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[draconic_voices]

Possibly a really stupid question, but I can't figure out how to solve it.

I know there's been a quite a bit of layout overhauling going on, and one of the recent changes seems to have been to add a count for the number of times a tag has been used to the tags list in the sidebar. I find that information interesting on the tags page, but I'd like to hide it in the sidebar as it makes it seem really cluttered.

Is there a way to hide the tag use count in the sidebar?

I'm using "negatives" and have the tag list currently set to "multilevel" as the count is less intrusive than when it's set to "list".

Thanks for any suggestions

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[afuna]

Sure! Not in the wizard, but:

1. Go to http://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/advanced/layers.bml
2. Look for the user layer that's a child of Negatives. Edit this layer
3. Insert this into your user layer;

set module_tags_opts_count_type = "title";

That'll make it so that it only shows you the number of uses when you hover over the text.

Other options:

"" == default display for the tags list type (cloud->title, list-># uses, multilevel->[number])
"text" == display as "# uses"
"number" == display as "[#]


For the tags page, in case you want to change the display, it's:
set tags_page_count_type = "title";

[draconic_voices]

Thank you! I'm still wrapping my head around layers (as in avoiding them when at all possible) so do you mind if I ask you another probably stupid question?

Can I just edit the user layer for the tag display and continue to do everything else through the custom css wizard - which is what I have been doing - or do I need to sit down and write the user layer properly with all of my other layout customisations incorporated?

It doesn't bother me to have to sit down and figure out layers, as I've been meaning to for a while, but I'd rather not try and recode my whole layout in one sitting ;)

[afuna]

Hmm. Each time you edit your layer via the wizard, you'll lose the "set module_tags_opts_count_type=..." line, but you won't lose any of your other customizations. (The wizard stuff is just a frontend to the layers; anything you set in a wizard will be set in the layer).

So it may be easier to put off putting in the "set module_tags_opts_count_type..." until the very end.

[draconic_voices]

Thank you so much for your help!

I'm actually pretty much done with customizations, any changes I've made recently have been due to changes in the names of layout classes, so slotting in the "set_module_tags..." occasionally, as needed, won't be a hardship.

[afuna]

If it helps more: We're not doing any more of the changes, if we can help it. The plan is to be putting in new classes, instead of editing any existing ones, as much as we can help it!

:)

Style question

[cesy]

If you don't get an answer here within a day or so, I'd suggest trying style_system or Support. It may be it needs to go in dw_suggestions, but that gets checked less often so maybe try the others first.

Re: Style question

[draconic_voices]

Thanks, I got a reply pretty quickly, but I might still put it in dw_suggestions, maybe as a show/hide option?