Forum:Intermittent problem with category tool

I can't seem to find any references to this; hopefully this isn't redundant.

I work on the Girl Genius wikia, and I've noticed an intermittent response problem with the (relatively new) category tool -- the graphical one which lets you use autocomplete to add categories in a pane and delete them with one click.

Right now (see timestamp), in fact, it's not working over there. Some of my wiki-mates have mentioned the same problem, so I know it's not just my browser (IE7 on WinXP). This creates a problem with typo'd categories, or making other category changes because they just don't go away. There's no apparent way to do it by going into a full edit window, because the text isn't there any more either. Adding them the old way gets around having completely uncategorised pages, but that doesn't solve the overall editing problem or the frustration at using a tool that works only half the time.

Please advise. Thanks, Corgi (Corgi 16:33, 2 May 2009 (UTC))


 * Is this still occurring? Sounds like quite an odd issue, but I can't reproduce it at the moment. The issue seems to be that the suggestions box sometimes doesn't work, and deleting categories doesn't always work? 11:15, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I haven't tried it today until you asked since I found, serendipitously, a workaround for deletions. I'm not sure what you mean by 'suggestions box' - is that the autocomplete?  When that doesn't appear in that category field at the bottom of pages once one starts typing, the X-click on categories won't work either.  It vanishes from the edit display, but is still there when the saved page resolves.  In addition, categories don't display at all on initial edit if they only exist in the category pane.


 * Want screenshots?


 * The workaround I found is to edit the page; make any kind of edit in the page as long as involves visible characters (i.e., spaces don't work); click Save with no edit summary. When the warning version of the edits appears, all the categories are visible as code-text in the edit window, and removals may be done there.


 * And yes, it's still happening. What would you like me to do to provide a repro?


 * Corgi 19:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)