Organize forms using tags

[bartjkdp]

Thema / Theme

Admin

Omschrijving / Description

Currently, forms are organized using categories, which provide a basic structure for managing forms. However, a form can only belong to a single category, which limits flexibility. To enhance form organization, we propose introducing tags as a more versatile solution. Tags would allow administrators to assign multiple labels to a single form, enabling better organization and more granular filtering.

Technically, this could be implemented using an ArrayField in Django:

tags = ArrayField(models.CharField(max_length=50), default=list, blank=True)

Additionally, we would develop a custom filter in the Django admin interface to display available tags, making it easy for users to filter forms based on specific tags.

Added value / Toegevoegde waarde

By incorporating tags, administrators gain a more flexible and efficient system to organize and manage forms. This enhancement improves usability, reduces categorization limitations, and provides a more intuitive way to filter and locate forms.

Aanvullende opmerkingen / Additional context

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[sergei-maertens]

Refinement: this is a lot more work than it initially looks like:

• Are tags centralized or not?
• The React code for the form change page needs to be updated to be able to add/remove/select tags (autocomplete on existing tags needed?) - in a part of the codebase with quite some technical debt
• This requires the tags to be exposed through the API too, otherwise you can't persist them
• Not sure if the admin filter is simple to implement or not, given the custom JS for the categories/change list page

[sergei-maertens]

@bartjkdp if you want to give it a try, feel free to open a PR, or we can make an estimate.