Added a tooltip to indicate that indexing is not available for this field type.

Author: abdalla-tb

changelog/entries/unreleased/feature/3810_indexing_not_available_for_this_field_type.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "type": "bug",
+    "message": "Added a tooltip to indicate that indexing is not available for this field type.",
+    "domain": "database",
+    "issue_number": 3810,
+    "bullet_points": [],
+    "created_at": "2025-09-01"
+}

web-frontend/modules/database/components/field/FieldForm.vue

@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@
           >
             <div class="control__elements flex justify-content-end">
               <SwitchInput
+                v-tooltip="
+                  !canHaveDbIndex
+                    ? $t('fieldForm.dbIndexDisabledTooltip')
+                    : null
+                "
                 :value="!!canHaveDbIndex && values.db_index"
                 :small="true"
                 :disabled="!canHaveDbIndex"

web-frontend/modules/database/locales/en.json

@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@
     "dbIndex": "Index",
     "dbIndexError": "This field type cannot have an index. Please remove it before saving or change the field type.",
     "dbIndexDescription": "Indexing can significantly improve filtering performance, but slows down create, update, and delete operations.",
-    "defaultValueDisabledByConstraint": "Cannot set a default value with a unique constraint"
+    "defaultValueDisabledByConstraint": "Cannot set a default value with a unique constraint",
+    "dbIndexDisabledTooltip": "Indexing is not available for this field type."
   },
   "fieldSelectThroughFieldSubForm": {
     "noTable": "You need at least one link to table field to create this field.",