QField Value Relation - add list entry in the field

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I wish to use a Value Relation to select species from a list. However the list is not exhaustive, i.e. I will inevitably encounter species not in the list. I could of course use another free text attribuite to capture values not in the list, but ideally I want to be able to add to the list in the field.

I don’t think the widget can be configured to allow non-list values. Is there a way to perhaps edit the non-spatial layer directly. If I long press the list, the option ‘Show Features List’ takes me to the form, but there is no option to add a record.

Can anyone suggest a way to do this?

Imported from GitHub discussion by @Oisin-JK on 2023-07-11T11:32:43Z

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You could try using a Relation Reference instead of a Value Relation. The Relation Reference widget can be configured to allow adding additional items that will appear in the dropdown list. As long as you only want a single choice from that field it should work.

Imported from GitHub comment by @amgiss on 2023-07-12T00:36:24Z