Support specifying multiple types in an array

[Jean-Dum]

Prerequisites

• I have read the documentation

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Hello!
I saw in the documentation that "react-jsonschema-form only supports a restricted subset of this -- nullable types, in which an element is either a given type or equal to null".

When a property type is an array of more than one type, the displayed input corresponds to the first type in the array, it is impossible to switch between available types.

It is also an issue when additionalProperties is set to true, the added additional properties type is set to null
and it is impossible to switch to other types.

Describe the solution you'd like

If the property type is an array, like:

const schema: RJSFSchema = {
  type: ['string', 'number', 'boolean'],
};

Display a selector allowing to switch between those three types.

If the type isn't precised (for example when additionalProperties is set to true without specifying the schema), display a selector with all available types.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I tried to customize myself the FieldTemplate component and added a selector, but rjsf does not have anything allowing to change the type of a property, it always takes the first one in the array.

[nickgros]

Hi @Jean-Dum, we'd be happy to review a PR that adds (or specification that proposes) this functionality. You might consider reusing aspects of the FallbackField, which includes a type selector and functions to cast as a user changes the type.