I would like to access the Topic Controller’s toggleVisibility action within a component via a connector. I see there is a precedent for this. Would the following PR be accepted?: app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/topic.gjs f4d4f371e {{#if @contr…

Just looking at the implementation: app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/topic.js 435088f62 @action toggleVisibility() { this.model.toggleStatus("visible"); } You al…

Seems reasonable to me. Although without looking, I’m not sure what toggleVisibility does. Should we give it a more descriptive name? :sweat_smile:

great! well it’s the current naming convention for this action across Discourse It’s the name used for listing and unlisting a topic.

Yeah, that was my thought :sweat_smile: I’ll raise! :rocket:

[image] david: this.args.model.toggleStatus("visible") wow, thanks, that’s awesome! It definitely makes a lot less sense. I didn’t realise that existed, I’ll give that a go!

Toggling Visibility within a Topic connector

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david (David Taylor) May 28, 2025, 7:52am 4

Ah ok, better keep the name as-is then, rather than having to rename it everywhere

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Toggling Visibility within a Topic connector

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