Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/browngraphicslab/Dash-Web into pdf_impl

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/new_fields/URLField.ts b/src/new_fields/URLField.ts
index d00a95a16..4a2841fb6 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/URLField.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/URLField.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Deserializable } from "../client/util/SerializationHelper";
 import { serializable, custom } from "serializr";
-import { ObjectField, Copy } from "./ObjectField";
+import { ObjectField } from "./ObjectField";
+import { ToScriptString, Copy } from "./FieldSymbols";
 
 function url() {
     return custom(
@@ -13,15 +14,24 @@ function url() {
     );
 }
 
-export class URLField extends ObjectField {
+export abstract class URLField extends ObjectField {
     @serializable(url())
     readonly url: URL;
 
-    constructor(url: URL) {
+    constructor(url: string);
+    constructor(url: URL);
+    constructor(url: URL | string) {
         super();
+        if (typeof url === "string") {
+            url = new URL(url);
+        }
         this.url = url;
     }
 
+    [ToScriptString]() {
+        return `new ${this.constructor.name}("${this.url.href}")`;
+    }
+
     [Copy](): this {
         return new (this.constructor as any)(this.url);
     }