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Ideas, Groups, and Tags

Idea

An idea is the core record in Cogitus and contains:

  • Title
  • Body (Markdown text)
  • Group
  • Tags
  • Created/updated timestamps
  • Ideas can be renamed directly from the main screen with r.

Groups

  • Ideas are displayed in the left tree by group.
  • New groups can be created with g.
  • A selected group can be renamed with r.
  • Deleting a group uses G (Shift+g).
  • The configured default group cannot be deleted.
  • The configured default group cannot be renamed.

Note

The default group name is configurable with default_group_name in config.toml (default: "default").

Note

New idea group preselection is configurable via new_idea_group_mode in config.toml. Use "contextual" to seed from the left tree selection, or "default_group" to always start from default-group behavior.

Tags

  • Tags are entered as comma-separated values in the idea form.
  • Tags are normalized by the service layer.
  • Search can match against tag names as well as title/body.
  • Clicking a tag above the idea body opens a tag:<name> search.