Merge pull request #3584 from SillyTavern/chid-unify-type

Always use string for this_chid

public/script.js

@@ -553,6 +553,10 @@ let generatedPromptCache = '';
 let generation_started = new Date();
 /** @type {import('./scripts/char-data.js').v1CharData[]} */
 export let characters = [];
+/**
+ * Stringified index of a currently chosen entity in the characters array.
+ * @type {string|undefined} Yes, we hate it as much as you do.
+ */
 export let this_chid;
 let saveCharactersPage = 0;
 export const default_avatar = 'img/ai4.png';
@@ -1378,7 +1382,7 @@ export async function selectCharacterById(id) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (selected_group || this_chid !== id) {
+    if (selected_group || String(this_chid) !== String(id)) {
         //if clicked on a different character from what was currently selected
         if (!is_send_press) {
             await clearChat();
@@ -1386,7 +1390,7 @@ export async function selectCharacterById(id) {
             resetSelectedGroup();
             this_edit_mes_id = undefined;
             selected_button = 'character_edit';
-            this_chid = id;
+            setCharacterId(id);
             chat.length = 0;
             chat_metadata = {};
             await getChat();
@@ -6210,7 +6214,7 @@ export function resetChatState() {
     // replaces deleted charcter name with system user since it will be displayed next.
     name2 = (this_chid === undefined && neutralCharacterName) ? neutralCharacterName : systemUserName;
     //unsets expected chid before reloading (related to getCharacters/printCharacters from using old arrays)
-    this_chid = undefined;
+    setCharacterId(undefined);
     // sets up system user to tell user about having deleted a character
     chat.splice(0, chat.length, ...SAFETY_CHAT);
     // resets chat metadata
@@ -6233,8 +6237,29 @@ export function setExternalAbortController(controller) {
     abortController = controller;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets a character array index.
+ * @param {number|string|undefined} value
+ */
 export function setCharacterId(value) {
-    this_chid = value;
+    switch (typeof value) {
+        case 'bigint':
+        case 'number':
+            this_chid = String(value);
+            break;
+        case 'string':
+            this_chid = !isNaN(parseInt(value)) ? value : undefined;
+            break;
+        case 'object':
+            this_chid = characters.indexOf(value) !== -1 ? String(characters.indexOf(value)) : undefined;
+            break;
+        case 'undefined':
+            this_chid = undefined;
+            break;
+        default:
+            console.error('Invalid character ID type:', value);
+            break;
+    }
 }
 
 export function setCharacterName(value) {
@@ -6350,13 +6375,13 @@ export async function renameCharacter(name = null, { silent = false, renameChats
 
             if (newChId !== -1) {
                 // Select the character after the renaming
-                this_chid = -1;
+                setCharacterId(undefined);
                 await selectCharacterById(newChId);
 
                 // Async delay to update UI
                 await delay(1);
 
-                if (this_chid === -1) {
+                if (this_chid === undefined) {
                     throw new Error('New character not selected');
                 }
 
@@ -7658,7 +7683,7 @@ export function select_rm_info(type, charId, previousCharId = null) {
     if (previousCharId) {
         const newId = characters.findIndex((x) => x.avatar == previousCharId);
         if (newId >= 0) {
-            this_chid = newId;
+            setCharacterId(newId);
         }
     }
 }

public/scripts/BulkEditOverlay.js

@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class BulkEditOverlay {
 
     /**
      * @typedef {object} LastSelected - An object noting the last selected character and its state.
-     * @property {string} [characterId] - The character id of the last selected character.
+     * @property {number} [characterId] - The character id of the last selected character.
      * @property {boolean} [select] - The selected state of the last selected character. <c>true</c> if it was selected, <c>false</c> if it was deselected.
      */
 
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ class BulkEditOverlay {
         const characterId = Number(currentCharacter.getAttribute('data-chid'));
         const select = !this.selectedCharacters.includes(characterId);
 
-        if (this.lastSelected.characterId && this.lastSelected.select !== undefined) {
+        if (this.lastSelected.characterId >= 0 && this.lastSelected.select !== undefined) {
             // Only if select state and the last select state match we execute the range select
             if (select === this.lastSelected.select) {
                 this.toggleCharactersInRange(currentCharacter, select);