Creating a new Keyword and adding it to a selection field

This topic explains how you can add values to a Category-based selection field.

Procedure

  1. Click on a piece of content that shows a property box with a Category-based dropdown list control when you click it. You can see that a list is Category-based because the property box is titled Keyword Properties, and by the Keyword icon in front of the items in the dropdown list.

    If you have sufficient permissions, you may also see a link to create a new Keyword. If you create a Keyword, it becomes available wherever the Category is used.

  2. Click Create a new Keyword.
    The text changes to Creating Keyword in <CATEGORY>, where <CATEGORY> is the name of the Category to which all Keywords in the dropdown belong. Also, a text box and a Create button are shown.
  3. Do one of the following: The value you enter must not already exist.
    • To create a new Keyword directly in this Category, fill in a name for your new Keyword and click Create.
    • To create a new Keyword inside another Keyword in this Category, click on the name of the Category. This slides the library into view. Navigate through the taxonomy hierarchy to select the Keyword that you want to create this new Keyword in.

    The name you enter for your Keyword must be unique within this Category.

  4. Click Create.
    Your new Keyword is created and selected as the new value for this selection field.