Tags restricted to a category are not available to plugins or components

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I have noticed that plugins or theme components that are using the field type: list list_type: tag do not allow the use of tags that are restricted to a category. On my site I have everything in tag groups and assign those to many different categories to restrict usage.

I’ve ran into this in the Custom Wizard plugin (where I need access to all tags), and @merefield’s new TLP theme component.

Is this intentional behavior? Is there any chance this could be changed? It is really limiting, especially with the Custom Wizard plugin since I am trying to create a wizard that will create a new topic, but I can’t access any of my tags as options because they are all assigned to categories, the wizard could be going to a multitude of categories, but I would be setting up logic to restrict them to the right categories.

I know it’s edge use case, but some more flexibility here would be really nice!

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Yes in case I’m missing something this behaviour doesn’t make sense? Whilst you might want to restrict use of tags to particular Categories this shouldn’t prevent you including them in a broader selection, for example in a site setting that features a set of site wide tags.

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I guess there’s no chance of getting this changed ehh? :sadpanda:

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I hate to drag this back up, but this limitation is so frustrating. I understand there is opportunity for failure if you select a category with a tag that can’t accept it, but there should be a bit more flexibility here. Thanks!

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Hey @davidkingham, is this still a problem? I can’t reproduce anymore and it looks like this was fixed by @david back in February:

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Thanks for bringing this up Osama, it appears it was fixed for theme components but not for plugins which is where I really need it. Any chance of that happening @david?

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In theory the fix should have applied to Site Settings as well as theme components. Which plugin/setting are you seeing the issue in?

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Thanks David, the issue is with the Custom Wizard plugin. Looking at your code it seems to only apply for components, but obviously I’m not qualified to make that assessment :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Ah, the confusion may be because the file I changed was …/templates/components/site-settings/tag-list.hbs?

/components/ in this case refers to ‘Ember Components’, not ‘Theme Components’. This ember component is used for both Theme Settings and Site Settings.

Ah I see - and I guess the problematic dropdown is not in the regular /admin/site_settings area? If so, the problem will need to be fixed in the plugin. Let’s cc @angus on that. It should just be a case of adding everyTag=true to the relavent tag-chooser :crossed_fingers:

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Yeah, that would be awesome to fix that!

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Told you I wasn’t qualified :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: Thanks David.

I believe @fzngagan is doing most of the maintenance now so hopefully, he can provide some insight.

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Thanks @david, this one’s addressed in the Custom Wizard plugin now.

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