dropdown form field return object

lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown-cloud.widget.spec.ts

@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ describe('DropdownCloudWidgetComponent', () => {
             expect(widget.field.options.length).toEqual(0);
         };
 
-        it('should set dropdownControl value without emitting events', () => {
+        it('should set dropdownControl value without emitting events if the mapping is a string', () => {
             widget.field = {
                 value: 'testValue',
                 options: [],
@@ -997,6 +997,20 @@ describe('DropdownCloudWidgetComponent', () => {
             expect(widget.dropdownControl.value).toEqual({ id: 'testValue', name: '' });
         });
 
+        it('should set dropdownControl value without emitting events if is an object', () => {
+            widget.field = {
+                value: { id: 'testValueObj', name: 'testValueObjName' },
+                options: [],
+                isVisible: true
+            } as any; // Mock field
+            spyOn(widget.dropdownControl, 'setValue').and.callThrough();
+
+            widget['setFormControlValue']();
+
+            expect(widget.dropdownControl.setValue).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: 'testValueObj', name: 'testValueObjName' }, { emitEvent: false });
+            expect(widget.dropdownControl.value).toEqual({ id: 'testValue', name: '' });
+        });
+
         it('should display options persisted from process variable', async () => {
             widget.field = getVariableDropdownWidget(
                 'variables.json-variable',

lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown-cloud.widget.ts

@@ -195,7 +195,11 @@ export class DropdownCloudWidgetComponent extends WidgetComponent implements OnI
     }
 
     private setFormControlValue(): void {
-        this.dropdownControl.setValue({ id: this.field?.value, name: '' }, { emitEvent: false });
+        if (this.field?.value && typeof this.field?.value === 'object') {
+            this.dropdownControl.setValue(this.field?.value, { emitEvent: false });
+        } else {
+            this.dropdownControl.setValue({ id: this.field?.value, name: '' }, { emitEvent: false });
+        }
     }
 
     private updateFormControlState(): void {

lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/form/components/widgets/dropdown/validators.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export const defaultValueValidator =
         });
 
         const isSomeOptionSelected = optionsWithNoDefaultValue.some((dropdownOption) => {
-            const isOptionSelected = dropdownOption.id === control.value?.id;
+            const isOptionSelected = dropdownOption.id === control.value.id;
+
             return isOptionSelected;
         });