A few thoughts for how to make the tags/labels more useful

[danielrosehill]

Hi everyone,

Theser seem like good features for me to have a go at working on (so long as AI-assisted code-gen is okay; and by that I do really mean that I'd be using it for help with close review!).

A few thoughts on how the tagging/labelling system could be improved. I thought that rather than create unwanted additions, I'd see what people thought.

1: Don't Load On The Homepage ... Or Limit

Loading all of the tags all at once on the homepage creates a performance constraint. If the user has a large amount of tags ... it can slow it down. And it creates a very long list that is hard to "take in":

Suggestion:

Load only the first 100 tags (which I assume will be all most users create!). For those with large tags, add a "load more tags" button instead of pagination.

2: Top level nav items for tags (and items)

Would be nice to have top level navigation pages for both labels and items as managing them within other UI pages is a bit clunky.

3: Hierarchial Tags

I assume that this idea would be a bit more trouble to implement but I think it would be very useful.

Tag / label / cat hierarchies like:

Display Cables

• HDMI
• DVI

Tools

• Power tools
• Hand tools
• Screws & Nails

Given that one can inventorise virtually anything some degree of segregation would make updating, editing, and creating tags easier. Color-coding each parent label would also make it easier to find the tag in the navigation.

[tomyan112]

I agree with the 1ˢᵗ point, don't load on the homepage, as it can be overwhelming when users have a lot of labels.

I propose a different solution to do it. Put label on the left column like home, locations, search, maintenance, profile, tools.
When users enter the label page, a + new button is on top for adding new label.
A button to arrange label alphabetically.
On the left-hand side would be a select button.
On the bottom of the list would be a delete button.
On the right side of the label would be a modify button
On the right side of the modify button would be a hamburger button for arranging labels.
Maybe using the word categories be better than labels since Homebox also has label generator in the tools section.

For the 2ⁿᵈ point, you can search labels using search function.

For the 3ʳᵈ point, using your case as an example, I think you can create locations for Display Cables, and Tools, and put your items in respecting location.

I see you tag different screw size like E12, E14, E26, E27 as tags. I think you can use custom field for screw size instead of using labels.