Added new ajax dropdown menus for components, consumables, etc editing/creating

app/Http/Controllers/Api/CategoriesController.php

@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ class CategoriesController extends Controller
         // This lets us have more flexibility in special cases like assets, where
         // they may not have a ->name value but we want to display something anyway
         foreach ($categories as $category) {
-            $category->use_text = $category->name;
             $category->use_image = ($category->image) ? url('/').'/uploads/categories/'.$category->image : null;
         }
 

app/Http/Controllers/Api/CompaniesController.php

@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ class CompaniesController extends Controller
         // This lets us have more flexibility in special cases like assets, where
         // they may not have a ->name value but we want to display something anyway
         foreach ($companies as $company) {
-            $company->use_text = $company->name;
             $company->use_image = ($company->image) ? url('/').'/uploads/companies/'.$company->image : null;
         }
 

app/Http/Controllers/Api/DepartmentsController.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use App\Models\Department;
 use App\Http\Transformers\DepartmentsTransformer;
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use Auth;
+use App\Http\Transformers\SelectlistTransformer;
 
 class DepartmentsController extends Controller
 {
@@ -111,4 +112,39 @@ class DepartmentsController extends Controller
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a paginated collection for the select2 menus
+     *
+     * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
+     * @since [v4.0.16]
+     * @see \App\Http\Transformers\SelectlistTransformer
+     *
+     */
+    public function selectlist(Request $request)
+    {
+        $this->authorize('view', Department::class);
+
+        $departments = Department::select([
+            'id',
+            'name',
+            'image',
+        ]);
+
+        if ($request->has('search')) {
+            $departments = $departments->where('name', 'LIKE', '%'.$request->get('search').'%');
+        }
+
+        $departments = $departments->orderBy('name', 'ASC')->paginate(50);
+
+        // Loop through and set some custom properties for the transformer to use.
+        // This lets us have more flexibility in special cases like assets, where
+        // they may not have a ->name value but we want to display something anyway
+        foreach ($departments as $department) {
+            $department->use_image = ($department->image) ? url('/').'/uploads/departments/'.$department->image : null;
+        }
+
+        return (new SelectlistTransformer)->transformSelectlist($departments);
+
+    }
+
 }