FIX: do not publish all categories when a category changes.

minor fixes to UI, still needs more work for live refresh of category listing

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/category-chooser.js.es6

@@ -26,13 +26,25 @@ export default ComboboxView.extend({
   }.property('scopedCategoryId', 'categories'),
 
   _setCategories: function() {
-    this.set('categories', this.get('categories') || (
+
-        Discourse.SiteSettings.fixed_category_positions_on_create ?
+    if (!this.get('categories')) {
-          Discourse.Category.list() : Discourse.Category.listByActivity()
+      this.set('automatic', true);
-        )
+    }
-    );
+
+    this._updateCategories();
+
   }.on('init'),
 
+  _updateCategories: function() {
+
+    if (this.get('automatic')) {
+      this.set('categories',
+          Discourse.SiteSettings.fixed_category_positions_on_create ?
+            Discourse.Category.list() : Discourse.Category.listByActivity()
+      );
+    }
+  }.observes('automatic', 'site.sortedCategories'),
+
   none: function() {
     if (Discourse.User.currentProp('staff') || Discourse.SiteSettings.allow_uncategorized_topics) {
       if (this.get('rootNone')) {

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/initializers/subscribe-user-notifications.js.es6

@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ export default {
         _.each(data.categories,function(c) {
           site.updateCategory(c);
         });
+        _.each(data.deleted_categories,function(id) {
+          site.removeCategory(id);
+        });
       });
 
       if (!Ember.testing) {

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/mobile.js

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ Discourse.Mobile = {
     this.mobileView = $html.hasClass('mobile-view');
 
     try{
-      if (window.location.search.test(/mobile_view=1/)){
+      if (window.location.search.match(/mobile_view=1/)){
         localStorage.mobileView = true;
       }
-      if (window.location.search.test(/mobile_view=0/)){
+      if (window.location.search.match(/mobile_view=0/)){
         localStorage.mobileView = false;
       }
       if (localStorage.mobileView) {

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/site.js.es6

@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ const Site = Discourse.Model.extend({
     return postActionTypes.filterProperty('is_flag', true);
   }.property('post_action_types.@each'),
 
-  categoriesByCount: Ember.computed.sort('categories', function(a, b) {
+  topicCountDesc: ['topic_count:desc'],
-    return (b.get('topic_count') || 0) - (a.get('topic_count') || 0);
+  categoriesByCount: Ember.computed.sort('categories', 'topicCountDesc'),
-  }),
 
   // Sort subcategories under parents
   sortedCategories: function() {
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ const Site = Discourse.Model.extend({
     });
 
     return result;
-  }.property(),
+  }.property("categories.@each"),
 
   postActionTypeById(id) {
     return this.get("postActionByIdLookup.action" + id);
@@ -58,13 +57,30 @@ const Site = Discourse.Model.extend({
     return this.get("topicFlagByIdLookup.action" + id);
   },
 
-  updateCategory(newCategory) {
+  removeCategory(id) {
-    const existingCategory = this.get('categories').findProperty('id', Em.get(newCategory, 'id'));
+    const categories = this.get('categories');
+    const existingCategory = categories.findProperty('id', id);
     if (existingCategory) {
-      // Don't update null permissions
+      categories.removeObject(existingCategory);
-      if (newCategory.permission === null) { delete newCategory.permission; }
+      delete this.get('categoriesById').categoryId;
+    }
+  },
 
+  updateCategory(newCategory) {
+    const categories = this.get('categories');
+    const categoryId = Em.get(newCategory, 'id');
+    const existingCategory = categories.findProperty('id', categoryId);
+
+    // Don't update null permissions
+    if (newCategory.permission === null) { delete newCategory.permission; }
+
+    if (existingCategory) {
       existingCategory.setProperties(newCategory);
+    } else {
+      // TODO insert in right order?
+      newCategory = Discourse.Category.create(newCategory);
+      categories.pushObject(newCategory);
+      this.get('categoriesById')[categoryId] = newCategory;
     }
   }
 });

app/models/category.rb

@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
   before_save :downcase_email
   before_save :downcase_name
   after_create :create_category_definition
-  after_create :publish_categories_list
+
-  after_destroy :publish_categories_list
+  after_save :publish_category
+  after_destroy :publish_category_deletion
+
   after_update :rename_category_definition, if: :name_changed?
 
   after_save :publish_discourse_stylesheet
@@ -233,8 +235,13 @@ SQL
     slug.present? ? self.slug : "#{self.id}-category"
   end
 
-  def publish_categories_list
+  def publish_category
-    MessageBus.publish('/categories', {categories: ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.new(Category.latest).as_json})
+    group_ids = self.groups.pluck(:id) if self.read_restricted
+    MessageBus.publish('/categories', {categories: ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.new([self]).as_json}, group_ids: group_ids)
+  end
+
+  def publish_category_deletion
+    MessageBus.publish('/categories', {deleted_categories: [self.id]})
   end
 
   def parent_category_validator

test/javascripts/models/site-test.js.es6

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ test('create categories', function() {
   });
 
   var categories = site.get('categories');
+  site.get('sortedCategories');
 
   present(categories, "The categories are present");
   equal(categories.length, 3, "it loaded all three categories");
@@ -36,4 +37,11 @@ test('create categories', function() {
   present(subcategory, "it loaded the subcategory");
   equal(subcategory.get('parentCategory'), parent, "it has associated the child with the parent");
 
+  // remove invalid category and child
+  categories.removeObject(categories[2]);
+  categories.removeObject(categories[1]);
+
+  equal(categories.length, site.get('categoriesByCount').length, "categories by count should change on removal");
+  equal(categories.length, site.get('sortedCategories').length, "sorted categories should change on removal");
+
 });