Added a seperate field for specifying the other relation

src/Entity/Parts/PartAssociation.php

@@ -47,8 +47,14 @@ class PartAssociation extends AbstractDBElement
     protected AssociationType $type = AssociationType::OTHER;
 
     /**
-     * @var string|null A comment describing this association further. Can also be used to specify the OTHER type
-     * further.
+     * @var string|null A user definable association type, which can be described in the comment field, which
+     * is used if the type is OTHER
+     */
+    #[ORM\Column(type: Types::STRING, length: 255, nullable: true)]
+    protected ?string $other_type = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string|null A comment describing this association further.
      */
     #[ORM\Column(type: Types::TEXT, nullable: true)]
     protected ?string $comment = null;
@@ -113,5 +119,16 @@ class PartAssociation extends AbstractDBElement
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function getOtherType(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->other_type;
+    }
+
+    public function setOtherType(?string $other_type): PartAssociation
+    {
+        $this->other_type = $other_type;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
 
 }

src/Form/Part/PartAssociationType.php

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class PartAssociationType extends AbstractType
                 'choice_label' => fn(AssociationType $type) => $type->getTranslationKey(),
                 'help' => 'part_association.edit.type.help',
             ])
+            ->add('other_type', TextType::class, [
+                'required' => false,
+            ])
             ->add('comment', TextType::class, [
                 'required' => false,
                 'label' => 'part_association.edit.comment'