It's possible this is just one of those, "I'm really tired so..." problems, but I just spent 15 minutes trying to figure out why userreference wasn't showing up as a widget type. Turns out it's dependent on optionwidges.module. Here's a patch to point this out to bleary-eyed people. :P

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#1 req_option.patch1.7 KBwebchick
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Title: userreference sould indicate it requires optionwidgets » user/node ref sould indicate they require optionwidgets
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new req_option.patch1.7 KB

Actually, presumably this holds true for nodereference as well.

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yched commented

Nodereference does _not_ require optionwidget.
And AFAIK, neither does userreference...

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yched: An exercise. ;)

Enable the content module, the text module, and the userreference module, but NOT the optionwidgets module. Create a new content type. Attempt to add a field. "Text" will be the only widget available. This doesn't change until you enable the optionwidgets module.

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Also, just confirmed this to be the case in nodereference module as well.

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yched commented

I just did what you described and I can in fact create a [node|user]reference field with optionwidgets disabled. I really don't think there's a dependency here, and I don't see why there should be one.

I noticed something strange along the way, though : after enabling or disabling a field module, I have to empty my cache in order to have the field creation page show the correct available fields.
So I suggest maybe you try and disable optionwidgets, enable [node|user]reference, _empty your cache_ and see if you get the correct fields.

If so, I guess we have found a bug...

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Title: user/node ref sould indicate they require optionwidgets » Cache should be cleared when enabling new fields
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@yched: Yep you're right! Clearing the cache makes the fields show up. Sorry for the misdirection; I thought I tried that as a troubleshooting step but obviously not. :)

Changing title and status appropriately.

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If so, I guess we have found a bug...

Hey! I've been the first one to found this bug :)

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Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Oops. Apologies, didn't see it. :)

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Status: Closed (duplicate) » Active

And also didn't see that you marked yours a dupe. ;)

Just call me web-"extra observant"-chick! ;)

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yched commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

In fact, I guess the original report by dodazzi is probably clearer, and less crufted :-)

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dodorama commented

I thought this one was clearer :)
Happy to know that sometimes my english works :)