Currently forum containers are selectable even though it's impossible to tag a node with it.

They should be using the opgroup tag rather than an options tag.

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_optgroup.asp

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Version: 6.x-dev » 7.x-dev

This has to go to 7.x first and then get backported. Might be too late for 7.x, though... I'm not involved enough with core to know if this change can get in.

Michelle

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This is not possible with html 4 #188933-4: HTML is hardcoded in form_select_options() function, no way to customize classes

To make it usable we need ability to add attributes to options first so containers could be easily marked as 'disabled'

    <option value="c1">Red</option>
    <option value="c2" disabled="disabled">Blue</option>
    <option value="c3">White</option>
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Title: Forum containers should be in opgroup so that they're not selectable » Forum containers should be marked as disabled so that they're not selectable
Issue tags: +Usability

This is a most confusing bug in core forums when users can't make visual difference between forum and container

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Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Duplicate of #12089: Better method of showing forum containers in form