I have created a number of tags. From K2 Parameters (K2 Parameters -> Advanced -> Tag System Settings) I have chosen to use the Selection-based tagging.

When I go edit any item and click into the textfield just below the label Available tags, a popup-list appears, listing correctly all tags. By selecting any tag, it will appear as a gray-bordered little box within the textfield.

So far so good.

However, when I click the button Add >>, nothing happens. The tag will not show on the right hand textfield Selected tags.

I have tried different options from Tag System Settings (Lock tags, Allow item filtering by tag, Tag normalization, Tag character case), but nevertheless, I cannot tag items.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Hello,

Open your browser's developer tools and check under the console tab for any errors.
You might need to reload the site to see the error.

Also make sure that Joomla! and K2 are up to date.

No errors are shown with developer tool nor firebug.

Versions: K2 v2.6.9, Joomla! 3.4.1.

Ari, did you resolve this issue? I have the same problem also.

Nick

"Yes" and no.

As there was no solution at hand, I coded a simple quick and dirty php script which allows the tagging by simply

1) selecting K2 item from list

2) selecting the tags by ticking the corresponding checkbox(es)

3) pressing save.

Authentication is done by basic auth - quick and dirty there as well. :)

Thanks for your fast response Ari!

How frustrating - I'm new to K2 but seems the development is a bit on the slow side - this is core functionality isn't it?

Would you be willing to share your script Ari?

Nick

Please do not double-post.
This has been resolved in the dev version.
You can find it here: getk2.org/assets/get/

Thanks for this. As this site is about to go into production, I can't afford for my client to have any more UI quirks. Can you tell me what specific files need to be updated to resolve this issue so I can just patch it for now?

@Nick Wilmot

You should not have issues with the development version. Otherwise i am afraid that you will have to wait for the next release. All the commits are listed at github.com/joomlaworks/k2/commits/master but applying only one of them might break the extension.

Thanks for the update.

If there are no issues with the development version, it begs the question why it can't be released as the latest stable version!? I'm very reluctant to launch a site on beta software.

As someone new to K2 it seems as if development of the extension isn't a priority. Visiting getk2.org you could be forgiven for thinking the whole project was dead in the water - the last blog post on the homepage was early 8 months ago!

Beginning to wonder if committing a client to the long-term on K2 was a mistake?

@Nick Wilmot

It's fine if you don't want to use the development version. You will have to wait for the next release.

If like me, you don't want to run the whole dev code in production, this is the update to fix the problem:

github.com/joomlaworks/k2/blob/f7bb8466d1acc745bd7fdb3c590b944c3383eb12/administrator/components/com_k2/k2.php

Obviously use at your own risk, seems to work without issue on my implementation - the only significant code change is the tag interface. Thanks @lefteris for the commit.

You are welcome.