Post voting resets when changing categories

[lindsey (Lindsey Fogle)]

Overview

Currently, changing the category on a draft set to allow post-voting resets the draft to a non-post-voting topic. This can be tricky to spot and is additionally problematic because topics cannot be converted into post-voting topics once created.

Steps to reproduce

1. Ensure that post voting enabled is enabled.
2. Create a draft topic, click the + icon, and select Toggle Post Voting.

3. Change the draft topic’s category.

Expected results

Post voting should not be impacted by changing categories.

Observed results

Post voting is reset (i.e. toggled off).

Additional context

Recording:

[Moin]

Choosing a category changes topic type back to normal

When I first change the topic type to post voting and select or change a category afterwards, the topic type is changed back to normal. While this is probably quite obvious after you have created some voting topics, I did not notice that the button label changed. Steps: Enable post voting. Draft a new topic. Set the topic type to post voting first, so you won’t forget later. Choose a category, fill in the title and body. Publish the topic. Wonder why post voting doesn’t work.

[lindsey (Lindsey Fogle)]

Ah, didn’t realize you’d already spotted this. Should’ve known!