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firewall_rules, keep category selection when changing tabs. closes https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1592

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PR: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=5213.0

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filter/port alias, allow ranges in the form of 80-100, replace with 80:100. closes https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1529

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If a field isn't required and the user sets it with a faulty value, it would pass because it didn't know it wasn't set before user input.
There where two issues, first one, not knowing it was in init state (solved with internalFieldLoaded), next all field types should have used actionPostLoadingEvent to customize loading behaviour.

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CARP, add option "Disable preempt", move preempt to later boot stage. for https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/1557

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