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Hi'

I've a problem using $wgCategoryTreeMaxChildren, in my Localsettings i put a line wiith the number of pages to show $wgCategoryTreeMaxChildren= 400; but the categorytree only show's 200,

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

G.

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T152294

I just found it that when I put in LocalSettings.php:

$wgCategoryTreeMaxDepth = array(CT_MODE_PAGES => 6, CT_MODE_ALL => 6, CT_MODE_CATEGORIES => 6);

and then on wiki

<categorytree mode=categories depth=4>Manual</categorytree>

it won't do any effects while setting it this way:

$wgCategoryTreeMaxDepth = 6;

will work! I'm using:

• CategoryTree: master 2017-08-07T21:02:18 5474152
• MediaWiki 1.30.0-alpha (26b883a)
• PHP 7.0.21 (apache2handler)
• MariaDB 5.5.52-MariaDB
• ICU 50.1.2

The code is checking if it's an array appropriately. Maybe in the new extension registration system the constants aren't accessible in LocalSettings.php yet?

define( 'CT_MODE_CATEGORIES', 0 );
define( 'CT_MODE_PAGES', 10 );
define( 'CT_MODE_ALL', 20 );
define( 'CT_MODE_PARENTS', 100 );

Try to use the constant values instead of the constant names, in case this is the problem.

This is indeed the cause, as reported in task T152294

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I do not find any possibility to display the whole category-tree of a wiki (not just all subcategories of a certain category). Is that possible?

No, unless all categories have a parent category (except that parent category itself), in which case you can use that parent category and everything else will go below that. Of course you'll need to interact with the tree so it loads subcategories by clicking on them. Displaying the tree at once is probably not doable because there may be loops in the tree.

Extension:LockDown can cause issues when $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;

Moin moin.

The CategoryTree didn't find any subcategories. I hope the following image will show the problem:

While clicking "Erosion durch Wasser" (see the image) the correct pages an the subcategory appears.

Paul

On which wiki did this occur? Is it persistent (have you tried it again as it told)?

1.27.1

There are no changes when reloaded

I meant can you give a URL for debugging?

no sorry. It's under construction yet.

The CategoryTree version is

I have updated the wiki from version 1.24. Maybe there is an old stuff of the previous version?

Then please check your browser console. It can usually be accessed with the F12 key and/or Ctrl+Shift+I (if you can't find it, write me what browser you use and I try to find it out).

If it's under construction, can't you delete the whole wiki and install the most recent versions with a clean installation?

{"error":{"code":"readapidenied","info":"You need read permission to use this module","docref":"See https://fbs01/MethodenWiki/api.php for API usage"}}

The given link throws a 500 error.

Oops. Here is the cmd answer:

What's wrong?

The web error message says that you don't have read permission through the API (while you obviously have through the normal HTML interface). This can be somehow CategoryTree's code error if your wiki's private (i.e. anonymous users can't read pages). It was designed for Wikipedia, where read access is not a problem. The command line error is OK, api.php isn't designed for command line access (it wants to access $_SERVER which I think is an empty array or something like that). For development, you can set $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; in LocalSettings.php (it's not recommended for production use!), although it won't produce any error message in this case, since it's not an error in PHP level.

Ok, it is a private wiki. So it can be a code error in CategoryTree. I think i have to live with this problem.

Thanks

No, the developers should fix it. I reported here.

Maybe you're using Extension:LockDown? (would be a dupe of task T148582 in that case)

Yes :-(

The problem is the restriction with

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;

When I am going down in one category and subcategories (depth 5-6), after loading the specified category and then hitting the "back" button on the browser , the category tree is folded again. Is there any chance the tree stays opened? Please reply ASAP... How to keep nodes expaneded even after clicking back button in browser.Any code changes to be done in Categorytree extension? It would be great to have the tree expanded to the current page after clicking any article , so that the users can get a quick impression about the location of the current article in the overall context.

iam also facing same problem.., any solution??

Hi, I did a small dev to offer this feature to everybody. Please refer to "CategoryTree in Sidebar stayed opened". Do not hesitate to comment :-)

This post was posted by CoolCornucopia, but signed as Cornucopia.

Hi,

I can't get it to work. Is it all to just copy the JavaScript to ext.categoryTree.js ?

Hi, in the version of CategoryTree I am using, it is not the file ext.categoryTree.js but the file CategoryTree.js.

Be sure you are using a similar version of CategoryTree else you may need to merge my modifications.

FYI, sometimes it does not work with recent IE due to the default compatibility mode set to a "too old" IE version (the IE "intranet mode" can also introduce such "too old" IE version). Tell me if it solves your issue. Best Regards

This post was posted by CoolCornucopia, but signed as Cornucopia.

Hi, I am porting my patch to Mediawiki 1.22.2 and the related CategoryTree extension. I keep you in touch. Best regards.

This post was posted by CoolCornucopia, but signed as Cornucopia.

Hi, now it works on Mediawiki 1.22 too :-). Please refer to "CategoryTree in Sidebar stayed opened". Do not hesitate to comment :-)

This post was posted by CoolCornucopia, but signed as Cornucopia.

Hi Changed ext.categoryTree.js as you have written, but does not work in sidebar and "in-page" category trees too. What could be wrong? MediaWiki version 1.22. Tried in Mozilla, Chrome, IE.

Hi, I have "re-tried" from scratch and it works fine for both sidebar and "in-page" category trees. I use Mediawiki 1.22.2 and the related CategoryTree extension. You may have a look to your cookies when folding/unfolding categories... Best regards

This post was posted by CoolCornucopia, but signed as Cornucopia.

Hi. Does not work your modification. I would like to know, when you open a category in CategoryTree, change variable date-ct-state in the page source or not?

This post was posted by CoolCornucopia, but signed as Cornucopia.

Hello! I tried to modify the file ext.categoryTree.js (i just added lines that were marked in yellow for version 1.22) but it does not work. Is there any solution? Help me please! :)

Mediawiki 1.28

Is it possible to allow the state of the tree (in sidebar) to be maintained across page loads?

Examples:

TreeAndMenu extension

ExtPersist plugin

Hi Friends, thanks for this great extension.

I am looking for a magic word to get the parent category(ies) of a category page.

Is there a way to do that?

Thanks

Ok, forget about it!

I just solved it with: <categorytree mode=parents>CATEGORY NAME</categorytree>

I included a category tree in the sidebar by using <code>$wgCategoryTreeSidebarRoot = "mRootCategory"</code>. However, the category tree only shows at the bottom of the sidebar. Is there any way to move it up?

Same problem. Below I see some changes were done to fix this problem in ext.categoryTree.js, but it's still not working. I tried to use different skin, samething.

There is a small note on the doc page that describes how to set this:

If you want the CategoryTree on a different position in the sidebar, you can reference it on MediaWiki::Sidebar as "categorytree-portlet".

I've missed this several times before finally noticing!

Hello,

I install the extension, but when i put <categorytree>Index</categorytree>, the result pages show me the category index, but without the expandable system, only shows a list like special:Caegorytree....

Please help-

Thanks

Guindelo

Hello,

Using MediaWiki 1.26.3 and CategoryTree 2016-01-09T22:52:17, I'm using it in the sidebar with $wgCategoryTreeSidebarRoot = "myRootCategory";

I'm quite happy with that but when clicking on the blue arrows, nothing is happening.

I read the doc and tried the workarounds, but to no avail.

I'm not using redirects or short URLs.

Our setup is very simple and common.

Is there something I could try?

Thanks for your help.

this works for me: fix sidebar in MW

Brilliant! Replacing "$content.find" with "$" in ext.categoryTree.js (to places) seems to work perfectly in MediaWiki 1.26 as well.

Will someone fix this in the CategoryTree distribution?

Thanks!!!