Tags in S2 layers

[cmshaw]

(Note: I pulled this information out of the core specs, but I owe knowledge of what I was looking for to anchan218's post in s2flexisquares. I'm just summarizing what I've found -- I'm not an official LJ/SixApart voice!)

There are two new properties. $*tags_aware is a boolean that toggles whether tags are handled by the layout; if they are not handled (the core

Comments

[kunzite1]

the class is actually Tag. ;)

[cmshaw]

D'oh! Thanks.

[kunzite1]

yer welcome. dont forget that you x-posted to lj_style.

[mart]

The tags member on Comment is currently not used, but is presumably there for future expansion. There's actually a bug right now where if you try to access this empty array your layer will crash. I reported the bug, so hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

[cmshaw]

I'm glad I posted this before spending too much time trying to test it then -- thank you!

[smileydee]

Oooh, looks like it would be possible to make, for instance, a drop down menu containing all the tags used, and when you select one it takes you to that tag page. I wish I was more savvy about this, then I would try to figure it out myself : )

[kunzite1]

sort of. i've made a tag search script in s2layers.

[ex_panda_coo153]

Can't use these yet, here. Gotta wait till this community is paid for before I try them out.

[xnera]

Hmm. There doesn't look like there is a way to get the number of entries each tag is applied to. Or am I missing something?