I understand that the actual permissions remain. I meant (and wasn't too clear) that I wish the assignment would remain in place so that one could easily see what permission was assigned to a given forum or category.stevemaury wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:13 pm The permissions do remain, until you change them. If the link did not change, you couldn't change permissions by copying from a different forum.
I think it would help you to read this - phpBB3 Permissions
Once you turn a light on, do want it to remain permanently on, or might you at some point want to turn it off?lavalamp213 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:00 pmI understand that the actual permissions remain. I meant (and wasn't too clear) that I wish the assignment would remain in place so that one could easily see what permission was assigned to a given forum or category.stevemaury wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 4:13 pm The permissions do remain, until you change them. If the link did not change, you couldn't change permissions by copying from a different forum.
I think it would help you to read this - phpBB3 Permissions
Thank you for the link!
But I don't want to turn it off, do I? I want the light (permissions) to remain on.Once you turn a light on, do want it to remain permanently on, or might you at some point want to turn it off?
That makes sense, too. Like I said, people look at things differently.Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:50 pm maybe you don't understand what it does. once you copy the permissions they remain set on the forum in question regardless of what the drop down says.
the code used for that drop down is the same for any and all forums that you have/create. therefore, it makes the most sense for it to revert to the default state once you have submitted your settings. It is then ready for the next one that you create etc.
If you want to know what the permissions for a given forum are you do not view that page anyway so you would only see it if you were editing that forum settings.
robert
Okay- That makes sense. Thanks for helping me understand.Brf wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:46 am "Copy permissions" is an "Action" not a "Setting".
If the drop-down remained at "Copy Permissions", then you would be re-copying and overwriting your permissions for that forum every time you submitted that forum's settings. I am not sure a note saying where you copied from would be too meaningful, especially if you tweaked the permissions of either forum after you did the copy.