Thank you for your comments so far, @BLUEFROG and @cgrunenberg.
However, the conversation branched off / funnelled into this very specific topic (about multiple ordinary tags with the same name being a bug or not), from an observation I made in this comment.
If we “zoom out” and look at the bigger picture again, wouldn’t you agree that if there are multiple tags with the same name, they should all be listed in autocompletion and tag filter?
I also noticed that this happens when I have two or more group tags with the same name, with a peculiarity. Let’s say I have these folders
Books
- Reading
Technology
- Software
- Reading
Group tags are enabled, so there are two “Reading” group tags.
If I select an item in the sidebar that only contains one of the “Reading” group tags (any of the folders above), the Tag Filter will display the “Reading” tag with the correct “stack” icon that indicates that it’s a group tag.
But when I select an item that contains both “Reading” group tags in its children (for example, selecting the database), the Tag Filter displays “Reading” using the ordinary tag icon.
Surely this has to be a bug.
It’s quite a pain point that DEVONthink is merging and hiding tags.
Please, could this be modified so that:
- Autocompletion always shows all tags.
- Tag filter could be configured to show all tags or combine them.
When multiple tags with the same name would be shown, they would be disambiguated by appending their location next to its name.
Using the example above, the tags filter and the autocompletion would show:
Reading (Books > Reading)Reading (Technology > Software > Reading)