The discussion revolves around the limitations of tag names in Discourse. chi_noti_info expresses frustration with the 20-character limit and no spaces allowed, hindering their plan to replace categories with tags. HAWK clarifies that Discourse is not moving away from categories but recommends using them only when necessary. csmu points out that the maximum tag length can be adjusted in the site settings.
Stephen explains that the limitations are due to the tag selector’s behavior and cites the example of legal libraries successfully using similar limitations. Tayyab_Anwar raises the issue of long tag names being truncated and seeks a solution. codinghorror suggests editing the CSS in Admin, Customize, to address this issue.
Tayyab_Anwar requests more specific guidance on which CSS property to modify. Finally, markersocial proposes handling tag names and slugs separately, similar to categories, to allow for more flexibility in tag naming.
I was trying to move completely away from categories on my forum BUT I discovered tags were way too restrictive with regard to their names. No spaces, 20 characters maximum, completely frustrated my desire. I read somewhere that discourse was trying to move away from categories into tags. This is an idea I support.
I also support adding a twiter like #hashtag feature within posts to increase awesomeness.
Kinda. We’re not moving away from categories, but we do recommend restricting the use of categories to situations where they are actually necessary. More information at It’s Time We Talked About Tags
Yeah, that’s the article.
Still, one way to make people use less categories is make tags more flexible.
You can set the max length for tags
https://{your-site}/admin/site_settings/category/all_results?filter=max%20tag
Tags behave like category stubs, which can’t have spaces either.
The 20 character is there because otherwise the tag selector begins to look pretty ridiculous.
If legal libraries can build their whole taxonomies using those limitations the rest of us have no excuse.
This is it…Solved!
Is there a way to edit the length of the tag after which it is truncated?
Long tag names appear with an ellipsis. “this-is-a-long-tag-name” shows as “this-is-a-lo…”, even on the tag’s page. How can I change this limit? Willing to change source and rebuild.
That can be done via editing CSS in Admin, Customize.
Thanks a lot Jeff.
Exactly what property am I looking to change? Or if you could point me to a how-to for this.
Appreciate the help.
It’d be nice if the tag name and tag slug where handled like categories are. With the slug separate to the name.
So a tag could have a name like:
Name: Awesome Stuff
Slug: awesome-stuff
Right now, this would come out like:
Name & slug: awesome-stuff