sure would be nice to be able to create objects in the editor, huh?

src/c3nav/editor/changes.py

@@ -227,8 +227,13 @@ class ChangedObjectCollection(BaseSchema):
         for operation in operations:
             changed_object = self.objects.setdefault(operation.obj.model, {}).get(operation.obj.id, None)
             if changed_object is None:
-                changed_object = ChangedObject(obj=operation.obj,
+                # todo: titles should be better, probably
-                                               titles=self.prev.get(operation.obj).titles)
+                titles = (
+                    operation.fields.get("titles", {})
+                    if isinstance(operation, CreateObjectOperation)
+                    else self.prev.get(operation.obj).titles
+                )
+                changed_object = ChangedObject(obj=operation.obj, titles=titles)
                 self.objects[operation.obj.model][operation.obj.id] = changed_object
             if isinstance(operation, CreateObjectOperation):
                 changed_object.created = True

src/c3nav/editor/overlay.py

@@ -88,12 +88,13 @@ class DatabaseOverlayManager:
     def handle_post_save(self, instance: Model, created: bool, update_fields: set | None, **kwargs):
         field_values = self.get_model_field_values(instance)
 
-        ref, pre_change_values = self.get_ref_and_pre_change_values(instance)
-
         if created:
+            ref = ObjectReference.from_instance(instance)
             self.operations.append(CreateObjectOperation(obj=ref, fields=field_values))
             return
 
+        ref, pre_change_values = self.get_ref_and_pre_change_values(instance)
+
         if update_fields:
             field_values = {name: value for name, value in field_values.items() if name in update_fields}