Delete category button is more prominent than Save

chapoi · June 20, 2026, 7:38am

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github.com/discourse/discourse

UX: Category danger zone + cleanup old category page selectors (#41049)

main ← category-danger-zone

merged 06:35AM - 20 Jun 26 UTC

chapoi

+772 -1142

Previously, the delete-category action lived in a footer shared across all edit-…category tabs, with its "can't delete" reason shown via a separate warning alert and tooltip toggle. It's placement didn't sufficiently communicate the destructive functionality see https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-category-button-is-more-prominent-than-save/403037 This change consolidates deletion into a dedicated "Danger zone" section, only present on the settings tab, surfacing the delete button or the forbidden reason inline immediately, removing the superfluous flow of clicking the button to see the warning message. The tabs were also nesting `form.Section`, which then had to be solved for it with a `display-contents` for some `edit-category-content` tabs. As this was redundant, it's been refactored as fas as possible. This commit also: * removed the unused `category-name-fields` component * cleaned up all the old category pages CSS that was left over * corrected a few FormKit issues * styled doc categories plugin import to match FormKit section header * removed the old `edit-category-content` and only use the new `edit-category-tab` | What | BC | AC | |--------|--------|--------| | Delete category | <img width="974" height="906" alt="CleanShot 2026-06-19 at 11 59 26" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/10522aa5-cef0-49f0-aab7-ff351b4a0ca8" /> | <img width="1100" height="907" alt="CleanShot 2026-06-19 at 09 50 50" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/15de9e83-7413-408a-8530-1594dc6080cf" /> | | Delete category forbidden | <img width="1874" height="910" alt="CleanShot 2026-06-19 at 11 56 59" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f6dd15ef-9874-4960-913b-7f7dd973d326" /> | <img width="1100" height="907" alt="CleanShot 2026-06-19 at 09 51 59" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5690b272-2bc1-440a-bdce-0e944eec585d" /> | | Doc Plugin | <img width="844" height="219" alt="CleanShot 2026-06-19 at 12 00 03" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/446da166-db57-4940-8394-258a2a98c8d3" /> | <img width="778" height="162" alt="CleanShot 2026-06-19 at 10 10 35" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a7e45aad-5fd8-44ec-920f-7bd1e63ef175" /> |

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