🐛 Fix issue that it did not save values for parameters which did get

displayed depending on another parameter with expression

packages/editor-ui/src/components/NodeSettings.vue

@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import {
-	INodeIssues,
-	INodeIssueData,
-	INodeIssueObjectProperty,
 	INodeTypeDescription,
 	INodeParameters,
 	INodeProperties,

packages/editor-ui/src/components/ParameterInput.vue

@@ -464,9 +464,9 @@ export default mixins(
 							return this.resolveExpression(value as string) as string;
 						});
 					} else if (typeof nodeParameters[key] === 'object') {
-						returnData[key] = this.getResolveNodeParameters(nodeParameters[key] as INodeParameters);
+						returnData[key] = this.getResolveNodeParameters(nodeParameters[key] as INodeParameters) as INodeParameters;
 					} else {
-						returnData[key] = this.resolveExpression(nodeParameters[key] as string, nodeParameters);
+						returnData[key] = this.resolveExpression(nodeParameters[key] as string, nodeParameters) as NodeParameterValue;
 					}
 				}
 				return returnData;

packages/editor-ui/src/components/ParameterInputList.vue

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 import {
 	INodeParameters,
 	INodeProperties,
+	NodeParameterValue,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { IUpdateInformation } from '@/Interface';
@@ -110,9 +111,12 @@ export default mixins(
 			'hideDelete', // boolean
 		],
 		computed: {
-			filteredParameters (): INodeProperties {
+			filteredParameters (): INodeProperties[] {
 				return this.parameters.filter((parameter: INodeProperties) => this.displayNodeParameter(parameter));
 			},
+			filteredParameterNames (): string[] {
+				return this.filteredParameters.map(parameter => parameter.name);
+			},
 		},
 		methods: {
 			multipleValues (parameter: INodeProperties): boolean {
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ export default mixins(
 							continue;
 						} else {
 							// Contains probably no expression with a missing parameter so resolve
-							nodeValues[key] = this.resolveExpression(rawValues[key], nodeValues);
+							nodeValues[key] = this.resolveExpression(rawValues[key], nodeValues) as NodeParameterValue;
 						}
 					} else {
 						// Does not contain an expression, add directly
@@ -197,6 +201,23 @@ export default mixins(
 				this.$emit('valueChanged', parameterData);
 			},
 		},
+		watch: {
+			filteredParameterNames(newValue, oldValue) {
+				// After a parameter does not get displayed anymore make sure that its value gets removed
+				// Is only needed for the edge-case when a parameter gets displayed depending on another field
+				// which contains an expression.
+				for (const parameter of oldValue) {
+					if (!newValue.includes(parameter)) {
+						const parameterData = {
+							name: `${this.path}.${parameter}`,
+							node: this.$store.getters.activeNode.name,
+							value: undefined,
+						};
+						this.$emit('valueChanged', parameterData);
+					}
+				}
+			},
+		},
 		beforeCreate: function () { // tslint:disable-line
 		// Because we have a circular dependency on CollectionParameter import it here
 		// to not break Vue.

packages/editor-ui/src/components/mixins/workflowHelpers.ts

@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ export const workflowHelpers = mixins(
 				return nodeData;
 			},
 
-			// Executes the given expression and returns its value
 			resolveExpression (expression: string, siblingParameters: INodeParameters = {}) {
 				const inputIndex = 0;
 				const itemIndex = 0;

packages/workflow/src/NodeHelpers.ts

@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ export function displayParameter(nodeValues: INodeParameters, parameter: INodePr
 				values.push.apply(values, value);
 			}
 
+			if (values.some(v => (typeof v) === 'string' && (v as string).charAt(0) === '=')) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
 			if (values.length === 0 || !parameter.displayOptions.show[propertyName].some(v => values.includes(v))) {
 				return false;
 			}

packages/workflow/test/NodeHelpers.test.ts

@@ -2814,6 +2814,131 @@ describe('Workflow', () => {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				{
+					description: 'complex type "fixedCollection" with "multipleValues: true". Which contains parameters which get displayed on a parameter with a default expression with relative parameter references.',
+					input: {
+						nodePropertiesArray: [
+							{
+								displayName: 'Values1',
+								name: 'values1',
+								type: 'fixedCollection',
+								typeOptions: {
+									multipleValues: true,
+								},
+								description: 'The value to set.',
+								default: {},
+								options: [
+									{
+										displayName: 'Options1',
+										name: 'options1',
+										values: [
+											{
+												displayName: 'Key',
+												name: 'key',
+												type: 'string',
+												default: '',
+											},
+											{
+												displayName: 'Type',
+												name: 'type',
+												type: 'hidden',
+												default: '={{$parameter["&key"].split("|")[1]}}',
+											},
+											{
+												displayName: 'Title Value',
+												name: 'titleValue',
+												displayOptions: {
+													show: {
+														type: [
+															'title',
+														],
+													},
+												},
+												type: 'string',
+												default: 'defaultTitle',
+											},
+											{
+												displayName: 'Title Number',
+												name: 'numberValue',
+												displayOptions: {
+													show: {
+														type: [
+															'number',
+														],
+													},
+												},
+												type: 'number',
+												default: 1,
+											},
+										],
+									},
+								],
+							},
+						],
+						nodeValues: {
+							values1: {
+								options1: [
+									{
+										key: 'asdf|title',
+										titleValue: 'different',
+									},
+								],
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					output: {
+						noneDisplayedFalse: {
+							defaultsFalse: {
+								values1: {
+									options1: [
+										{
+											key: 'asdf|title',
+											titleValue: 'different',
+										},
+									],
+								},
+							},
+							defaultsTrue: {
+								values1: {
+									options1: [
+										{
+											key: 'asdf|title',
+											type: '={{$parameter["&key"].split("|")[1]}}',
+											// This is not great that it displays this theoretically hidden parameter
+											// but because we can not resolve the values for now
+											numberValue: 1,
+											titleValue: 'different',
+										},
+									],
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						noneDisplayedTrue: {
+							defaultsFalse: {
+								values1: {
+									options1: [
+										{
+											key: 'asdf|title',
+											titleValue: 'different',
+										},
+									],
+								},
+							},
+							defaultsTrue: {
+								values1: {
+									options1: [
+										{
+											key: 'asdf|title',
+											type: '={{$parameter["&key"].split("|")[1]}}',
+											titleValue: 'different',
+											numberValue: 1,
+										},
+									],
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
 			];