# Categories with colon cause autocomplete issues

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-with-colon-cause-autocomplete-issues/70647>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [23.Сентябрь.2017 19:15:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-with-colon-cause-autocomplete-issues/70647 "2017-09-23T19:15:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Post date:** [25.Сентябрь.2017 07:10:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-with-colon-cause-autocomplete-issues/70647/5 "2017-09-25T07:10:18Z")

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Yes I have the fix for not showing picker at that time, but filtering on sub categories when pressing : in a string starting with # would be a new feature and would require some non trivial changes to autocomplete.

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