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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0023366	mantisbt	other	public	2017-09-16 09:03	2017-09-29 02:46

Reporter	helfy022	Assigned To	atrol
Priority	high	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required

Summary	0023366: use custom functions to control report/update category list?
Description	Hello, This question is somewhat related to the following issue: https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=12465 Is it possible to use custom functions to present to the user a subset of applicable categories on the report or update bug pages? If it is not possible hide any categories to which a project may be linked (this is the question posed in bug 0012465), curious to know if custom functions can be used to accomplish the goal. Could some form of custom_function_default_enum_categories be set up and called to only present a subset of possible categories? Can that function (or a customized version of it) be called in a way that controls the category pull-down list in the report or update bug pages. I'm envisioning a means of keeping available for viewing and filtering all categories associated with a project in the mantis_category_table. For new and to-be updated issues, though, it would be great to only make available a subset of the category collection going forward (and only a smaller list is shown). Eager to understand if custom functions can provide this functionality. Please let me know if you would like any clarifications. Thanks very much, Ryan.
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atrol 2017-09-16 16:21 developer ~0057739	Custom functions are not the best way to write such kind of extensions. Writing a plugin is the recommended way for it. https://www.mantisbt.org/docs/master/en-US/Developers_Guide/html-desktop/#dev.plugins The best way to fix 0012465 is certainly to do it in core MantisBT. Feel free to send us a Pull Request on https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt helfy022, This is not a bug or feature request for MantisBT (you are asking for help on how to develop an extension). I am therefore resolving this issue as "no change required". Please use the forums to get support on customizing and using MantisBT (refer to http://www.mantisbt.org/support.php for links and further details).