fix: restore legacy path compatibility regressions

packages/core/src/index.ts

@@ -78,34 +78,49 @@ function splitNameIntoParts(name: string, delimiter: string): string[] {
   const nameParts: string[] = [];
 
   for (const rawPart of rawParts) {
-    const splitByRailsChunk = rawPart.split("][");
-
-    if (splitByRailsChunk.length > 1) {
-      for (let chunkIndex = 0; chunkIndex < splitByRailsChunk.length; chunkIndex += 1) {
-        let chunk = splitByRailsChunk[chunkIndex] ?? "";
-
-        if (chunkIndex === 0) {
-          chunk = `${chunk}]`;
-        } else if (chunkIndex === splitByRailsChunk.length - 1) {
-          chunk = `[${chunk}`;
-        } else {
-          chunk = `[${chunk}]`;
+    const bracketMatches = Array.from(rawPart.matchAll(/\[([^\]]*)\]/g));
+    if (bracketMatches.length === 0) {
+      nameParts.push(rawPart);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    let currentPart = "";
+    let cursor = 0;
+
+    for (const match of bracketMatches) {
+      const literalText = rawPart.slice(cursor, match.index ?? cursor);
+      if (literalText !== "") {
+        currentPart += literalText;
+      }
+
+      const bracketContent = match[1] ?? "";
+      const isArraySegment = bracketContent === "" || /^\d+$/.test(bracketContent);
+
+      if (isArraySegment) {
+        if (currentPart !== "" && currentPart.endsWith("]")) {
+          nameParts.push(currentPart);
+          currentPart = "";
         }
 
-        const railsMatch = chunk.match(/([a-z_]+)?\[([a-z_][a-z0-9_]+?)\]/i);
-        if (railsMatch) {
-          for (let matchIndex = 1; matchIndex < railsMatch.length; matchIndex += 1) {
-            const matchPart = railsMatch[matchIndex];
-            if (matchPart) {
-              nameParts.push(matchPart);
-            }
-          }
-        } else {
-          nameParts.push(chunk);
+        currentPart = `${currentPart}[${bracketContent}]`;
+      } else {
+        if (currentPart !== "") {
+          nameParts.push(currentPart);
         }
+
+        currentPart = bracketContent;
       }
-    } else {
-      nameParts.push(...splitByRailsChunk);
+
+      cursor = (match.index ?? cursor) + match[0].length;
+    }
+
+    const trailingText = rawPart.slice(cursor);
+    if (trailingText !== "") {
+      currentPart += trailingText;
+    }
+
+    if (currentPart !== "") {
+        nameParts.push(currentPart);
     }
   }
 

packages/core/test/core.test.ts

@@ -92,6 +92,88 @@ describe("entriesToObject", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("supports rails style keys with underscores and one-character names", () => {
+    const result = entriesToObject(
+      [
+        { key: "data[Topic][topic_id]", value: "1" },
+        { key: "person.ruby[field2][f]", value: "baz" }
+      ],
+      { skipEmpty: false }
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      data: {
+        Topic: {
+          topic_id: "1"
+        }
+      },
+      person: {
+        ruby: {
+          field2: {
+            f: "baz"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("supports single-bracket rails object segments at the root", () => {
+    const result = entriesToObject([{ key: "testitem[test_property]", value: "ok" }], {
+      skipEmpty: false
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      testitem: {
+        test_property: "ok"
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("supports mixed indexed rails arrays and nested object traversal", () => {
+    const result = entriesToObject(
+      [
+        { key: "tables[1][features][0][title]", value: "Feature A" },
+        { key: "something[something][title]", value: "Nested" },
+        { key: "something[description]", value: "Test" }
+      ],
+      { skipEmpty: false }
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      tables: [
+        {
+          features: [
+            {
+              title: "Feature A"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      something: {
+        something: {
+          title: "Nested"
+        },
+        description: "Test"
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("supports consecutive indexed segments for nested arrays", () => {
+    const result = entriesToObject([{ key: "foo[0][1][bar]", value: "baz" }], {
+      skipEmpty: false
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      foo: [
+        [
+          {
+            bar: "baz"
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
+    });
+  });
+
   it("skips empty and null values by default", () => {
     const result = entriesToObject([
       { key: "a", value: "" },

packages/dom/src/index.ts

@@ -209,7 +209,17 @@ function getFieldValue(fieldNode: Node, getDisabled: boolean): unknown {
           if (fieldNode.checked && fieldNode.value === "false") {
             return false;
           }
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-fallthrough
+
+          if (fieldNode.checked && fieldNode.value === "true") {
+            return true;
+          }
+
+          if (fieldNode.checked) {
+            return fieldNode.value;
+          }
+
+          return null;
+
         case "checkbox":
           if (fieldNode.checked && fieldNode.value === "true") {
             return true;

packages/dom/test/dom.test.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ describe("extractPairs", () => {
     expect(result).toContainEqual({ key: "person.colors", value: ["red", "green"] });
   });
 
+  it("extracts nested form controls inside arbitrary container markup", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <form id="testForm">
+        <div class="wrapper">
+          <section>
+            <input type="text" name="person.name.first" value="John" />
+          </section>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+    `;
+
+    const form = document.getElementById("testForm") as HTMLFormElement;
+    const result = extractPairs(form);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([{ key: "person.name.first", value: "John" }]);
+  });
+
   it("supports callback extraction", () => {
     document.body.innerHTML = `
       <form id="testForm">
@@ -71,6 +88,23 @@ describe("formToObject", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("does not coerce an empty checked radio option to false when true and false siblings exist", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <form id="testForm">
+        <input type="radio" name="state" value="" checked />
+        <input type="radio" name="state" value="true" />
+        <input type="radio" name="state" value="false" />
+      </form>
+    `;
+
+    const form = document.getElementById("testForm") as HTMLFormElement;
+    const result = formToObject(form, { skipEmpty: false });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      state: ""
+    });
+  });
+
   it("supports id fallback and disabled field extraction", () => {
     document.body.innerHTML = `
       <form id="testForm">

packages/js2form/src/index.ts

@@ -89,8 +89,63 @@ function shouldSkipNodeAssignment(node: Node, nodeCallback: ObjectToFormNodeCall
 }
 
 function normalizeName(name: string, delimiter: string, arrayIndexes: ArrayIndexesMap): string {
+  let nameToNormalize = name;
+  const rawChunks = name.split(delimiter);
+  const normalizedRawChunks: string[] = [];
+
+  for (const rawChunk of rawChunks) {
+    const bracketMatches = Array.from(rawChunk.matchAll(/\[([^\]]*)\]/g));
+    if (bracketMatches.length === 0) {
+      normalizedRawChunks.push(rawChunk);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    let currentChunk = "";
+    let cursor = 0;
+
+    for (const match of bracketMatches) {
+      const literalText = rawChunk.slice(cursor, match.index ?? cursor);
+      if (literalText !== "") {
+        currentChunk += literalText;
+      }
+
+      const bracketContent = match[1] ?? "";
+      const isArraySegment = bracketContent === "" || /^\d+$/.test(bracketContent);
+
+      if (isArraySegment) {
+        if (currentChunk !== "" && currentChunk.endsWith("]")) {
+          normalizedRawChunks.push(currentChunk);
+          currentChunk = "";
+        }
+
+        currentChunk = `${currentChunk}[${bracketContent}]`;
+      } else {
+        if (currentChunk !== "") {
+          normalizedRawChunks.push(currentChunk);
+        }
+
+        currentChunk = bracketContent;
+      }
+
+      cursor = (match.index ?? cursor) + match[0].length;
+    }
+
+    const trailingText = rawChunk.slice(cursor);
+    if (trailingText !== "") {
+      currentChunk += trailingText;
+    }
+
+    if (currentChunk !== "") {
+        normalizedRawChunks.push(currentChunk);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (normalizedRawChunks.length > 0) {
+    nameToNormalize = normalizedRawChunks.join(delimiter);
+  }
+
   const normalizedNameChunks: string[] = [];
-  const chunks = name.replace(ARRAY_OF_ARRAYS_REGEXP, "[$1].[$2]").split(delimiter);
+  const chunks = nameToNormalize.replace(ARRAY_OF_ARRAYS_REGEXP, "[$1].[$2]").split(delimiter);
 
   for (let chunkIndex = 0; chunkIndex < chunks.length; chunkIndex += 1) {
     const currentChunk = chunks[chunkIndex] ?? "";

packages/js2form/test/js2form.test.ts

@@ -285,6 +285,25 @@ describe("objectToForm", () => {
     const input = customDocument.getElementById("person.name.first") as HTMLInputElement;
     expect(input.value).toBe("Neo");
   });
+
+  it("populates rails-style field names", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <form id="testForm">
+        <input name="a[b][c]" />
+      </form>
+    `;
+
+    objectToForm("testForm", {
+      a: {
+        b: {
+          c: "value"
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    const input = document.querySelector("input[name='a[b][c]']") as HTMLInputElement;
+    expect(input.value).toBe("value");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("low-level helpers", () => {
@@ -324,4 +343,15 @@ describe("low-level helpers", () => {
     expect(Object.keys(fields)).not.toContain("person.colors[1]");
     expect(Object.keys(fields)).not.toContain("person.colors[2]");
   });
+
+  it("preserves literal suffixes around indexed bracket groups", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <form id="testForm">
+        <input name="items[5]_id" value="alpha" />
+      </form>
+    `;
+
+    const fields = mapFieldsByName("testForm", { shouldClean: false });
+    expect(Object.keys(fields)).toContain("items[5]_id");
+  });
 });