# Hashtagvermeldingen proberen te begrijpen met de cursor links van de #

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-understand-hashtag-mentions-with-cursor-to-the-left-of/176112
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [14 januari 2021 om 16:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-understand-hashtag-mentions-with-cursor-to-the-left-of/176112 "2021-01-14T16:53:49Z")
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### Author: ![SteveG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SteveG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SteveG)
#### Post date: [14 januari 2021 om 16:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-understand-hashtag-mentions-with-cursor-to-the-left-of/176112/1 "2021-01-14T16:53:49Z")

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Greetings

I observed this neat way to use the same symbol for two things – mentioning tags and mentioning categories. But the list of tags is not compete, and there’s no apparent way to search.

- start a reply or new post and type a space (so the hashtag is not the first char in line)
- type hashtag  
– observe category list pops up
- type left arrow, so cursor is on the left of the #  
– observe the list of tags

They cannot be searched, nor selected using arrow keys.

I wish to understand what this feature is. Thanks!

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/b/0b8ce50de5fa9ed4f093dd41a95cbd924b545b73.png)

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [14 januari 2021 om 17:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-understand-hashtag-mentions-with-cursor-to-the-left-of/176112/2 "2021-01-14T17:07:26Z")

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So the idea is to type to filter the results, like this

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### Author: ![SteveG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SteveG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SteveG)
#### Post date: [14 januari 2021 om 19:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-understand-hashtag-mentions-with-cursor-to-the-left-of/176112/3 "2021-01-14T19:03:22Z")

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I’m sorry if my reproduction sequence wasn’t clear. I understand how the dynamic search works, and that isn’t the question I mean to ask.

> [@SteveG](#):
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> - type left arrow, so cursor is on the _ **left** _ of the #  
> – observe the list of tags
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> They cannot be searched, nor selected using arrow keys.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [7 maart 2021 om 08:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-understand-hashtag-mentions-with-cursor-to-the-left-of/176112/4 "2021-03-07T08:32:13Z")

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You will want to avoid the pound symbol at the very beginning of lines. Can you repro the problem with a word or character in front, avoiding the pound symbol at the start of the line?