From 15ae1bfc8ca0af8b6c641f7efa21724216dc08dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bircni <bircni@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:26:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: keep literal "false" value displayed in
 workflow_dispatch choice dropdowns (#38080)

---
 web_src/fomantic/build/components/dropdown.js |  8 ++++----
 web_src/js/modules/fomantic/dropdown.test.ts  | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web_src/fomantic/build/components/dropdown.js b/web_src/fomantic/build/components/dropdown.js
index 0faed1858c4..f971fecda4c 100644
--- a/web_src/fomantic/build/components/dropdown.js
+++ b/web_src/fomantic/build/components/dropdown.js
@@ -1953,8 +1953,8 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
                 $choice.find(selector.menu).remove();
                 $choice.find(selector.menuIcon).remove();
               }
-              return ($choice.data(metadata.text) !== undefined)
-                ? $choice.data(metadata.text)
+              return ($choice.attr('data-' + metadata.text) !== undefined) // GITEA-PATCH: use "attr" but not "data", don't decode JSON like "false"
+                ? $choice.attr('data-' + metadata.text)
                 : (preserveHTML)
                   ? $choice.html().trim()
                   : $choice.text().trim()
@@ -2007,8 +2007,8 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
                     value    = ( $option.attr('value') !== undefined )
                       ? $option.attr('value')
                       : name,
-                    text     = ( $option.data(metadata.text) !== undefined )
-                      ? $option.data(metadata.text)
+                    text     = ( $option.attr('data-' + metadata.text) !== undefined ) // GITEA-PATCH: use "attr" but not "data", don't decode JSON like "false"
+                      ? $option.attr('data-' + metadata.text)
                       : name,
                     group = $option.parent('optgroup')
                   ;
diff --git a/web_src/js/modules/fomantic/dropdown.test.ts b/web_src/js/modules/fomantic/dropdown.test.ts
index 542cb854b84..4ea51b3d2ce 100644
--- a/web_src/js/modules/fomantic/dropdown.test.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/modules/fomantic/dropdown.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
+import '../../../fomantic/build/fomantic.js';
 import {createElementFromHTML} from '../../utils/dom.ts';
 import {hideScopedEmptyDividers} from './dropdown.ts';
 
+test('dropdown-item-literal-text', () => {
+  // a "choice" workflow_dispatch input can offer the string "false" as an option.
+  // jQuery `.data()` would coerce `data-text="false"` to the boolean `false`, which then renders as empty text.
+  const $dropdown = $(`<select class="ui dropdown">
+    <option value="1">1</option>
+    <option value="0">0</option>
+    <option value="true">true</option>
+    <option value="false">false</option>
+  </select>`).dropdown();
+  for (const value of ['1', '0', 'true', 'false']) {
+    $dropdown.dropdown('set selected', value);
+    expect($dropdown.dropdown('get text')).toEqual(value);
+    expect($dropdown.dropdown('get value')).toEqual(value);
+  }
+});
+
 test('hideScopedEmptyDividers-simple', () => {
   const container = createElementFromHTML(`<div>
 <div class="divider"></div>