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Re: Deleting categories
Noooo, such a compromise would be much more complicated. It’s one or the other.
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#14 2008-06-30 20:12:19
- masa
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Re: Deleting categories
OK, in that case I vote that parent categories can’t be deleted if they have any children :-)
Like I said, I don’t know how hard it is to implement any of this, I was just dishing out ideas, so I’m perfectly happy with whatever you guys think is doable/reasonable.
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#15 2008-06-30 20:22:05
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Re: Deleting categories
Sorry, I just noticed I had posted some confusing rubbish in my first reply:
Just wondering, would that also prevent deletion of parent categories that have no children and aren’t assigned to any articles etc.?
What I meant to ask was would that also prevent deletion of parent categories that are only used for organising and aren’t assigned to any articles etc.?
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#16 2008-06-30 20:58:24
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Re: Deleting categories
As I had my own troubleshooting thread for the same reason masa mentioned above, I’d also opt for undeletable parent categories.
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Re: Deleting categories
I’m easy either way, but I suppose it makes sense to prevent deletion of parents if they are “used” (have children) regardless if those children have things assigned to them or not.
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Re: Deleting categories
I have a working changeset prepared… it does have one downside: you cannot delete a parent and its children all at once. You first have to delete the children before the parent can be deleted. Is this an acceptable side-effect?
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Re: Deleting categories
Is that the only downside?
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#20 2008-06-30 23:04:44
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Re: Deleting categories
Is this an acceptable side-effect?
Yes, of course :)
Thanks, Ruud!
Last edited by uli (2008-06-30 23:05:43)
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Re: Deleting categories
You mean during a multi-edit delete? So if I checked all of:
- fruit
- strawberries
- raspberries
- blackberries
and did with_selected -> delete, only the three subcats would go? Providing they were unused of course.
Not an insurmountable problem, I say go for it.
Last edited by Bloke (2008-06-30 23:09:47)
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#22 2008-06-30 23:43:19
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Re: Deleting categories
Bloke wrote:
Not an insurmountable problem, I say go for it.
I agree, too, and would welcome that change.
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Re: Deleting categories
Done in SVN changeset 2929
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#24 2008-07-01 10:00:03
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Re: Deleting categories
Thanks :)
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