The discussion revolves around an issue with the Unanswered Filter theme component in Discourse, where the button fails to highlight when selected. ganncamp reports that while the filter works correctly, the button does not light up, particularly under /c and /top, though it functions as expected in other sections like /latest, /new, and /unread. HAWK clarifies that the topic should be in the Product Support category and tags tshenry, who confirms he built the component and acknowledges it needs updates. He plans to transfer it to the Discourse GitHub organization for better maintenance. ganncamp asks about update compatibility after the transfer, and awesomerobot reassures that automatic redirects will handle updates. Additionally, awesomerobot shares a PR to refactor the component into a dropdown, pending a minor Discourse update.
We’re experimenting with the Unanswered Filter theme component. It works nicely except that the button doesn’t light up / turn red when you select it.
I thought I had seen a topic about that in my initial investigations a week or so ago, but I can’t re-find the topic, so I’m creating a new one.
(BTW it’s truly not clear to me where to appropriately file this topic about a(n official?) theme component that’s (maybe?) not working as expected)
Update: The button highlights as expected in
Strangely, the /top is excluded by default, but the button appeared anyway. It filtered correctly, but did not light up. I’ve just removed /top from the exclusions list, and now the button doesn’t show up (sounds like a flipped boolean somewhere…).
The button filters correctly but does not highlight seemingly anywhere under /c
It does highlight under /tag
I did indeed build this a few years ago. This component is very much in need of some TLC. It hasn’t been updated in a few years and has had some known issues. It’s been coming up more frequently so I’ll prioritize getting it fixed and will transfer it over to our Discourse GitHub organization so we can keep more eyes on it.
Thanks, y’all!
IIRC, I installed this using the GH URL. If you switch organizations, will my URL-based installation keep up with that (for getting updates) or will I need to uninstall/reinstall?
Everything should redirect automatically on github’s side, so you shouldn’t need to reinstall.
I’ve got a PR ready in our review queue that refactors this into a dropdown:
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-unanswered-filter/pull/1
This will rely on a minor update to Discourse as well (for the “answered” filter):
