From ff32f8f18480b0ab48a04e953bebb1ac9e65fee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: krut_ni <nils.kruthoff@dlr.de>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:56:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added display value of dropdowns to the state

---
 .../Assistants/DataModel/AssistantDropdown.cs | 20 +++++++++++++
 .../Assistants/DataModel/AssistantState.cs    | 28 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantDropdown.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantDropdown.cs
index cc878be8..a2ec0270 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantDropdown.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantDropdown.cs	
@@ -121,6 +121,26 @@ internal sealed class AssistantDropdown : StatefulAssistantComponentBase
 
     #endregion
 
+    internal string ResolveDisplayText(string value)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+            return this.Default.Display;
+
+        var item = this.GetRenderedItems().FirstOrDefault(item => string.Equals(item.Value, value, StringComparison.Ordinal));
+        return item?.Display ?? value;
+    }
+
+    private List<AssistantDropdownItem> GetRenderedItems()
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Default.Value))
+            return this.Items;
+
+        if (this.Items.Any(item => string.Equals(item.Value, this.Default.Value, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
+            return this.Items;
+
+        return [this.Default, .. this.Items];
+    }
+
     public IEnumerable<object> GetParsedDropdownValues()
     {
         foreach (var item in this.Items)
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantState.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantState.cs
index 5d8ebbcf..be172190 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantState.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantState.cs	
@@ -156,12 +156,17 @@ public sealed class AssistantState
         {
             if (component is INamedAssistantComponent named)
             {
-                target[named.Name] = new LuaTable
+                var componentEntry = new LuaTable
                 {
                     ["Type"] = Enum.GetName(component.Type) ?? string.Empty,
                     ["Value"] = component is IStatefulAssistantComponent ? this.ReadValueForLua(named.Name) : LuaValue.Nil,
                     ["Props"] = this.CreatePropsTable(component),
                 };
+
+                if (component is AssistantDropdown dropdown)
+                    this.AddDropdownDisplay(componentEntry, dropdown, named.Name);
+
+                target[named.Name] = componentEntry;
             }
 
             if (component.Children.Count > 0)
@@ -218,6 +223,27 @@ public sealed class AssistantState
         return table;
     }
 
+    private void AddDropdownDisplay(LuaTable componentEntry, AssistantDropdown dropdown, string name)
+    {
+        if (dropdown.IsMultiselect)
+        {
+            if (!this.MultiSelect.TryGetValue(name, out var selectedValues))
+                return;
+
+            componentEntry["Display"] = AssistantLuaConversion.CreateLuaArray(
+                selectedValues
+                    .OrderBy(static value => value, StringComparer.Ordinal)
+                    .Select(dropdown.ResolveDisplayText));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!this.SingleSelect.TryGetValue(name, out var selectedValue))
+            return;
+
+        componentEntry["Display"] = dropdown.ResolveDisplayText(selectedValue);
+    }
+
     private static HashSet<string> ReadStringValues(LuaTable values)
     {
         var parsedValues = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);