Better categories handler

[AllTerrainDeveloper]

What?

Improving categories handler in the Gutenberg editor.

Why?

It just makes it way better to handler categories

How?

I'm using a ComboboxControl filled checkboxes in order to select the categories. Also added an easy way of removing them.

Testing Instructions

Fill your blog with a lot of categories
Create a post and play around with the categories selector.

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[Mamaduka]

Thanks for contributing, @AllTerrainDeveloper!

It just makes it way better to handler categories

Can you elaborate more on this?

[AllTerrainDeveloper]

Thanks for contributing, @AllTerrainDeveloper!

It just makes it way better to handler categories

Can you elaborate more on this?

Gamaryoba @Mamaduka! Maybe I went quite ahead of "way better" but it feels simpler and nicer for me. With the shortcut of removing categories. Here is a comparison table showing a gif for both cases.

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[paaljoachim]

Hey @AllTerrainDeveloper Daniel

Thank you for working on this feature!
I will bring in this issue:
Using multi select in a drop down?
#1044

I will also ping @jasmussen @ntsekouras and @rmorse as they might have some feedback on this PR.

[jasmussen]

Just to be sure I'm understanding this right, this puts the entire hierarchical category handling inside the dropdown, correct? While I can see how that improves compression and simplicity, especially for sites with hundreds of categories, I would worry that it might conflate categories with tags for the majority of users that might have only a few categories.

[paaljoachim]

Hi @AllTerrainDeveloper Daniel

It would be better to focus on tackling this issue:
Query Block - more advanced / multi select query options
#30706

As I do not believe there are any plans to adjust how categories in general work today.
It is not likely something that will be adjusted for the time being.

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[carolinan]

I am closing this based on the feedback left in the comments and because there has been no activity since 2022.