Post by Maiden on Jan 9, 2013 1:19:27 GMT -8
Ryan explained to me how duplicating a board doesn't duplicate the labels because they are separate entities for each board, so it's expanding not duplicating.
A secondary issue to this is that right now it is very clear that labels are separate in boards. If you create a label called Finished in one board and a label called Finished in another board they are clearly separate. They may have different colors applied to them and if one were to be deleted it wouldn't effect the other. Now your first reaction to that may be to suggest universal labels that get applied everywhere, we have considered that, but will not be doing so for part of the reason I will explain next. When you search by label in a board you only return those labels results. Our search system isn't set up to search labels across all boards. Or rather it is, but remember that just because labels have the same name doesn't mean they are the same label. Labels are unique to each board. So while it may make sense to duplicate them when you copy a board, each board is completely unique as are its labels (and moderators). I know this is a hard concept to grasp. Basically we don't want people confusing duplication (making a copy) with expansion (making another instance of the same thing). The labels are not the same label even if they were copied. And we don't want people treating them that way or thinking of them that way, because other things (like search) don't treat them that way.
However it sounds to me like it is actually possible to 'duplicate' them and it's not done because it would be misleading as my Pending label in Bob's character board wouldn't be the same as my Pending label in Fred's character board.
So I'm asking you magical code wizards if it's possible to expand the labels of one board to another board without manually creating them all? (Either at the point where you duplicate a board or as an afterthought - ideally afterthought so I can do all my IC boards ^^)
However it sounds to me like it is actually possible to 'duplicate' them and it's not done because it would be misleading as my Pending label in Bob's character board wouldn't be the same as my Pending label in Fred's character board.
So I'm asking you magical code wizards if it's possible to expand the labels of one board to another board without manually creating them all? (Either at the point where you duplicate a board or as an afterthought - ideally afterthought so I can do all my IC boards ^^)