Collapsible Categories

[Chris]

animoz if you leave a forum url then maybe that issue can be investigated.

[vipoi]

Great to see you Chris! We're still putting all your wonderful work to good use.

I got a question regarding this plugin -- our old coder was able to keep certain categories uncollapsible, meaning, you could click on them and they wouldn't collapse. Unfortunately, he didn't leave anyone else with developer rights, so we can't see how he managed to do that and duplicate.

Is there a way to designate certain category ids so that this plugin ignores them, or whatever?

[tnchuck100]

I have a member who is reporting this error when he collapses or expands a category:

You do not have permission to write to this key.

Error code: 32

Key: collapsible_memory

Object Id: 8


However, the error code can be different each time. The category collapses and expands OK but this error message is always given.

I have a testuser that I do testing with. I configured this user to the same groups the member seeing these errors is set for. I have not been able to reproduce this error. 

Update: I see  this key is set to Limit access=Read. I do not see this error. Why do you think my member is getting a write error?

Update #2: This member reports this same error when using his tablet too.

[Lynx]

Since ProBoards has made writing to a key to Staff by default, the absence of a Key Write permission is what will give non-Staff that error. This is easily fixed - if you don't mind getting into the plugin's Build section. Here is a step-by-step to add this in, which should alleviate the error:

(1) Go to Admin > Plugins > Build

(2) Click on the Collapsible Categories plugin

(3) Click on the User Interface tab

(4) You should see 3 tabs here: About; Settings and Add Tab - click on the Add Tab. This will create a tab to hold the Key Permission. The new tab will be called New Tab. In the Tab Name box, type in Key Permissions - like so:



(5) On the right side, click on the Key Permissions form field. This should appear after clicking:



(6) In the Select Title box, put Key Permissions. In the Select Key box, make sure it's collapsible_memory. In the Limit Access dropdown, select Read + Write:



(7) Click Save Changes.

(8) Near the top, click the Manage Plugin button.

(9) Go to your new Key Permissions tab and set both to Members & Staff, then click Save Changes:




You should no longer get an Error 32 from your members from this.

[xx1]

I really like this plugin, but there is one thing I wish I could have with it.

Can it be set up so that it is active only when a member signs in? If not signed in, the categories do not collapse.

Thanks.

xx1

[Lynx]

Apr 23, 2019 13:23:40 GMT -8 xx1 said:

I really like this plugin, but there is one thing I wish I could have with it.

Can it be set up so that it is active only when a member signs in? If not signed in, the categories do not collapse.

Thanks.

xx1

You can do that right now. Go to Admin > Plugins > Manage and click the EDIT button for the plugin. In the popup, set it to Members & Staff instead of Everyone. Save changes and now the plugin will only run for logged in members - guests won't be able to collapse categories.

[xx1]

Thanks MSG. I forgot to check the 'edit' button. Duh.

All fixed now.

xx1

[lyndswins]

Is there a way to add an arrow based on if the category is expanded or collapsed?

For example, an expanded category would look like:

⬇ Category Title
    Board 1
    Board 2
    Etc

A collapsed category would look like:
➡ Category Title

[Retread]

Jan 6, 2021 11:24:02 GMT -8 lyndswins said:

Is there a way to add an arrow based on if the category is expanded or collapsed?

For example, an expanded category would look like:

⬇ Category Title
    Board 1
    Board 2
    Etc

A collapsed category would look like:
➡ Category Title

Hi lyndswins

Jordan logs on occasionally so he might eventually address this.

I have a quick and dirty fix for you, if you are interested.

From your Admin panel, navigate:
Admin Home> Plugins> Manage, then click on the Build tab.
Then click on Collapsible Categories

Next, click the Components tab.
Then on the right side under the heading Plugin Assistant Add Components, click the icon that looks like this:


A new field will appear marked CSS

Paste this into the new field:

   /* Prepend down-arrow to expanded Categories
   and right-arrow to collapese Categories
   CSS by Retread */
   
   .title-bar.bbcode h2 .title_wrapper::before {
       content: "⬇";
       margin-left:3px;
       margin-right:8px;
   }
   
   .title-bar.bbcode.collapsed h2 .title_wrapper::before {
       content: "➡";
       margin-left:0px;
       margin-right:5px;
       
   }
   /* End of Section */

Then click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page.

Please let me know if you are successful with this.

[lyndswins]

AH you're a genius! Thank you!