This is my code: import { apiInitializer } from "discourse/lib/api"; import { iconNode } from "discourse-common/lib/icon-library"; import { tracked } from "@glimmer/tracking"; export default apiInitializer((api) => { @tracked iconName = settings.category_lock_icon || 'lock'; // Fallback to 'lock…

You don’t need to track these. They will be constant so unnecessary. You only need to track things that will be dynamic and with which you want to re-fire getters. Use DIcon instead. eg {{icon this.myIcon}} eg: assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chatbot-launch.gjs 8a06667fe …

I see. Thanks for the help; I’ll try it out.

Every time you track you use resources so keep that to minimum. It’s no big deal but good practice not to track if something won’t change during a page visit. I don’t believe settings will be updated without a page refresh in any case.

Hi @merefield , I can't seem how to get past this function: function ifProtected() { if(category.read_restricted) { return this.lockIcon; } } Any advice on how I would return this? Since this is in a .gjs file, is it possible to return return <template>{{icon this.iconName}}</template> ? …

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) June 19, 2025, 6:21am 5

Thanks for the advice! I’ll keep that in mind.

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