Category drop-down for new topics, gone?

w1ckedsick

I've upgraded from 2.3.1 to 2.5 and I've noticed something is missing. When I create a new topic, it used to allow me to choose which category that should be assigned to but now that doesn't show.

This is how it used to look: https://prnt.sc/ij8f4k

R_J

This is by intention: https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/issues/4910

But getting it back is quite simple. You only need a plugin with that method:

    public function postController_beforeFormInputs_handler($sender) {
        $sender->ShowCategorySelector = true;
    }

w1ckedsick

Thank you

w1ckedsick

Did you do this for yourself? If you are able to attach the plugin that would be awesome as I'm not very experienced with creating plugins.

R_J

Uploading plugins is currently not possible...

See here for a working implementation

w1ckedsick

Awesome, thank you but I moved that folder into Plugins and it won't enable due to this error (debug mode):

"Call to a member function getInfo() on null" LOCATION: S:\htdocs\public_html\forum\applications\dashboard\controllers\class.settingscontroller.php

1447: } catch (Exception $e) {
1448: $this->Form->addError($e);
1449: }
1450: >>> 1451: $this->handleAddonToggle($pluginName, $addon->getInfo(), 'plugins', true, $filter, $action);
1452: if (count($requirementsEnabled) > 0) {
1453: foreach ($requirementsEnabled as $requiredAddon) {
1454: /** @var $requiredAddon Addon */
1455: $this->handleAddonToggle($requiredAddon->getKey(), $requiredAddon->getInfo(), 'plugins', true, $filter, $action); BACKTRACE:

[S:\htdocs\public_html\forum\applications\dashboard\controllers\class.settingscontroller.php 1372] SettingsController->enablePlugin();
[S:\htdocs\public_html\forum\library\core\class.dispatcher.php 832] SettingsController->plugins();
[S:\htdocs\public_html\forum\library\core\class.dispatcher.php 261] Gdn_Dispatcher->dispatchController();
[S:\htdocs\public_html\forum\index.php 29] Gdn_Dispatcher->dispatch();

R_J

Please make sure that the plugins folder is named "enforcecategorydropdown ". Delete the /cache/addon.php afterwards.
But beyond that I wouldn't know why this might fail...

w1ckedsick

That worked! Thank you so much for this.