Fixed! - the problem was the fieldnames were identical in both layers. I altered one of the fieldnames to be slightly different to the other and it worked fine. Text entry in one layer and Drop down in another as expected.
Imported from GitHub comment by @jpnunn on 2022-11-15T13:09:31Z
Glad you got it figured out! I was thinking on it yesterday but wasn’t sure.
Imported from GitHub comment by @dragonfire151 on 2022-11-15T13:26:36Z
It’s really nice to see the community stepping up and helping each other. Keep it going 
Imported from GitHub comment by @nirvn on 2022-11-15T13:47:23Z