SID-00909: Hierarchical Topic Parent drop down list

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When creating a new topic the Topic Parent drop down list is flat. Can this be configured to show hierarchy?

-- AmiRahav - 2010-07-21

Discussion and Answer

In the create new topic screen you can click to get a list of topics to chose from as parent. This list can be very long. For example, the Sandbox web on twiki.org has over 20K topics, so downloading a big list can be slow.

If you create a topic hierarchy then you have the runtime expense of building up the topic tree based on parent-child relationship. Depending on the number of topics you have that might or might not be feasible.

The TreePlugin and TreeBrowserPlugin can be used to build topic trees.

It might be better to look into the AutoCompletePlugin.

If you want to customize the create new topic screen do that in your TWiki's WebCreateNewTopicTemplate.

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-07-21

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