Hey there... whats the best way to implement a `Fo...

# compose-desktop

[Marc]

Hey there... whats the best way to implement a Form in compose desktop? (UX and Code based)
I have a View (with ViewModel) for the screen which displays all Employees and allows the user to delete them. My idea was to put the Form for creating a new employee or updating an existing one in a popup and stay at the same screen.
However then, I would have to have all the form data fields in my EmployeeScreenState , which could result in a heavy mess couldn't it?
On the other hand, I could put the form on a separate screen with a separate viewModel, but then I'd have a pretty empty screen with just some form-fields which looks weird imo.
What would be the best practice in this case?
Thanks in advance!

[Rok Oblak]

You can use a navigation library which supports opening dialogs. Then the dialog is a separate screen with a separate screen state and possibly a view model.

[Marc]

Do you know such a navigation library (for compose desktop)?
Currently I'm using Voyager.

[Rok Oblak]

I don't know about voyager (if it supports navigation to dialogs) but Decompose and Jetpack Navigation do (as far as I remember).
But even if you open the dialog manually, you can still have the dialog get a reference to its viewmodel (or create it and remember it). A navigation library would make this a bit simpler but you can also do a disposable effect and make sure to clean up the viewmodel after the dialog leaves the composition.