*TLDR:* *Problem:* the tag dropdown slows down when you use to many tags *Proposal:* 1. only show e.g. first 10 hits and cycle through pages or 2. require min. 3 characters before showing results (like the search)
*Problem* I see it mentioned more and more here on the forum, and I am beginning to experience it in my own wiki. When the tag space gets big, the dropdown tag-picker slows down a lot (in edit and in view mode). It is especially a problem on mobile/android where it can make the hole wiki unresponsive for a long time, but it also happens on my desktop now. If you use the journal button hand have a journal tag, it quickly becomes impossible to press that tag pill I am also wondering what is the point of the tag pick drop-down? For me, it is to quickly choose a tag. But if I get 50 tag suggestion, that will not help me find what I am looking for. So I type instead to limit the relevant suggestions. So why have all tags shown in the tag-picker to begin with? It would make more sense to only see a limited number of hits. Some might say that one should avoid to many tags to solve this. But that is not a solution IMO. Tags are what makes wiki'ng great, and they are visible unlike custom fields. In TW tags are both network/categories and hierarchy. Therefore, we need a lot of tags (the strength becomes the weakness). *Proposal* I see two possible solutions to this. The first I think would be the best. 1. Limit the tag-picker to the first 10 hits and have button to cycle to next 10 (maybe have a setting where you can change the number of hits from 10 to whatever) 2. In edit mode, require 3 character in the input before showing results (like for search) *Discussion* I like the first solution best because this will show you tag suggestions whit out any input and it* solves the problem for both edit and view mode* tag-picker. I also think that whatever solution for this, should be a part of the core. As the problem with too many tags is a fundamental scaling problem that can hit everyone. What do you think? Do you have a better idea for a solution? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/18251054-8566-4f4a-b4d9-01196bcab2c2%40googlegroups.com.