New Content Edit: Implement File field

[john-thomas-dotcms]

Parent Issue

#25445

User Story

As a content editor, I want to be able to easily populate a File field, by either selecting a file already in dotCMS, or adding a new file to dotCMS.

Acceptance Criteria

1. Adhere to the UX design.
   • Designs for both fields are in the design system here.
2. For the File field, provide the following options in the field (not in the popup):
   • Main field area:
     • Drag and Drop of Choose file to upload
   • Right-side Links:
     • Select Existing File
       • When selected, open a popup to select the file.
       • This popup should be the same as other content selection popups (such as in the Relationships field).
     • Import from URL
       • When selected, open a popup for the user to enter the URL.
       • If the URL doesn't resolve to an appropriate file, the popup should stay open and display the error (rather than closing).
     • Create New File
       • When selected, open the content edit window for a new file.
       • The "state" of the content edit window needs to be maintained, so that when the new file is saved, the user is returned to the original content item that contains the File field.
3. By default, the content type for any new file should be dotAsset.
   • If the file is imported from a URL, we should choose the dotAsset content type as if the file had been dragged and dropped into dotCMS.
   • If Create New File was selected, the default content type should be the generic dotAsset.
4. There must be a field variable to allow the content architect to specify a different file content type.
   • If this field variable is set, then the default content type for all new files should be what it specifies.

Proposed Objective

User Experience

Proposed Priority

Priority 2 - Important

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Quality Assurance Notes & Workarounds

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1. Implement UX design for enhanced File field #29871
   QA : Approved QA : Passed Internal Release : 24.09.25 Team : Falcon Type : New Functionality dotCMS : Content Management +6
   
2. File field: Drag and drop functionality for file upload #29872
   Merged NW Removed Next Release OKR : Core Features QA : Passed Internal Team : Falcon +6
   
3. File field: "Import from URL" functionality #29874
   Team : Falcon +1
   
4. File field: "Create New File" functionality #29875
   Team : Falcon +1
5. File field: "Select Existing File" functionality #29873
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   Epic Team : Falcon +2