A user, weels, reports that not all tags appear in the dropdown when creating a new topic in a specific category-subcategory, despite being properly set up. After investigation, weels discovers the missing tags are visible only by scrolling, as the scrollbar is faint and not easily noticeable. The user asks if the tag dropdown can be made full-screen or if the scrollbar can be made more visible. tobiaseigen confirms the issue and asks about the number of tags and the max_tag_search_results setting, which is set to 100. chapoi explains that the scrollbar is system-defined and cannot be easily customized, and that full-screen modals are not recommended as the industry trend moves away from them. They also note that the scrollbar is partially visible in the screenshot, and suggest using the search function to find tags.
I’ve created a group of tags and associated it with a category-subcategory, but one of the tags doesn’t appear in the list of tags when I create a new topic with that category-subcategory. I’ve set the settings for tags, but the tag is still missing from the required tags drop down.
This topic is related to an old topic that has been closed: Why does the tags dropdown not show all tags? (on creating a new post) . I’ve tried the solution offered in the closed topic, but it hasn’t worked.
Hello and welcome! 
That does sounds weird. Is it always the same tag that is not showing up? Is there something different about that tag?
How many tags are we talking about here? What number do you have set in the max_tag_search_results setting?
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I’ve just identified the problem! When I create a new topic and select the category/subcategory here’s the screenshot:
I can only see 6 tags out of a total of 8 tags when I create a new topic for this category/subcategory. I’ve just noticed the scroll bar in light grey. When I scroll down, I can see the remaining 2 tags.
I would imagine that if I couldn’t figure out how to see the full tag selection, my users would also have the problem. Is there a way to make the new topic dialog show up as a full screen and not as a partial screen pop-up? Also, is it possible to make the scroll bar in a darker color and to make it more visible?
max_tag_search_results is set to 100
Thanks for your help.
Nelson
The scrollbar is typically defined by the system/browser, and not by an individual application and afaik we don’t do anything special to it.
That’s not very straightforward to do and we are in general (as an industry) moving away from modals.
If you look again at your screenshot, you can actually see the 7th tag appearing at the bottom, indicating there is more below. You can also search instead of scrolling, to find the tag you want.
