#4065 - Alternate input methods for reference fields

Identifier #4065
Issue type Feature request or suggestion
Title Alternate input methods for reference fields
Status Open
Handling member Deleted
Addon core_fields
Description Reference fields allow input via tree-list selection. This may be cumbersome for some sites, especially relationship-heavy catalogue structures.

Via field-options, provide the option to instead allow input via a <select> (with select2 support so you can type and have it auto-complete by substring).

A <select> is not so appropriate if there are hundreds of entries, but the cut-off point for when one is better than the other is unclear, and it's far better for a webmaster to make that call than us - hence a field option.
Steps to reproduce

Additional information Also consider the same for content-link fields.
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