Cannot include categories in Gutenberg widget

  • Resolved Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)


    1 year, 4 months ago

    Hi,
    I’m a long time user of CC, thank you for the great plugin!
    I made a staging site to test updating CC to 3.x, as I ran into problems:
    I am trying to recreate the widgets as Gutenberg widgets, but I cannot enter the categories to include in the widget. I’ve tried ID’s, slugs, but I just cannot enter anything into the field.
    The most likely cause would be an issue with the theme or a plugin conflict, so I switched to Astra basic theme, and disabled all plugins except CC. But I still cannot enter any information into these fields:
    – exclude/include these categories/terms (input slugs separated by commas)
    – Auto-expand these categories (input slugs, separated by commas):
    All other fields are fine.

    When I check the console, I get no errors, until I try to paste something into the exclude/include categories field:

    react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10 Uncaught ReferenceError: setAttributes is not defined
    at onChange (index.js?ver=7b223f52821a68ea0547:1:7694)
    at onChange (components.min.js?ver=bf6e0ec3089253604b52:39:2974)
    at Object.Xa (react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10:105903)
    at B (react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10:10501)
    at react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10:23221
    at $e (react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10:23315)
    at qe (react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10:23729)
    at react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10:29090
    at fl (react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10:85874)
    at V (react-dom.min.js?ver=18.2.0:10:9856)

    I tested in both Firefox and Chrome on Windows, with all browser add-ons disabled.
    There are also no errors or warnings with WP Debug enabled.

    I’m at a loss at what is going wrong here. I see I’m not the only one (https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/exclude-categories-doesnt-works/), but I posted it separately, with extensive troubleshooting information, hoping that might help you. Is it a bug?

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  • Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    Hi Rob, I would really appreciate it if you could have a look at this issue, as I’m quite convinced it’s a bug in the plugin and others are experiencing the same issue. Any chance you could make some time for this? I would be happy to help in any way I can.

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    found a suggestion that installing “Enable Jquery Migrate Helper” plugin might fix the issues. Tested that, to no avail.

    Plugin Author robfelty

    (@robfelty)

    Hi Boris. Sorry it took me so long, but I finally found time today to look into it. It should be fixed in version 3.0.4 now

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    Hi Rob,
    that’s great to hear, thank you very much!! I have a couple of websites to update, but I tested a little bit and I can fill in the fields, so it’s looking good. ??

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    Hi @robfelty,
    hope you’re doing well.

    I’ve been doing a thorough test today. The initial issue I reported has been fixed. All of the fields can be filled in. Thank you very much for the update to get that out of the way!

    I also found a lot of changes in the HTML setup, forcing an extensive revision of the CSS code. That’s okay, I have most of it covered now.

    However, not everything seems to be working as well as before:

    I have one widget which includes top level categories. In the past, these behaved like the sub categories:

    • collapsed by default
    • expanded on click
    • showing a collapsed/expanded icon as configured in the widget.

    All of these settings now only seem to apply to the categories below the top level. The top level categories now:

    • all expanded and not collapsible
    • no collapsed/expanded icons

    Also, the easing in collapsing/expanding does not work anymore.

    Any chance you can have a look at those? I would greatly appreciate it!

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Boris.
    Plugin Author robfelty

    (@robfelty)

    Hi Boris,

    Thanks for the additional testing. Are you expanding posts as well as categories? Expanding top-level categories seems to work fine on my site (robfelty.com/blog)

    One of the changes I made was to get rid of jQuery. Most of the functionality can be achieved with vanilla javascript and css now. Unfortunately I could not get the animation (easing) working correctly, and I decided it wasn’t that important.

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    Hi Rob,
    thanks for clearing that up. The easing is not very important to me, so let’s focus on the other issue. I have two setups working on the same site:

    1. the main one in the sidebar: it is set to just show sub categories / click on category set to “Links to category archive”.

    2. the others, in the content section: they are all set to show sub-categories & posts / clicking on category set to “expands to show subcategories and/or posts”.

    The first one is the one with the problem. Here is a screenshot of the settings for that widget: screenshot.

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    I should add that I have a test setup with every plugin except CC disabled. I do have a customized theme (adaption of html5blank), but I have used that theme for many websites in the past, and I don’t see anywhere that could interfere like this.

    Plugin Author robfelty

    (@robfelty)

    Thanks for the additional info Boris. I can confirm the issue with the setting to only display sub-categories. I will look into it soon.

    Plugin Author robfelty

    (@robfelty)

    Hi Boris. I think I have a fix. Would you mind trying out the development version to test?

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/collapsing-categories/advanced/

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    Hi Rob,
    great! Yes, I will test. I’ll let you know as soon as I’ve had a chance to.

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    Hi Rob,
    I’ve tested the dev update. It works! But I think there is a little glitch in it: If I have a category with subcategories open, and I click on a sub category in the same main category, everything collapses for a second, then opens again. No big deal, but it’s a bit nervous, and not necessary. It would look better if the category does not collapse when you shift sub categories within the parent category.

    Plugin Author robfelty

    (@robfelty)

    Thanks for testing. I think I understand the problem you are talking about and have fixed that as well. Could you try out the development version again? I just updated it.

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    Hi Rob,
    yes, fixed!! Thanks very much man, now I can start updating my clients’ websites.

    Thread Starter Boris

    (@ispacecrusader)

    Hi Rob,
    when are you going to release 3.0.5 as an official version? Then everyone can update the plugin on their websites.
    Again, thanks a lot for your effort!

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