Such a mess

src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog.component.html

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
     <pngx-input-color i18n-title title="Color" formControlName="color" [error]="error?.color"></pngx-input-color>
 
+    <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Parent" formControlName="parent" [items]="tags" [allowNull]="true" [error]="error?.parent"></pngx-input-select>
+
     <pngx-input-check i18n-title title="Inbox tag" formControlName="is_inbox_tag" i18n-hint hint="Inbox tags are automatically assigned to all consumed documents."></pngx-input-check>
     <pngx-input-select i18n-title title="Matching algorithm" [items]="getMatchingAlgorithms()" formControlName="matching_algorithm"></pngx-input-select>
     @if (patternRequired) {

src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog/tag-edit-dialog.component.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import { TextComponent } from '../../input/text/text.component'
   ],
 })
 export class TagEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<Tag> {
+  tags: Tag[]
+
   constructor(
     service: TagService,
     activeModal: NgbActiveModal,
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@ export class TagEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<Tag> {
     settingsService: SettingsService
   ) {
     super(service, activeModal, userService, settingsService)
+
+    this.service.listAll().subscribe((result) => {
+      this.tags = result.results
+    })
   }
 
   getCreateTitle() {
@@ -58,6 +64,7 @@ export class TagEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<Tag> {
       name: new FormControl(''),
       color: new FormControl(randomColor()),
       is_inbox_tag: new FormControl(false),
+      parent: new FormControl(null),
       matching_algorithm: new FormControl(DEFAULT_MATCHING_ALGORITHM),
       match: new FormControl(''),
       is_insensitive: new FormControl(true),

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/tags/tags.component.html

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <div class="input-group flex-nowrap">
         <ng-select #tagSelect name="tags" [items]="tags" bindLabel="name" bindValue="id" [(ngModel)]="value"
           [disabled]="disabled"
-          [multiple]="true"
+          [multiple]="multiple"
           [closeOnSelect]="false"
           [clearSearchOnAdd]="true"
           [hideSelected]="tags.length > 0"

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/tags/tags.component.ts

@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ export class TagsComponent implements OnInit, ControlValueAccessor {
   @Input()
   horizontal: boolean = false
 
+  @Input()
+  multiple: boolean = true
+
   @Output()
   filterDocuments = new EventEmitter<Tag[]>()
 

src-ui/src/app/components/manage/management-list/management-list.component.html

@@ -53,59 +53,7 @@
         </tr>
       }
       @for (object of data; track object) {
-        <tr (click)="toggleSelected(object); $event.stopPropagation();" class="data-row fade" [class.show]="show">
+        <ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="objectRow" [ngTemplateOutletContext]="{ object: object, depth: 0 }"></ng-container>
-          <td>
-            <div class="form-check m-0 ms-2 me-n2">
-              <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="{{typeName}}{{object.id}}" [checked]="selectedObjects.has(object.id)" (click)="toggleSelected(object); $event.stopPropagation();">
-              <label class="form-check-label" for="{{typeName}}{{object.id}}"></label>
-            </div>
-          </td>
-          <td scope="row"><button class="btn btn-link ms-0 ps-0 text-start" (click)="userCanEdit(object) ? openEditDialog(object) : null; $event.stopPropagation()">{{ object.name }}</button> </td>
-          <td scope="row" class="d-none d-sm-table-cell">{{ getMatching(object) }}</td>
-          <td scope="row">{{ object.document_count }}</td>
-          @for (column of extraColumns; track column) {
-            <td scope="row" [ngClass]="{ 'd-none d-sm-table-cell' : column.hideOnMobile }">
-              @if (column.rendersHtml) {
-                <div [innerHtml]="column.valueFn.call(null, object) | safeHtml"></div>
-              } @else {
-                {{ column.valueFn.call(null, object) }}
-              }
-            </td>
-          }
-          <td scope="row">
-            <div class="btn-toolbar gap-2">
-              <div class="btn-group d-block d-sm-none">
-                <div ngbDropdown container="body" class="d-inline-block">
-                  <button type="button" class="btn btn-link" id="actionsMenuMobile" (click)="$event.stopPropagation()" ngbDropdownToggle>
-                    <i-bs name="three-dots-vertical"></i-bs>
-                  </button>
-                  <div ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="actionsMenuMobile">
-                    <button (click)="openEditDialog(object)" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: permissionType }" ngbDropdownItem i18n>Edit</button>
-                    <button class="text-danger" (click)="openDeleteDialog(object)" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Delete, type: permissionType }" ngbDropdownItem i18n>Delete</button>
-                    @if (object.document_count > 0) {
-                      <button (click)="filterDocuments(object)" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.Document }" ngbDropdownItem i18n>Filter Documents ({{ object.document_count }})</button>
-                    }
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <div class="btn-group d-none d-sm-inline-block">
-                <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="openEditDialog(object); $event.stopPropagation();" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: permissionType }" [disabled]="!userCanEdit(object)">
-                  <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="pencil"></i-bs>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Edit</ng-container>
-                </button>
-                <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-danger" (click)="openDeleteDialog(object); $event.stopPropagation();" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Delete, type: permissionType }" [disabled]="!userCanDelete(object)">
-                  <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="trash"></i-bs>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Delete</ng-container>
-                </button>
-              </div>
-              @if (object.document_count > 0) {
-                <div class="btn-group d-none d-sm-inline-block">
-                  <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="filterDocuments(object); $event.stopPropagation();" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.Document }">
-                    <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="filter"></i-bs>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Documents</ng-container><span class="badge bg-light text-secondary ms-2">{{ object.document_count }}</span>
-                  </button>
-                </div>
-              }
-            </div>
-          </td>
-        </tr>
       }
     </tbody>
   </table>
@@ -126,3 +74,67 @@
     }
   </div>
 }
+
+<ng-template #objectRow let-object="object" let-depth="depth">
+  <tr (click)="toggleSelected(object); $event.stopPropagation();" class="data-row fade" [class.show]="show">
+    <td>
+      <div class="form-check m-0 ms-2 me-n2">
+        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="{{typeName}}{{object.id}}" [checked]="selectedObjects.has(object.id)" (click)="toggleSelected(object); $event.stopPropagation();">
+        <label class="form-check-label" for="{{typeName}}{{object.id}}"></label>
+      </div>
+    </td>
+    <td scope="row" class="depth-{{depth}}">
+      <button class="btn btn-link ms-0 ps-0 text-start" (click)="userCanEdit(object) ? openEditDialog(object) : null; $event.stopPropagation()">{{ object.name }}</button>
+    </td>
+    <td scope="row" class="d-none d-sm-table-cell">{{ getMatching(object) }}</td>
+    <td scope="row">{{ object.document_count }}</td>
+    @for (column of extraColumns; track column) {
+      <td scope="row" [ngClass]="{ 'd-none d-sm-table-cell' : column.hideOnMobile }">
+        @if (column.rendersHtml) {
+          <div [innerHtml]="column.valueFn.call(null, object) | safeHtml"></div>
+        } @else {
+          {{ column.valueFn.call(null, object) }}
+        }
+      </td>
+    }
+    <td scope="row">
+      <div class="btn-toolbar gap-2">
+        <div class="btn-group d-block d-sm-none">
+          <div ngbDropdown container="body" class="d-inline-block">
+            <button type="button" class="btn btn-link" id="actionsMenuMobile" (click)="$event.stopPropagation()" ngbDropdownToggle>
+              <i-bs name="three-dots-vertical"></i-bs>
+            </button>
+            <div ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="actionsMenuMobile">
+              <button (click)="openEditDialog(object)" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: permissionType }" ngbDropdownItem i18n>Edit</button>
+              <button class="text-danger" (click)="openDeleteDialog(object)" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Delete, type: permissionType }" ngbDropdownItem i18n>Delete</button>
+              @if (object.document_count > 0) {
+                <button (click)="filterDocuments(object)" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.Document }" ngbDropdownItem i18n>Filter Documents ({{ object.document_count }})</button>
+              }
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="btn-group d-none d-sm-inline-block">
+          <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="openEditDialog(object); $event.stopPropagation();" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: permissionType }" [disabled]="!userCanEdit(object)">
+            <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="pencil"></i-bs>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Edit</ng-container>
+          </button>
+          <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-danger" (click)="openDeleteDialog(object); $event.stopPropagation();" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Delete, type: permissionType }" [disabled]="!userCanDelete(object)">
+            <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="trash"></i-bs>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Delete</ng-container>
+          </button>
+        </div>
+        @if (object.document_count > 0) {
+          <div class="btn-group d-none d-sm-inline-block">
+            <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="filterDocuments(object); $event.stopPropagation();" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.Document }">
+              <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="filter"></i-bs>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Documents</ng-container><span class="badge bg-light text-secondary ms-2">{{ object.document_count }}</span>
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        }
+      </div>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
+  @if (object.children && object.children.length > 0) {
+    @for (child of object.children; track child) {
+      <ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="objectRow" [ngTemplateOutletContext]="{ object: child, depth: depth + 1 }"></ng-container>
+    }
+  }
+</ng-template>

src-ui/src/app/components/manage/management-list/management-list.component.scss

@@ -10,3 +10,27 @@ tbody tr:last-child td {
 .form-check {
     min-height: 0;
 }
+
+.depth-0 {
+    padding-left: 0;
+}
+
+.depth-1 {
+    padding-left: 20px;
+}
+
+.depth-2 {
+    padding-left: 40px;
+}
+
+.depth-3 {
+    padding-left: 60px;
+}
+
+.depth-4 {
+    padding-left: 80px;
+}
+
+.depth-5 {
+    padding-left: 100px;
+}

src-ui/src/app/components/manage/management-list/management-list.component.ts

@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ export abstract class ManagementListComponent<T extends MatchingModel>
     this.reloadData()
   }
 
+  protected filterData(data: T[]): T[] {
+    return data
+  }
+
   reloadData(extraParams: { [key: string]: any } = null) {
     this.loading = true
     this.clearSelection()
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ export abstract class ManagementListComponent<T extends MatchingModel>
       .pipe(
         takeUntil(this.unsubscribeNotifier),
         tap((c) => {
-          this.data = c.results
+          this.data = this.filterData(c.results)
           this.collectionSize = c.count
         }),
         delay(100)

src-ui/src/app/components/manage/tag-list/tag-list.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NgClass, TitleCasePipe } from '@angular/common'
+import { NgClass, NgTemplateOutlet, TitleCasePipe } from '@angular/common'
 import { Component } from '@angular/core'
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
 import {
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { ManagementListComponent } from '../management-list/management-list.comp
     FormsModule,
     ReactiveFormsModule,
     NgClass,
+    NgTemplateOutlet,
     NgbDropdownModule,
     NgbPaginationModule,
     NgxBootstrapIconsModule,
@@ -76,4 +77,8 @@ export class TagListComponent extends ManagementListComponent<Tag> {
   getDeleteMessage(object: Tag) {
     return $localize`Do you really want to delete the tag "${object.name}"?`
   }
+
+  filterData(data: Tag[]) {
+    return data.filter((tag) => !tag.parent)
+  }
 }

src-ui/src/app/data/tag.ts

@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ export interface Tag extends MatchingModel {
   text_color?: string
 
   is_inbox_tag?: boolean
+
+  parent?: number // Tag ID
+
+  children?: Tag[] // read-only
 }

src/documents/consumer.py

@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ class ConsumerPlugin(
 
         if self.metadata.tag_ids:
             for tag_id in self.metadata.tag_ids:
-                document.tags.add(Tag.objects.get(pk=tag_id))
+                document.add_nested_tags(Tag.objects.get(pk=tag_id))
 
         if self.metadata.storage_path_id:
             document.storage_path = StoragePath.objects.get(

src/documents/migrations/1063_tag_parent.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.5 on 2025-02-10 06:02
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("documents", "1062_alter_savedviewfilterrule_rule_type"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="tag",
+            name="parent",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                blank=True,
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="children",
+                to="documents.tag",
+                verbose_name="parent",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

src/documents/models.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from celery import states
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator
 from django.core.validators import MinValueValidator
 from django.db import models
@@ -113,10 +114,38 @@ class Tag(MatchingModel):
         ),
     )
 
+    parent = models.ForeignKey(
+        "self",
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        related_name="children",
+        verbose_name=_("parent"),
+    )
+
     class Meta(MatchingModel.Meta):
         verbose_name = _("tag")
         verbose_name_plural = _("tags")
 
+    def get_all_descendants(self):
+        descendants = []
+        for child in self.children.all():
+            descendants.append(child)
+            descendants.extend(child.get_all_descendants())
+        return descendants
+
+    def get_all_ancestors(self):
+        ancestors = []
+        if self.parent:
+            ancestors.append(self.parent)
+            ancestors.extend(self.parent.get_all_ancestors())
+        return ancestors
+
+    def clean(self):
+        if self.parent == self:
+            raise ValidationError("Cannot set itself as parent.")
+        return super().clean()
+
 
 class DocumentType(MatchingModel):
     class Meta(MatchingModel.Meta):
@@ -378,6 +407,12 @@ class Document(SoftDeleteModel, ModelWithOwner):
     def created_date(self):
         return timezone.localdate(self.created)
 
+    def add_nested_tags(self, tags):
+        for tag in tags:
+            self.tags.add(tag)
+            if tag.parent:
+                self.add_nested_tags([tag.parent])
+
 
 class Log(models.Model):
     LEVELS = (

src/documents/serialisers.py

@@ -528,6 +528,11 @@ class TagSerializer(MatchingModelSerializer, OwnedObjectSerializer):
 
     text_color = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
 
+    children = SerializerMethodField()
+
+    def get_children(self, obj):
+        return TagSerializer(obj.children.all(), many=True).data
+
     class Meta:
         model = Tag
         fields = (
@@ -545,6 +550,8 @@ class TagSerializer(MatchingModelSerializer, OwnedObjectSerializer):
             "permissions",
             "user_can_change",
             "set_permissions",
+            "parent",
+            "children",
         )
 
     def validate_color(self, color):
@@ -952,6 +959,23 @@ class DocumentSerializer(
                             custom_field_instance.field,
                             doc_id,
                         )
+        if "tags" in validated_data:
+            # add all parent tags
+            all_ancestor_tags = set(validated_data["tags"])
+            for tag in validated_data["tags"]:
+                all_ancestor_tags.update(tag.get_all_ancestors())
+            validated_data["tags"] = list(all_ancestor_tags)
+            # remove any children for parents that are being removed
+            tag_parents_being_removed = [
+                tag
+                for tag in instance.tags.all()
+                if tag not in validated_data["tags"] and tag.children.count() > 0
+            ]
+            validated_data["tags"] = [
+                tag
+                for tag in validated_data["tags"]
+                if tag not in tag_parents_being_removed
+            ]
         if validated_data.get("remove_inbox_tags"):
             tag_ids_being_added = (
                 [

src/documents/signals/handlers.py

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def set_tags(
             extra={"group": logging_group},
         )
 
-        document.tags.add(*relevant_tags)
+        document.add_nested_tags(relevant_tags)
 
 
 def set_storage_path(