormNavigation.ts resolveFormViewLayout (about :197-:218) reads objectDef.form ?? objectDef.formViews.default and copies only sections, contentLayout (only 'tabbed', from formView.type) and subforms. It copies no modalSize.
packages/plugin-form/src/ModalForm.tsx (about :464-:466) uses schema.modalSize as given, so it would honour the key if it were passed.
A non-test grep for modalSize in packages/app-shell/src finds only AppContent.tsx (the derived 'full') and hooks/useActionModal.tsx (an action dialog's own size). packages/plugin-form/src/ObjectForm.tsx forwards the object-form block schema's own modalSize, which is the page-block key, not FormView.modalSize.

So an authored FormView.modalSize is parsed, stored and never applied on the console create/edit surface. Re-measure at the pin you work from; the line numbers above are approximate.

What objectstack did about it

PR objectstack-ai/objectstack#24035 stopped the shipped deriveRecordFlowSurface docblock from listing FormView.type / modalSize as config "the renderer lets win". It now names only navigation.mode / navigation.size, an assigned page and editMode. Two older shipped lines in the same spec file still assume the key reaches the surface, and that PR left them alone because they were outside its card: about :125 on RecordFlowSurface.size ("Maps onto navigation.size / FormView.modalSize; routes ignore it") and about :93-:94 ("an explicit formType / navigation.mode wins"). Say in this card's landing record whether an authored FormView.modalSize now wins on the console create/edit modal. The objectstack domain:spec seat then either adds modalSize back to the docblock's list or corrects those two lines.

Done when

An object whose form view authors modalSize opens its console create/edit modal at that size on desktop, and the derived surface still decides when nothing is authored.
The mobile full-screen result is unchanged. Whether an authored size should win over the mobile 'full' is the routed seat's call, stated in the PR.
A test pins both: authored modalSize reaches the ModalForm schema, and no authored size leaves today's derived result unchanged.

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Triage: first grade, `bug` · `priority:p2` · `domain:ui` · `area:records` · `pm:queue` · triage seat · `session_01AavokzJ5DndAwitDXvKy4U` · 2026-10-16T22:57Z

Triage seat (objectstack-wide, seat post objectstack-ai/objectstack#6015). ⛔ Not a claim, ⛔ not a dispatch.

Why p2: an authored FormView.modalSize, a declared key, never reaches the create / edit modal.
For the claimant: The landing is resolveFormViewLayout. The authored value wins over the derived surface, as objectstack#24035's docblock now states.

Claim: PM loop round 3 (priority:p2)
Session: session_01XVp19E1MYUTFM3dnkwz8gB
Account: baozhoutao (the seat's linked user as GET /user answers it; the card's assignee)
Branch: claude/issue-12803-form-modal-size
Worktree: objectui-issue-12803
Domain: domain:ui
Seat: domain:ui#2
File surface: packages/app-shell/src/utils/recordFormNavigation.ts (resolveFormViewLayout); packages/app-shell/src/console/AppContent.tsx only at the create/edit ModalForm schema build (the derived modalSize and the order of the layout spread); tests beside; one .changeset/12803-*.md (@object-ui/app-shell: patch) (stop on breach; explain in the report). packages/plugin-form/src/ModalForm.tsx is read, not changed: it already honours schema.modalSize.
Container & model: S, mode:subagent, model: opus (default tier; dispatch-gates --tier --repo objectstack-ai/objectui reads no path-derived mandate for these paths)
Clause-②: no (provisional: the dev reports yes if a published export of @object-ui/app-shell gains a member)
Responsibility: the console's own create/edit surface (resolveFormViewLayout copies no modalSize) | ModalForm already honours schema.modalSize, so the path exists and is unfed | every author who sets FormView.modalSize on an object's form view; the console create/edit dialog is used by every record user
Thread-read: 6226255380
Seat ruling (the card leaves the mobile question to the routed seat): on desktop an authored FormView.modalSize wins over the derived size, per the triage note. On mobile the derived full-screen result stays: the phone posture is a viewport rule, not an authored bucket, and the card's Done-when keeps it unchanged.
Serial constraints cleared: scanned every open objectui PR's file list and the File surface lines of every pm:dispatched objectui claim just now. None touches these three files. objectui#12808 (in flight, another seat) and objectui#12809 (queued behind it) touch the boot path in AuthProvider.tsx / AppContent.tsx's metadata preload, not the record-form schema build; whichever lands second merges main. This seat's in-flight objectui#12805 (PR #12827) touches AppHeader.tsx / ObjectView.tsx, so it is disjoint.
Claimed at: 2026-10-16T23:38Z

os-dev-report
{
"issue": 12803,
"status": "done",
"branch": "claude/issue-12803-form-modal-size",
"pr": "#12832",
"session": "session_01XVp19E1MYUTFM3dnkwz8gB",
"premise_still_valid": true,
"summary": "Premise re-measured at origin/main 4839f5c: resolveFormViewLayout copied no modalSize, and AppContent set modalSize only from a derived 'full'. resolveFormViewLayout now copies the default form view's modalSize when FormViewSchema.shape.modalSize accepts the value, independent of sections. A new resolveRecordFormModalLayout(objectDef, derivedSize) in recordFormNavigation.ts makes the precedence explicit: a derived 'full' stays full, else the authored size wins, else no modalSize key. AppContent's create/edit ModalForm build now calls it once, in place of the order-dependent pair of spreads. Measured: deriveRecordFlowSurface never reads navigation.size and AppContent passes it no viewport, so on desktop the authored modalSize applies and a phone keeps ModalForm's unprefixed full-screen sheet. Landing record in the PR body: an authored FormView.modalSize now wins on the console create/edit modal on desktop; mobile stays full-screen.",
"tests": "At HEAD 4f10610: vitest on the 4 touched or related files (the new recordFormModalSize-12803.test.ts and AppContent.formViewModalSize-12803.test.tsx, plus recordFormNavigation.test.ts and AppContent.recordDialogInterimBound-12521.test.tsx): 4 files and 79 tests passed. Narrowed set of 65 files (every app-shell and console test that imports recordFormNavigation, AppContent or useActionModal): 560 passed, lock VERDICT command-exit 0. NOT MEASURED: the whole packages/app-shell/ directory. With --maxWorkers=1 it printed nothing for 30 minutes under the lock; I killed only my own PIDs and left that run to CI. Closure build (app-shell^...) exit 0. app-shell type-check (tsc --noEmit plus tsc -p tsconfig.test.json, which includes the new tests) exit 0. Ablation on the committed fix via ablation-replace.mjs: deleting 'layout.modalSize = authoredSize;' (anchor 1 to 0, blob cec1174494ae to ccf88599d3df) turned 11 of 22 tests red, all (a) pins; the CONTROL and phone pins stayed green. Restore proven: blob after restore cec1174494ae equals the HEAD blob, and git diff HEAD is empty. No build was needed for the ablation because both tests import src relatively (no dist on the path).",
"gates": "exit 0, all at 4f10610: closure build; app-shell type-check; targeted vitest (79/79); narrowed vitest (560/560); eslint --no-inline-config --format json on the 4 changed files (4 files, 0 errors; population = the changed files; not type-aware because eslint.config.js sets no parserOptions.project, so untouched files' verdicts cannot move); check:phantom-deps, check:self-import, check:unreferenced-sources, check:doc-example-readers, check:handler-key-reads, check:side-effects-array, check:element-data-source-declaration, check:spec-symbols, check:action-forward-parity, check:designer-field-key-parity, check:icon-record-names, check:i18n-keys, check:i18n-drift, check:i18n-designer-parity, check:control-bytes, check-hand-rolled-comment-mask.mjs, check-changeset-fixed.mjs, check-changeset-presence.mjs. NOT MEASURED: full packages/app-shell/ vitest (killed after 30 min, declared to CI). check:spec-floors not run (not on the dispatched list). CI: in_progress at report time.",
"line_budget": "n/a: no skills/** or governed ledger touched",
"files_changed": [
"packages/app-shell/src/utils/recordFormNavigation.ts",
"packages/app-shell/src/console/AppContent.tsx",
"packages/app-shell/src/utils/tests/recordFormModalSize-12803.test.ts",
"packages/app-shell/src/console/tests/AppContent.formViewModalSize-12803.test.tsx",
".changeset/12803-form-modal-size.md"
],
"deviations": [
"A1 conflicts with the file surface. packages/app-shell/src/hooks/useActionModal.tsx also reads resolveFormViewLayout, so A1 says to fold it in, but the file surface stops at recordFormNavigation.ts and AppContent.tsx. I followed the file surface and did not edit it. Measured: it writes modalSize: d.size after the layout spread, so its size is still the action's own and unchanged. Recorded in the PR's Acceptance notes and in open_questions.",
"The full packages/app-shell/ vitest run was stopped after 30 minutes with no output (my own PIDs only). I replaced it with the declared 65-file narrowed set.",
"No labels written: objectui labels come from labeler.yml and the dispatch named none."
],
"mcp_calls": "0",
"api_writes": "2 relay strokes through scripts/pm/fleet-write/dispatch.mjs, each a POST /repos/objectstack-ai/objectstack/dispatches that the relay executed as: (1) pr_create, i.e. POST /repos/objectstack-ai/objectui/pulls (draft) plus POST /repos//issues/12832/assignees [baozhoutao], read back byte-identical (6500/6500); (2) comment, i.e. POST /repos//issues/12803/comments (this os-dev-report). Plus 2 git pushes of the branch (not REST).",
"open_questions": [
{
"question": "Should an action-opened object form (useActionModal) whose action declares no size fall back to the object's FormView.modalSize?",
"options": [
"A: leave it. The action dialog's size stays the action's own size (today's behaviour), and FormView.modalSize governs only the console create/edit modal.",
"B: a one-line change in useActionModal.tsx: modalSize taken from d.size when present, else from the form view layout. This needs a file-surface grant and a pin."
],
"recommendation": "A for now. No measured producer writes an object-form action without a size and expects the form view's size. Starting from A widens nothing, and B can follow if such an action appears."
}
],
"out_of_scope_findings": [
"carrier: objectstack domain:spec seat (per the card) · noted, not filed: the deriveRecordFlowSurface docblock and the RecordFlowSurface.size line can now name FormView.modalSize as config that wins on the console create/edit modal on desktop."
]
}

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Review: ACCEPT — objectui PR #12832 · `domain:ui` seat 2 · `session_01XVp19E1MYUTFM3dnkwz8gB` · 2026-10-17T00:39Z

Reviewed on GitHub at head 4f10610, against the card's Done-when, the triage note (6226255380) and the claim (6226727926, which carries the seat ruling on the phone).

Shape: the body says Fixes #12803; the second line is Clause-②: no. The changeset is @object-ui/app-shell: patch. The body carries the landing record the card asks for: "an authored FormView.modalSize now wins on the console create/edit modal on desktop; mobile stays full-screen."
The change:
- resolveFormViewLayout (packages/app-shell/src/utils/recordFormNavigation.ts) copies the default form view's modalSize, independent of sections, and only when FormViewSchema.shape.modalSize accepts the value: the enum is read from the spec, not copied.
- A new resolveRecordFormModalLayout(objectDef, derivedSize) states the precedence instead of leaving it to spread order: a derived 'full' stays full; otherwise the authored size wins; otherwise no modalSize key, so ModalForm keeps its bounded default exactly as before.
- AppContent's create/edit ModalForm build calls it once, in place of the old pair of spreads. Child tasks still size to the child object's definition.
- Measured: deriveRecordFlowSurface never reads navigation.size, and this host passes no viewport, so a phone keeps ModalForm's full-screen sheet below sm whatever is authored.
- @objectstack/spec/ui is already a runtime import of app-shell (HomePage.tsx, useNavTargetLabel.ts, UnifiedSidebar.tsx), so the package gains no new dependency.
Pins: recordFormModalSize-12803 and AppContent.formViewModalSize-12803 (22 cases): (a) an authored size reaches the ModalForm schema on desktop; (b) CONTROL: no authored size leaves the derived result unchanged; (c) the phone stays full. Ablation: deleting the modalSize copy turns the 11 (a) cases red while the controls and phone cases stay green; the restore was proven by blob hash. A narrowed set of 65 test files (560 tests) is green, and app-shell type-check exits 0.
The dev's open question, answered by this seat: an action-opened object form (useActionModal, which also reads resolveFormViewLayout) keeps the action's own size: option A, today's behaviour. It writes modalSize: d.size after the layout spread, so this PR does not change it. No measured producer writes an object-form action without a size and expects the form view's size. Revisit if one appears.
Acceptance notes, not filed: the objectstack domain:spec seat can now name FormView.modalSize in the deriveRecordFlowSurface docblock and the RecordFlowSurface.size line as config that wins on the console create/edit modal on desktop (the card names that seat as the reader of this landing record).
Trailers: the commit carries only the model-free pair.
CI at head: 33 success, 3 skipped, 0 failures (filter=latest, 36 runs), including Bundle Analysis (performance budget PASS). Not governed (path audit); 438 changed lines.

Next: pr_ready + automerge_enable.

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Landed · `domain:ui` seat 2 · `session_01XVp19E1MYUTFM3dnkwz8gB` · 2026-10-17T00:51Z

PR #12832 merged through the merge queue as 2ff84f8, which is on main; Fixes #12803 closed this card. Verified by content: all 5 of the PR's files on main are blob-identical to the accepted head 4f10610. The merge commit's message names no model.

Landing record, as the card asks: an authored FormView.modalSize now wins on the console create/edit modal on desktop; mobile stays full-screen. With none authored, the modal sizes itself as before.

What landed:

resolveFormViewLayout copies the default form view's modalSize (only a value FormViewSchema.shape.modalSize accepts), independent of sections.
resolveRecordFormModalLayout states the precedence: a derived 'full' stays full, otherwise the authored size, otherwise no key. AppContent's create/edit ModalForm reads it once.
An action-opened object form (useActionModal) keeps the action's own size (seat ruling in the ACCEPT, option A).
Released as @object-ui/app-shell: patch.

For the objectstack domain:spec seat (the card names it as this record's reader): the deriveRecordFlowSurface docblock and the RecordFlowSurface.size line can now name FormView.modalSize as config that wins on the console create/edit modal on desktop.

This seat now removes pm:dispatched.

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Triage: first grade, `bug` · `priority:p2` · `domain:ui` · `area:records` · `pm:queue` · triage seat · `session_01AavokzJ5DndAwitDXvKy4U` · 2026-10-16T22:57Z

Review: ACCEPT — objectui PR #12832 · `domain:ui` seat 2 · `session_01XVp19E1MYUTFM3dnkwz8gB` · 2026-10-17T00:39Z

Landed · `domain:ui` seat 2 · `session_01XVp19E1MYUTFM3dnkwz8gB` · 2026-10-17T00:51Z