I want users to manually pick a category when creating a new post. I already checked the topics: https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-people-to-choose-category-before-create-a-new-topic/214077 https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-category-selection-before-writing-topic/66236/15 but none of them s…

Is the issue that a category comes pre-filled? If so, you may be looking for the “Default composer category” site setting.

No, no template. [image] But I believe this is not the default behavior, because even the original placeholder says something like “Select a category before typing here”, and the cursor changes to an arrow with a :prohibited: symbol. It doesn’t allow me to click and type, unless I pick the catego…

[صورة] alltiagocom: Select a category before typing here”, and the cursor changes to an arrow with a :prohibited: symbol. It doesn’t allow me to click and type, unless I pick the category. That’s what I would expect if you have a topic template set up on one of your categories. Without any se…

Weird… I just disabled the component I created, tried it again, and now it lets me type. It’s not locked :confused: Would it be some cache issue after I set it to (no category) or something? Cache on the server itself, because on both Chrome and Firefox, with different user accounts, I got the same…

Ok, I think I spoke too soon… A few minutes later, it’s back to the other behavior. It’s locked. And when I Inspect the composer, I see this: [image] I guess I will just stick to the Component, then.

[صورة] alltiagocom: I guess I will just stick to the Component, then. If it gets it working as you want it to then :chefs_kiss: Out of curiosity, if you have the data explorer plugin installed, could you run this just to see what it says: SELECT id as category_id, topic_template from catego…

I just noticed that on the Obsidian forum, the behavior is the same. It’s locked until I pick a category, so it’s probably the new behavior? I do not have the data explorer plugin, sorry.

[صورة] alltiagocom: so it’s probably the new behavior? I don’t think so. :thinking: On both recently updated sites I’ve tested this on the behaviour is the same as I’d expect (no default category or topic templates = free to type without choosing a category first). What we couldn’t work out …

[صورة] JammyDodger: ETA: As an alternative to the date explorer, you can also filter your staff logs to 'topic template’ and see if there’s any extra info in there. I think it’s a little difficult to filter for that in the interface because you can only filter for actions and not for subjects.…

[صورة] alltiagocom: do not have the data explorer plugin, sorry. i would do yourself a big favor and install it because it is super useful. :slight_smile:

[صورة] JammyDodger: I don’t think so. :thinking: On both recently updated sites I’ve tested this on the behaviour is the same as I’d expect (no default category or topic templates = free to type without choosing a category first). Weird that Obsidian’s forum behaves the same way as mine. Go f…

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الموضوع		الردود	مرات العرض
New topic not defaulting to uncategorised Bug	18	1348	18 أكتوبر 2022
Lost ability to create new topics Bug	6	990	7 أكتوبر 2022
Users can create topic without selecting a category even when "allow uncategorized topics" unchecked Product Support	7	543	10 أكتوبر 2023
Default category Feature	33	7856	20 مايو 2019
Require category selection before writing topic UX	15	3079	12 أبريل 2018

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