Show Categories on Post Form By Default?

[MollyInanna]

Wondering if there’s a way to show categories byd efault, since this negative answer four years ago:

How to show the Category pane by default when posting?

How can I always have the view to select categories shown by default when composing posts? Both on the Web app and macOS app. I tend to categorize almost every post since I’m using micro.blog as a curated collection of things. Not all such categories can be automated filters. So having a way to always show the view to select categories would no longer be cumbersome when posting every time.

Like the original author, I tend to categorize almost every post, and it’s easy to forget if I’m not prompted upon original posting.

[sod]

I don’t know how closely @manton monitors the feature request thread, but the Remember Posting Display Options one currently has 13 hearts. No, make that 14, I just liked it, too.

As a workaround, if your browser supports custom stylesheets (CSS) for websites, this snippet should force the categories to always display in the web version of Micro.blog:

#posting_categories {
  display: block !important;
}

[manton]

I’ve been lagging behind on this one because I generally like keeping the new post screen as uncluttered as possible. I don’t think most people need to be prompted for categories (or summaries or cross-posting) every time, so we don’t automatically remember whether those fields are visible.

But yes, enough people want this that it should be a preference somewhere! Need to figure out where to put it.

[MollyInanna]

That bit of CSS works like a charm in the meantime. Thanks!