Composer default category

[Sebastián Cisneros]

I need a way to setup a default category when you open the composer.

The same way nodebb already does it when you are in a category page, and hit the "new topic" button, but all over the nodebb app.

for example, on the home / landing page (that is loading the categories.tpl) I need to setup 1 category as default and already preselcted when you open the composer.

Im actually not using categories, so, I need to avoid the error of empty category when you post a new topic.

Any ideas? Thanks.

[Sebastián Cisneros]

@sebastián-cisneros no answer for this one?

[baris]

This took a while to reply because there was a bug in composer-default that needed fixing.

If you update to [email protected] then you can use the below javascript code in your custom javascript tab to force topics into a default category.

require(['hooks'], function (hooks) {
	app.newTopic = function (cid, tags) {
		const defaultCid = 2;
		hooks.fire('action:composer.topic.new', {
			cid: cid || ajaxify.data.cid || defaultCid || 0,
			tags: tags || (ajaxify.data.tag ? [ajaxify.data.tag] : []),
		});    
	};
});

Replace defaultCid with your prefered category id.

[Sebastián Cisneros]

@baris Thanks for the reply. Will this actually work if I'm using composer redactor?

[baris]

It should still work. Redactor still uses some files from default-composer.

[Sebastián Cisneros]

@baris It worked, but... there is one more thing about it.
I have set some Tag Whitelist in that default category, and the tags select dropdown should appear also by default (related to the default category), but it doesn't

is there a way to get this done?

Again thanks for all the help, you are Awesome!.

[baris]

Please try with [email protected]

[Sebastián Cisneros]

@baris Thanks! I got one more question about the composer, but I will post in a different topic.