Por que o plugin checklist não é um Theme Component?

[NateDhaliwal]

Is there a reason why the checklist plugin isn’t a theme component? The plugin.rb file is virtually empty, and the logic is in the JS side of things:

plugins/checklist/plugin.rb

(That’s really all there is!)

[merefield (Robert)]

age probably:

Theme Components are a relatively modern invention

[merefield (Robert)]

fun fact:

Guest Gate Theme Component

Hello This theme component is created from Guest Gate (Sign Up Popup Plugin). It can lock topics for anon visitors with a modal and force them to Sign Up or Login. The component can be use for an alert modal, encouraging visitors to sign up but allowing them to close the modal (for this, leave the dismissable false setting unchecked). Options include changing the number of topics that can be viewed before the modal is displayed. [Screenshot 2022-04-23 at 22.05.29] Tip: If you use the …

and

Composer Character Count

Summary A Theme Component to simultaneously display count the number of characters typed in the composer as well as the required number to post. Tracks Post body and Topic Title separately. Repository Link GitHub - merefield/discourse-tc-character-count: A Theme Component to simultaneously count the number of characters typed in the composer as well as the required number to post! Install Guide Installing a theme or theme compo…

(I’m sure there are others)

were based on plugins …

[NateDhaliwal]

Ah, that’s probably it. I wonder - why no “in-built” TCs in core ? (And if they were, where would they be? In the /themes directory?)

[chapoi (Charlie)]

No, if we move TC to core, they would just live in the “normal” code. It’s not like plugins.