Feature: Support hashtags in posts

[MrPunyapal]

What's included?

• highlighting #tags
• searching with hashtags
• if someone clicks on a hashtag it should redirect to search with a hashtag in the input

[!important] each task with separate PR

[frankliniwobi]

@MrPunyapal Just so we are on the same page, I have a few questions I would like clearification on:

Definition of 'Tags':

• When you refer to 'tags,' do you mean hashtags (e.g., #example) that categorize content, or are you referring to the ability to mention users (e.g., @username) in posts?

Functionality of Hashtags:

• Highlighting Hashtags:
  • Should hashtags be highlighted as soon as they are typed in a post, or only after the post is published?
  • What color or style should be used for highlighting hashtags?
• Searching with Hashtags:
  • Should the search functionality include partial matches (e.g., searching for #tag shows results for posts that has tags of #tag1, #tag2 included, or searching for @test_user shows result for @user, @test, @test_user etc.) ?

Separation from User Mentions:

• Is there a need to distinguish between hashtags (e.g., #example) and user mentions (e.g., @username) in posts? If so, should both be implemented simultaneously, or is the focus solely on hashtags for this feature?

[MrPunyapal]

When you refer to 'tags,' do you mean hashtags (e.g., #example) that categorize content,

yes

[MrPunyapal]

Should hashtags be highlighted as soon as they are typed in a post, or only after the post is published?

You can keep both as separate tasks.

[MrPunyapal]

What color or style should be used for highlighting hashtags?

same as twitter

[MrPunyapal]

Searching with Hashtags

We can do this after regular search functionality is added.

[MrPunyapal]

Separation from User Mentions:

Mentions are already supported in Pinkary at some level. therefore we can focus on hashtags in this issue.

[frankliniwobi]

Thanks for the clarification.

[CamKem]

@frankliniwobi - I didn't realise you were working on this, or that this issue had even been added. I made a hashtags feature for Pinkary locally a while back. If you want to check it out, have just added the changes to a git patch, and put it in a GIST (https://gist.github.com/CamKem/da8d3913263c70fdce672f9ed8e93d73) - you would still need to add tests of course.

[MrPunyapal]

@frankliniwobi any updates? 🤔

[frankliniwobi]

@CamKem Thank you.