Enhancement request: "this" or "input" allowable in Lookup Field Criteria - a better Dependent Dropdown

Enhancement request: "this" or "input" allowable in Lookup Field Criteria - a better Dependent Dropdown

It looks impossible, but I'd like to create a dependent dropdown by setting a criteria in a Lookup such as

a) field_fky == input.field_fky   

rather than the only supported method that requires an on input action on the field

b) https://kbase.creator.zoho.com/application/dynamic-picklist

a) would be faster to create and the resulting field would appear in views, unlike b)

What happens when I try a) is an error message that "this." is not in the form.  When I look at the API for dropdowns, it's seems that the syntax <formname>[criteria].<fieldname> is inherently limited to references to fields on <formname>.