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.

[afbeelding] renato: Is the issue that a category comes pre-filled? Yes, that was the issue. I just Reset that setting and it’s working as expected. Thanks! :raising_hands: I noticed that when that setting is set to no category, it doesn’t allow the user to click and type and it shows a mes…

Would it be possible to share a screenshot of this in action please.

When I click New Topic, it shows this: [image] You can see there’s no default category. Now, I can type my message (unlike the default behavior, which locks the message area), even without a category being selected: [image] If I try to submit, I see this: [image] Hope this helps.

@alltiagocom excellent, thanks!

I think this is normally the default behaviour. :thinking: Do you have a topic template set up by any chance?

You’re welcome! I just asked ChatGPT to see if there’s a way to simplify the script a little bit more and it removed the first line, related to the API. I updated my post with the final script, in case you want to use it.

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…

[afbeelding] 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 …

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.

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renato (Renato Atilio) 7 juli 2025 om 11:48 2

Is het probleem dat een categorie vooraf is ingevuld? Zo ja, dan bent u mogelijk op zoek naar de site-instelling “Standaard categorie voor samenstellen”.

Topic		Antwoorden	Weergaven
New topic not defaulting to uncategorised Bug	18	1146	18 oktober 2022
Lost ability to create new topics Bug	6	902	7 oktober 2022
Users can create topic without selecting a category even when "allow uncategorized topics" unchecked Support	7	505	10 oktober 2023
Default category Feature	33	7682	20 mei 2019
Require category selection before writing topic UX	15	2911	12 april 2018

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