Resolve "Ensure that NavigationElementManager has sensible defaults for its navigation type and target."

backend/src/baserow/contrib/builder/elements/element_types.py

@@ -813,17 +813,24 @@ class NavigationElementManager:
         overrides = {
             "navigation_type": serializers.ChoiceField(
                 choices=NavigationElementMixin.NAVIGATION_TYPES.choices,
-                help_text=LinkElement._meta.get_field("navigation_type").help_text,
+                default=NavigationElementMixin.NAVIGATION_TYPES.PAGE,
+                help_text=NavigationElementMixin._meta.get_field(
+                    "navigation_type"
+                ).help_text,
                 required=False,
             ),
             "navigate_to_page_id": serializers.IntegerField(
                 allow_null=True,
                 default=None,
-                help_text=LinkElement._meta.get_field("navigate_to_page").help_text,
+                help_text=NavigationElementMixin._meta.get_field(
+                    "navigate_to_page"
+                ).help_text,
                 required=False,
             ),
             "navigate_to_url": FormulaSerializerField(
-                help_text=LinkElement._meta.get_field("navigate_to_url").help_text,
+                help_text=NavigationElementMixin._meta.get_field(
+                    "navigate_to_url"
+                ).help_text,
                 default="",
                 allow_blank=True,
                 required=False,
@@ -831,18 +838,23 @@ class NavigationElementManager:
             "page_parameters": PageParameterValueSerializer(
                 many=True,
                 default=[],
-                help_text=LinkElement._meta.get_field("page_parameters").help_text,
+                help_text=NavigationElementMixin._meta.get_field(
+                    "page_parameters"
+                ).help_text,
                 required=False,
             ),
             "query_parameters": PageParameterValueSerializer(
                 many=True,
                 default=[],
-                help_text=LinkElement._meta.get_field("query_parameters").help_text,
+                help_text=NavigationElementMixin._meta.get_field(
+                    "query_parameters"
+                ).help_text,
                 required=False,
             ),
             "target": serializers.ChoiceField(
                 choices=NavigationElementMixin.TARGETS.choices,
-                help_text=LinkElement._meta.get_field("target").help_text,
+                default=NavigationElementMixin.TARGETS.SELF,
+                help_text=NavigationElementMixin._meta.get_field("target").help_text,
                 required=False,
             ),
         }

backend/tests/baserow/contrib/builder/api/elements/test_table_element.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 import pytest
 from rest_framework.status import HTTP_200_OK, HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
 
-from baserow.contrib.builder.elements.models import LinkElement
+from baserow.contrib.builder.elements.models import LinkElement, NavigationElementMixin
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def test_can_update_a_table_element_fields(api_client, data_fixture):
             "name": "Color",
             "type": "link",
             "navigate_to_page_id": None,
+            "navigation_type": NavigationElementMixin.NAVIGATION_TYPES.PAGE,
             "navigate_to_url": "get('test2')",
             "link_name": "get('test3')",
             "target": "self",

changelog/entries/unreleased/bug/3547_resolved_an_issue_which_prevented_pages_with_incomplete_tabl.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "type": "bug",
+    "message": "Resolved an issue which prevented pages with incomplete table element fields from being published properly.",
+    "domain": "builder",
+    "issue_number": 3547,
+    "bullet_points": [],
+    "created_at": "2025-04-02"
+}