I’ve had a while to ponder this further, and I’d like to add a bit of clarification.
I’d like for the category to be ‘pre-populated’ depending on what topic the user is already in.
Here is an example of a Discourse forum where this is happening:
So if the user is in the Underground category and they press ‘Create Topic’, ‘Underground’ will be pre-populated in the Create Topic dialogue. And if they were in the Otherground category, then THAT would be pre-populated.
There is a New Topic Button on the Topic screen, and when it is pressed I would like the Create Topic dialogue box to default the Category to ‘General’.
Yes @merefield I believe that I was incorrect in the way that I described it earlier. The latest post most accurately reflects what I want.
What you referred to as the ‘Discovery Topic List’ is the root level of my forum. And when ‘New Topic’ is pressed, I want it to default to General, as per screenshot above.
So with all of the information I’ve gained in this thread (thank you all), if I were to refine my question I think it would be thus:
Is it possible to set a default category (in the ‘Create Topic’ dialogue box) so that when the ‘New Topic’ button is pressed whilst on the ‘Discovery Topic List’ it is set to that default category automatically?