dropdown menu for "power tags" #496
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enhancement
explains that the issue is to improve upon one of our existing features
help wanted
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JavaScript
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Problem
There are an increasing number of powertags which can be used to modify or add features to a post or a page. But these must be manually entered using the documentation at https://publiclab.org/wiki/power-tags
Tag form shown here:
Proposed fix
Provide a low-profile dropdown menu (so as not to confuse newcomers, but be available for more experienced folks) which auto-tags or prompts for input in order to generate appropriate power tags. For example, if you select
response
, it'd prompt you in a dialog box (or a Bootstrap popover, perhaps?) for the ID of the post you're responding to -- and even offer a search function to find that post.This last "autocomplete" addition could be a little bit like the Github interface which helps you link to other issues, as shown here:
Code for the tagging form is here: https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/app/views/tag/_tagging.html.erb#L11
The tagging form JavaScript might also be moved into its own file at
/app/assets/javascripts/tagging.js
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