question about tag colors…I know from a data model perspective, each tag is a separate entity. but from the user’s perspective, it feels like when you add a tag with the same name as an existing tag, it is the same since you get an autocomplete. and as such, it seems like the tag should be the same color everywhere that name is used. generally, that is happening, but sometimes the colors get out of sync.
is the expected/desired behavior that tags with the same name are all the same color? if so, I’ve got a bug to report cos I’m seeing the color get reset to my user color when I create tags:)
is the expected/desired behavior that tags with the same name are all the same color? if so, I’ve got a bug to report cos I’m seeing the color get reset to my user color when I create tags:)
Hoping to bump this bug as it’s something I’d really love to see corrected.
I’m finding when the color changes it sometimes effects what shows up in the tag pop-up.
For example:
This space is my Daily Note for today and has the [[Daily Note]] tag, but the color reverted back in this space. If you click it, you’ll still see all the spaces with [[Daily Note]], but if you click [[Daily Note]] from a different space where the tag still has the updated color (like yesterday’s) you won’t see today’s note in the tag pop-up.
Getting tags fixed would be a huge win for me because I’m always nervous I’ll break something when the color reverts in one space and not another and this disconnect is created and I haven’t found a good way to correct.
Ah nevermind, I think the disconnect is created when the tag is created through prompts.
The color change doesn’t seem to be due to coming through prompts because some of the colors carried over. All of them show other spaces with the tag, but the space created with tags in the prompt doesn’t show up in any of the tag pop ups.
Hopefully that makes sense… struggling to make it clear and concise.
Yeah, it was always inconsistently reproduced. I tried your steps to fix, and that worked. I will also keep an eye on it over the next few days. Thanks, this one has bugged me
It might appear in the video that the problem only exists when tags are chosen after arrowing down multiple steps, but in my extra testing that’s not the case.
I’ve been able to replicate the issue by typing out the tag completely, partially, arrowing down to select, and have had the color revert on occasion, but also have it work in all three scenarios too.
Just adding some anecdata. This is basically what I am seeing. Also on mobile. The color in the tag dialog is right. Then when I tap it to select, the wrong color shows up.
I’ve tracked down the issue and released a fix so that new tag colors prefer using the the color from the tagpicker. lmk if the issue persists after a refresh.
This doesn’t fix/change existing tags. A bigger backend tags rewrite is required to ensure perfect tag accuracy in all cases, but this should feel 99% accurate irl
Awesome. I don’t think you really need to worry about fixing existing tags since it seems like updating in one place updates all tags whether they are the same color or not.
I’ll keep you posted if I run into the behavior again though.
