I'm sure this has been asked before (I can't be the first person to have come across this problem), but for the life of me I couldn't find anything about it...

I have a taxonomy hierarchy, to which I can add terms when creating a node, if one doesn't already exist.
However, I can't specify where in the hierarchy the new term should appear...

How can I specify the level of the hierarchy in which a term should be placed? Is there a way I can specify it's parent somehow?

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ainigma32 commented
Status: Active » Fixed

You can do that after you added the term. Go to the term listing and just drag the terms to where you want them.
Hit the Save button and presto!

- Arie

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Thanks, but I was referring more to when I add the term in the node edit form, there should be a way to specify its parent (if any).
I know you can do it later in the Taxonomy settings, but I'm trying to make my site as simple for my staff as possible...

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ainigma32 commented
Status: Fixed » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Right, that ìs something else. When you add the term in the node edit form you mean the one-line input with the text A comma-separated list of terms describing this content. Example: funny, bunge... right?

AFAIK you can't specify a parent there. Probably because the form assumes you are using free tagging and that's usually a flat structure.

Maybe someone else can shed some more light on this or maybe recommend a contributed module that provides that functionality.

- Arie

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ainigma32 commented

@BWPanda: Looks like getting this functionality would require a feature request and/or some coding.
Or were you able to solve this some other way?

- Arie

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Nope, just ended up using a pre-configured list of taxonomy terms instead.
This feature would still be very nice to have though...

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ainigma32 commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Fixed

Well since your original question was answered I'm setting this to fixed. Maybe you could open a separate feature request and see if you can get some more people to back the idea.
You may have to think about how you would like this feature to work though...

As always; feel free to reopen if you don't agree.

- Arie

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (works as designed)

I only disagree in that people searching for a similar solution might come across this issue and think it's been 'fixed', which it hasn't. I've just given up on the idea for now and done it another way.

Instead, I think 'By design' sums up better the status of this issue.
Feel free to change it if you disagree ;)