Help:CategorySelect

Beta

CategorySelect ("CS") is a new feature which aims to make categorizing articles a much simpler and easier job.

How to use it
This new method of doing categories is intended to be fairly intuitive, and no longer requires you to type  - just.

At the end of the edit box is a new box solely for categories. Similar to Facebook-style image tagging, you click "Add category" and just type in the name of the category you want and press enter. As you type the name of a category, suggestions will appear with any currently existing categories match your input.

After you have entered one category, you add type another, or click away from the entry box to do something else.

''Note: Categories will not show in the wikitext. The extension moves all categories to the page end, from any point within the article, including any within special tags (e.g. noinclude) - the surrounding tags are preserved.''

Advanced functions
There are a couple of advanced functions available:


 * Sort parameters - by clicking the arrows next to the category names, you can define a sortkey for that category. This sortkey defines at what point the article appears in a category page's listings.
 * Code view - allows you to directly edit the wikitext of categories. Note, you cannot directly return to "visual" mode after entering code view - however, clicking preview will restore the visual mode.

Coming soon
As this extension is still under development, we have new features planned:


 * The ability for individual users to turn CS on and off.
 * Ability to edit categories from view mode.

(This is not a complete list, and is subject to change.)