# How to make a hashed tag clickable in posts?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-hashed-tag-clickable-in-posts/50813>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 28, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-hashed-tag-clickable-in-posts/50813 "2016-09-28T18:49:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-hashed-tag-clickable-in-posts/50813/3 "2016-09-29T00:28:54Z")

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Thanks, so is this the way for the sustem to distinguish between tags and categories when using a # sign?

Also, for some reason, for this particular tag there are no entries in a dropdown box. Adding ::tag suffix manually does not help either:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/0/d00660118228dfab39bef445fd506b31dc527fa7.jpeg)

Any ideas why it does not work?

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