Updates

client/components/lists/listBody.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { isSubmitKey } from '/models/lib/editorSubmitKey';
 import { titleSortIndexes } from '/models/lib/multilineTitles';
+import { titleTagText } from '/models/lib/titleTags';
 import { titlesFromComposer } from '/client/components/forms/multilineTitleChoice';
 import { ReactiveCache } from '/imports/reactiveCache';
 import { TAPi18n } from '/imports/i18n';
@@ -996,6 +997,12 @@ Template.addCardForm.onRendered(function () {
 
   autosize($textarea);
 
+  // #1273: a per-user choice, off by default.
+  const keepTitleTags = () => {
+    const user = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
+    return !!(user && typeof user.hasKeepTitleTags === 'function' && user.hasKeepTitleTags());
+  };
+
   $textarea.escapeableTextComplete(
     [
       // User mentions
@@ -1022,7 +1029,8 @@ Template.addCardForm.onRendered(function () {
         },
         replace(user) {
           toggleValueInReactiveArray(tpl.members, user._id);
-          return '';
+          // #1273: Member Settings can keep the "@member" text in the title.
+          return titleTagText('member', user, keepTitleTags());
         },
         index: 1,
       },
@@ -1056,7 +1064,7 @@ Template.addCardForm.onRendered(function () {
         },
         replace(label) {
           toggleValueInReactiveArray(tpl.labels, label._id);
-          return '';
+          return titleTagText('label', label, keepTitleTags());
         },
         index: 1,
       },

client/components/users/userHeader.jade

@@ -312,6 +312,13 @@ template(name="changeSettingsPopup")
         | {{_ 'show-desktop-drag-handles'}}
         if isShowDesktopDragHandles
           i.fa.fa-check
+    //- #1273: keep the #label / @member text in a new card's title.
+    li
+      a.js-toggle-keep-title-tags(title="{{_ 'keep-title-tags-description'}}")
+        i.fa.fa-hashtag
+        | {{_ 'keep-title-tags'}}
+        if isKeepTitleTags
+          i.fa.fa-check
     li
       a.js-toggle-submit-on-enter(title="{{_ 'submit-on-enter-description'}}")
         i.fa.fa-level-down

client/components/users/userHeader.js

@@ -462,6 +462,10 @@ Template.changeLanguagePopup.events({
 });
 
 Template.changeSettingsPopup.helpers({
+  isKeepTitleTags() {
+    const currentUser = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
+    return currentUser ? currentUser.hasKeepTitleTags() : false;
+  },
   isSubmitOnEnter() {
     const currentUser = ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser();
     return currentUser ? currentUser.hasSubmitOnEnter() : false;
@@ -517,6 +521,9 @@ Template.changeSettingsPopup.events({
       window.localStorage.setItem('showDesktopDragHandles', show ? 'true' : 'false');
     }
   },
+  'click .js-toggle-keep-title-tags'() {
+    if (ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser()) Meteor.call('toggleKeepTitleTags');
+  },
   'click .js-toggle-submit-on-enter'() {
     // Saved to the user profile (Member Settings only; requires a logged-in user).
     if (ReactiveCache.getCurrentUser()) {

models/lib/titleTags.js

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// #1273: what a new card's title keeps when a #label or @member is picked
+// while it is typed. By default the "#label" / "@member" text is replaced by
+// the label or member itself (nothing is left in the title); with the Member
+// Settings switch on, the text stays too, as it was typed. Pure:
+// tests/titleTags.test.cjs.
+
+function titleTagText(kind, item, keep) {
+  if (!keep || !item) return '';
+  if (kind === 'member') return item.username ? `@${item.username} ` : '';
+  if (kind === 'label') {
+    const name = item.name || item.color;
+    return name ? `#${name} ` : '';
+  }
+  return '';
+}
+
+module.exports = { titleTagText };

models/users.js

@@ -447,6 +447,15 @@ Users.attachSchema(
       type: Boolean,
       optional: true,
     },
+    'profile.keepTitleTags': {
+      /**
+       * #1273: when a #label or @member is picked while typing a new card's
+       * title, keep the "#label" / "@member" text in the title too. Off by
+       * default: the text is replaced by the label or member, as before.
+       */
+      type: Boolean,
+      optional: true,
+    },
     'profile.checklistDingSound': {
       /**
        * #5427: per-user preference - play a short synthesized "ding" when a
@@ -2094,6 +2103,11 @@ Users.helpers({
     return profile.submitOnEnter || false;
   },
 
+  // #1273: keep the #label / @member text in a new card's title.
+  hasKeepTitleTags() {
+    return !!((this.profile || {}).keepTitleTags);
+  },
+
   // #5427: does this user want a short "ding" sound when a checklist item is
   // checked off? Off by default.
   hasChecklistDingSound() {

releases/translations/pending-transifex.json

@@ -2079,6 +2079,14 @@
     {
       "key": "activity-recovery-bulk-result",
       "since": "2026-10-14"
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "keep-title-tags",
+      "since": "2026-10-14"
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "keep-title-tags-description",
+      "since": "2026-10-14"
     }
   ]
 }

server/models/users.js

@@ -954,6 +954,15 @@ Meteor.methods({
 
   // Per-user "submit editors on plain Enter" preference (Member Settings).
   // Off by default; when on, plain Enter submits and Shift+Enter is a newline.
+  // #1273: keep the #label / @member text in a new card's title (Member
+  // Settings; off by default).
+  async toggleKeepTitleTags() {
+    if (!this.userId) throw new Meteor.Error('not-logged-in', 'User must be logged in');
+    const user = await Users.findOneAsync(this.userId);
+    if (!user) throw new Meteor.Error('user-not-found', 'User not found');
+    await Users.updateAsync(this.userId, { $set: { 'profile.keepTitleTags': !((user.profile || {}).keepTitleTags) } });
+  },
+
   async toggleSubmitOnEnter() {
     if (!this.userId) throw new Meteor.Error('not-logged-in', 'User must be logged in');
     const user = await Users.findOneAsync(this.userId);

tests/titleTags.test.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// #1273: a Member Settings switch keeps the "#label" / "@member" text in a
+// new card's title when the label or member is picked from the composer's
+// autocomplete. Off (the default) keeps today's behaviour: the text goes,
+// and the card gets the label or member.
+// Run: node tests/titleTags.test.cjs
+
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const { titleTagText } = require('../models/lib/titleTags.js');
+
+const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+const read = file => fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, file), 'utf8');
+
+// Positive: with the switch on, the typed text stays.
+assert.equal(titleTagText('member', { username: 'xet7' }, true), '@xet7 ');
+assert.equal(titleTagText('label', { name: 'Bug', color: 'red' }, true), '#Bug ');
+assert.equal(titleTagText('label', { name: '', color: 'red' }, true), '#red ', 'an unnamed label is its colour');
+console.log('  ok - on: the #label / @member text stays in the title');
+
+// Negative: off (or unset) removes it, as before; nothing odd is ever inserted.
+for (const keep of [false, undefined, null, 0]) {
+  assert.equal(titleTagText('member', { username: 'xet7' }, keep), '');
+  assert.equal(titleTagText('label', { name: 'Bug' }, keep), '');
+}
+assert.equal(titleTagText('member', {}, true), '', 'no "@undefined"');
+assert.equal(titleTagText('label', {}, true), '', 'no "#undefined"');
+assert.equal(titleTagText('label', null, true), '');
+assert.equal(titleTagText('other', { name: 'x' }, true), '');
+console.log('  ok - off, or with nothing to name, nothing is left in the title');
+
+// Wiring: both composer strategies use it, with the user's setting.
+const body = read('client/components/lists/listBody.js');
+assert.match(body, /toggleValueInReactiveArray\(tpl\.members, user\._id\);[\s\S]{0,200}return titleTagText\('member', user, keepTitleTags\(\)\);/);
+assert.match(body, /toggleValueInReactiveArray\(tpl\.labels, label\._id\);[\s\S]{0,200}return titleTagText\('label', label, keepTitleTags\(\)\);/);
+assert.match(body, /const keepTitleTags = \(\) => \{[\s\S]{0,200}user\.hasKeepTitleTags\(\)/);
+console.log('  ok - both autocomplete strategies follow the setting');
+
+// The setting: schema, helper, an own-profile toggle, and the UI (UI guard).
+const users = read('models/users.js');
+assert.match(users, /'profile\.keepTitleTags': \{[\s\S]{0,400}type: Boolean,\s*optional: true,/);
+assert.match(users, /hasKeepTitleTags\(\) \{\s*return !!\(\(this\.profile \|\| \{\}\)\.keepTitleTags\);/);
+const server = read('server/models/users.js');
+assert.match(server, /async toggleKeepTitleTags\(\) \{\s*if \(!this\.userId\) throw[\s\S]{0,300}Users\.updateAsync\(this\.userId, \{ \$set: \{ 'profile\.keepTitleTags':/,
+  'only the signed-in user\'s own profile is changed');
+const jade = read('client/components/users/userHeader.jade');
+assert.match(jade, /a\.js-toggle-keep-title-tags\(title="\{\{_ 'keep-title-tags-description'\}\}"\)[\s\S]{0,120}\{\{_ 'keep-title-tags'\}\}\s*\n\s*if isKeepTitleTags\s*\n\s*i\.fa\.fa-check/);
+const js = read('client/components/users/userHeader.js');
+assert.match(js, /'click \.js-toggle-keep-title-tags'\(\) \{\s*if \(ReactiveCache\.getCurrentUser\(\)\) Meteor\.call\('toggleKeepTitleTags'\);/);
+const en = JSON.parse(read('imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json'));
+assert.ok(en['keep-title-tags'] && en['keep-title-tags-description']);
+console.log('  ok - Member Settings has the switch, off by default');
+
+console.log('\ntitleTags: all tests passed');