feat: add defaultPopulate property to collection config

docs/configuration/collections.mdx

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const Posts: CollectionConfig = {
 The following options are available:
 
 | Option                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
-|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | **`admin`**            | The configuration options for the Admin Panel. [More details](../admin/collections).                                                                                                                                 |
 | **`access`**           | Provide Access Control functions to define exactly who should be able to do what with Documents in this Collection. [More details](../access-control/collections).                                                   |
 | **`auth`**             | Specify options if you would like this Collection to feature authentication. [More details](../authentication/overview).                                                                                             |
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ The following options are available:
 | **`typescript`**       | An object with property `interface` as the text used in schema generation. Auto-generated from slug if not defined.                                                                                                  |
 | **`upload`**           | Specify options if you would like this Collection to support file uploads. For more, consult the [Uploads](../upload/overview) documentation.                                                                        |
 | **`versions`**         | Set to true to enable default options, or configure with object properties. [More details](../versions/overview#collection-config).                                                                                  |
+| **`defaultPopulate`**  | Specify which fields to select when this Collection is populated from another document. [More Details](../queries/select#defaultpopulate-collection-config-property).                                                  |
 
 _\* An asterisk denotes that a property is required._
 

docs/queries/select.mdx

@@ -97,3 +97,34 @@ const getPosts = async () => {
   <strong>Reminder:</strong>
   This is the same for [Globals](../configuration/globals) using the `/api/globals` endpoint.
 </Banner>
+```
+
+
+## `defaultPopulate` collection config property
+
+The `defaultPopulate` property allows you specify which fields to select when populating the collection from another document.
+This is especially useful for links where only the `slug` is needed instead of the entire document.
+
+```ts
+import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
+
+import { lexicalEditor, LinkFeature } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical'
+import { slateEditor } from '@payloadcms/richtext-slate'
+
+// The TSlug generic can be passed to have type safety for `defaultPopulate`.
+// If avoided, the `defaultPopulate` type resolves to `SelectType`.
+export const Pages: CollectionConfig<'pages'> = {
+  slug: 'pages',
+  // Specify `select`.
+  defaultPopulate: {
+    slug: true,
+  },
+  fields: [
+    {
+      name: 'slug',
+      type: 'text',
+      required: true,
+    },
+  ],
+}
+```

packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { GraphQLInputObjectType, GraphQLNonNull, GraphQLObjectType } from 'graphql'
-import type { DeepRequired, MarkOptional } from 'ts-essentials'
+import type { DeepRequired, IsAny, MarkOptional } from 'ts-essentials'
 
 import type {
   CustomPreviewButton,
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ export type CollectionConfig<TSlug extends CollectionSlug = any> = {
    * @WARNING: If you change this property with existing data, you will need to handle the renaming of the table in your database or by using migrations
    */
   dbName?: DBIdentifierName
+  defaultPopulate?: IsAny<SelectFromCollectionSlug<TSlug>> extends true
+    ? SelectType
+    : SelectFromCollectionSlug<TSlug>
   /**
    * Default field to sort by in collection list view
    */

packages/payload/src/collections/dataloader.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { BatchLoadFn } from 'dataloader'
 
 import DataLoader from 'dataloader'
 
-import type { PayloadRequest } from '../types/index.js'
+import type { PayloadRequest, SelectType } from '../types/index.js'
 import type { TypeWithID } from './config/types.js'
 
 import { isValidID } from '../utilities/isValidID.js'
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const batchAndLoadDocs =
         overrideAccess,
         showHiddenFields,
         draft,
+        select,
       ] = JSON.parse(key)
 
       const batchKeyArray = [
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ const batchAndLoadDocs =
         overrideAccess,
         showHiddenFields,
         draft,
+        select,
       ]
 
       const batchKey = JSON.stringify(batchKeyArray)
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ const batchAndLoadDocs =
         overrideAccess,
         showHiddenFields,
         draft,
+        select,
       ] = JSON.parse(batchKey)
 
       req.transactionID = transactionID
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ const batchAndLoadDocs =
         overrideAccess: Boolean(overrideAccess),
         pagination: false,
         req,
+        select,
         showHiddenFields: Boolean(showHiddenFields),
         where: {
           id: {
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ const batchAndLoadDocs =
           fallbackLocale,
           locale,
           overrideAccess,
+          select,
           showHiddenFields,
           transactionID: req.transactionID,
         })
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ type CreateCacheKeyArgs = {
   fallbackLocale: string
   locale: string
   overrideAccess: boolean
+  select?: SelectType
   showHiddenFields: boolean
   transactionID: number | Promise<number | string> | string
 }
@@ -179,6 +185,7 @@ export const createDataloaderCacheKey = ({
   fallbackLocale,
   locale,
   overrideAccess,
+  select,
   showHiddenFields,
   transactionID,
 }: CreateCacheKeyArgs): string =>
@@ -193,4 +200,5 @@ export const createDataloaderCacheKey = ({
     overrideAccess,
     showHiddenFields,
     draft,
+    select,
   ])

packages/payload/src/fields/hooks/afterRead/relationshipPopulationPromise.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ const populate = async ({
           fallbackLocale,
           locale,
           overrideAccess,
+          select: relatedCollection.config.defaultPopulate,
           showHiddenFields,
           transactionID: req.transactionID,
         }),

packages/richtext-lexical/src/features/relationship/server/index.ts

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export const RelationshipFeature = createServerFeature<
                     key: 'value',
                     overrideAccess,
                     req,
+                    select: collection.config.defaultPopulate,
                     showHiddenFields,
                   }),
                 )

packages/richtext-lexical/src/features/upload/server/feature.server.ts

@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ export const UploadFeature = createServerFeature<
                     key: 'value',
                     overrideAccess,
                     req,
+                    select: collection.config.defaultPopulate,
                     showHiddenFields,
                   }),
                 )

packages/richtext-lexical/src/populateGraphQL/populate.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload'
+import type { PayloadRequest, SelectType } from 'payload'
 
 import { createDataloaderCacheKey } from 'payload'
 
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type Arguments = {
   key: number | string
   overrideAccess: boolean
   req: PayloadRequest
+  select?: SelectType
   showHiddenFields: boolean
 }
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export const populate = async ({
   key,
   overrideAccess,
   req,
+  select,
   showHiddenFields,
 }: {
   collectionSlug: string
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ export const populate = async ({
       fallbackLocale: req.fallbackLocale!,
       locale: req.locale!,
       overrideAccess,
+      select,
       showHiddenFields,
       transactionID: req.transactionID!,
     }),

packages/richtext-slate/src/data/populate.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Collection, Field, PayloadRequest, RichTextField } from 'payload'
+import type { Collection, Field, PayloadRequest, RichTextField, SelectType } from 'payload'
 
 import { createDataloaderCacheKey } from 'payload'
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type Arguments = {
   key: number | string
   overrideAccess?: boolean
   req: PayloadRequest
+  select?: SelectType
   showHiddenFields: boolean
 }
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const populate = async ({
   key,
   overrideAccess,
   req,
+  select,
   showHiddenFields,
 }: {
   collection: Collection
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ export const populate = async ({
       fallbackLocale: req.locale,
       locale: req.fallbackLocale,
       overrideAccess: typeof overrideAccess === 'undefined' ? false : overrideAccess,
+      select,
       showHiddenFields,
       transactionID: req.transactionID,
     }),

packages/richtext-slate/src/data/recurseNestedFields.ts

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export const recurseNestedFields = ({
                     key: i,
                     overrideAccess,
                     req,
+                    select: collection.config.defaultPopulate,
                     showHiddenFields,
                   }),
                 )
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export const recurseNestedFields = ({
                     key: i,
                     overrideAccess,
                     req,
+                    select: collection.config.defaultPopulate,
                     showHiddenFields,
                   }),
                 )
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ export const recurseNestedFields = ({
                 key: 'value',
                 overrideAccess,
                 req,
+                select: collection.config.defaultPopulate,
                 showHiddenFields,
               }),
             )
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ export const recurseNestedFields = ({
             key: field.name,
             overrideAccess,
             req,
+            select: collection.config.defaultPopulate,
             showHiddenFields,
           }),
         )

packages/richtext-slate/src/data/richTextRelationshipPromise.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export const recurseRichText = ({
               key: 'value',
               overrideAccess,
               req,
+              select: collection.config.defaultPopulate,
               showHiddenFields,
             }),
           )
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export const recurseRichText = ({
                 key: 'value',
                 overrideAccess,
                 req,
+                select: collection.config.defaultPopulate,
                 showHiddenFields,
               }),
             )

test/select/collections/Pages/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
+
+import { lexicalEditor, LinkFeature } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical'
+import { slateEditor } from '@payloadcms/richtext-slate'
+
+// The TSlug generic can be passed to have type safety for `defaultPopulate`.
+// If avoided, the `defaultPopulate` type resolves to `SelectType`.
+export const Pages: CollectionConfig<'pages'> = {
+  slug: 'pages',
+  // I need only slug, NOT the WHOLE CONTENT!
+  defaultPopulate: {
+    slug: true,
+  },
+  fields: [
+    {
+      name: 'content',
+      type: 'blocks',
+      blocks: [
+        {
+          slug: 'cta',
+          fields: [
+            {
+              name: 'title',
+              type: 'text',
+              required: true,
+            },
+            {
+              name: 'link',
+              type: 'group',
+              fields: [
+                {
+                  name: 'docPoly',
+                  type: 'relationship',
+                  relationTo: ['pages'],
+                },
+                {
+                  name: 'doc',
+                  type: 'relationship',
+                  relationTo: 'pages',
+                },
+                {
+                  name: 'docMany',
+                  hasMany: true,
+                  type: 'relationship',
+                  relationTo: 'pages',
+                },
+                {
+                  name: 'docHasManyPoly',
+                  type: 'relationship',
+                  relationTo: ['pages'],
+                  hasMany: true,
+                },
+                {
+                  name: 'label',
+                  type: 'text',
+                  required: true,
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            {
+              name: 'richTextLexical',
+              type: 'richText',
+              editor: lexicalEditor({
+                features({ defaultFeatures }) {
+                  return [...defaultFeatures, LinkFeature({ enabledCollections: ['pages'] })]
+                },
+              }),
+            },
+            {
+              name: 'richTextSlate',
+              type: 'richText',
+              editor: slateEditor({}),
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'slug',
+      type: 'text',
+      required: true,
+    },
+  ],
+}

test/select/config.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { buildConfigWithDefaults } from '../buildConfigWithDefaults.js'
 import { devUser } from '../credentials.js'
 import { DeepPostsCollection } from './collections/DeepPosts/index.js'
 import { LocalizedPostsCollection } from './collections/LocalizedPosts/index.js'
+import { Pages } from './collections/Pages/index.js'
 import { PostsCollection } from './collections/Posts/index.js'
 import { VersionedPostsCollection } from './collections/VersionedPosts/index.js'
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
     LocalizedPostsCollection,
     VersionedPostsCollection,
     DeepPostsCollection,
+    Pages,
   ],
   globals: [
     {