Update Journal - *pick* tags rather than *type* tags

[davesbrain]

Title
Update Journal - *pick* tags rather than *type* tags

Short, concise description of the idea
I pick existing tags much more often than I create new tags. I'd like to choose from a list of my existing tags.

Full description of the ideaI need only a few tags and only add new tags when I need them

Comments

[davesbrain]

Yes, I reviewed that one. It's not the same thing. It solves the spelling issue but doesn't tell you what tags you *do* have.

eg. "Oh yeah, I'd forgotten I'd created an 'In the News' tag as well, this should be tagged with that as well."

[sassy_red_head]

Yeah this would be really great!

[davesbrain]

The beauty of it is how simple it is to implement; the drop down doesn't have to do anything complicated. Selecting from it could simply copy and paste the tag text into the existing text box.

[sassy_red_head]

I'm convinced!

[sofiaviolet]

Yes, plz.

I have a fair few tags that I use (listed here, for reference), and I have trouble remembering them, leading me to create unneccessary tags, usually by forgetting my exact wording. I also under-utilize some tags because I just plain don't remember them.

While I do sometimes use the "Edit tags" link on the page that comes up right after you post, I think this suggestion is a more efficient way of accomplishing the same thing.

[craftybeaver]

I would love to see this happen.

[bookslibretti]

Definitely. Some clients have this, but I think this is the kind of thing LJ's interface really should do, too.

[azurelunatic]

Indeed. It's very useful on the clients and would be equally useful on LJ.