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 seem to address this. I have Allow uncategorized topics unchecked.

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 category.

[imagem] 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 set it should allow you to enter the composer text area before setting a category. It blocks it when using topic templates so people don’t accidentally bypass that template by typing in the composer first and then selecting a category. I’ve just had a quick test run on my site, and with no default category or topic templates I can enter the composer area without being blocked until I select a category.

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 behavior. I’m using Cloudflare and I noticed that sometimes there’s issues with my forum that seem to be related with Cloudflare’s cache. Again, I’m no expert, so I’m just guessing…

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.

[imagem] 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 categories I’ve just been testing this out on another site (which happens to be German as the default locale) and we spotted that there was a cheeky template added to the Uncategorised pseudo category which seems to have caused the same behaviour on that site.

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.

[imagem] 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 was where the Uncategorized topic template came from on the German locale site. A sneaky auto-added one in there for whatever reason would break the intended functionality without anyone realising. Do you have one in yours? (And if you could share your default locale that would be useful too) /c/uncategorized/edit/topic-template 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’ll also add the filtered link here that Moin shared below) /admin/logs/staff_action_logs?filters=%7B%22subject%22%3A%22topic_template%22%7D [imagem] alltiagocom: I do not have the data explorer plugin, sorry. It’s a great plugin, I highly recommend it. :slight_smile:

[imagem] 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. There can be a lot of logs for the “change category settings” action. But you can add a subject filter to the URL: /admin/logs/staff_action_logs?filters=%7B%22subject%22%3A%22topic_template%22%7D

[imagem] 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:

[imagem] 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 figure… [imagem] JammyDodger: Do you have one in yours? (And if you could share your default locale that would be useful too) /c/uncategorized/edit/topic-template Also empty. I don’t think I have any templates, actually, anywhere. [image]

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Lilly (Lillian ) 9 Julho , 2025 10:30 17

você faria um grande favor a si mesmo e o instalaria porque ele é super útil.

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New topic not defaulting to uncategorised Bug	18	1362	18 Outubro , 2022
Lost ability to create new topics Bug	6	1001	7 Outubro , 2022
Users can create topic without selecting a category even when "allow uncategorized topics" unchecked Product Support	7	547	10 Outubro , 2023
Default category Feature	33	7868	20 Maio , 2019
Require category selection before writing topic UX	15	3105	12 Abril , 2018

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