Not a bug Allow changing thread type if the current type is not allowed in that forum

[MilkyMeda]

Affected version

2.2

I have dozens of discussion threads inside a question forum and I can't change them to questions. It's not allowed ATM.

 

[Chris D]

If you had a discussion forum and changed it to a question forum then the threads would be converted to questions. We have tools that do this already.

So the question is. how did you get dozens of threads into the question forum?

 

[MilkyMeda]

We were using an addon for questions threads and we had question only forums way before 2.2. Converting existing threads to questions was an option, not a must in that addon and you could move threads without changing its type regardless of the target forum is question only.

So those are old discussion threads stuck in a question forum.

There is an importer for conversion and we have used it already but it does the conversion by running some raw queries, not necessarily using XF's tools. We will probably have to handle this by ourselves but I've found it a little odd to not have the option to change thread type if the current type is not allowed in the current forum.

 

[Mike]

As it stands, I don't think we're going to change anything here as the result is a scenario that XF itself won't get itself into, so our code generally isn't attempting to account for it. You can always use the batch thread tools in the control panel to help with a situation like this.

(If the add-on allowed questions and discussions together, it seems like the correct conversion type may be a standard discussion forum that allows questions and then the question threads converted within that.)