[#46701] - Articles can not me moved to an archived category and an archived category is changed automaticly when editing.
- Closed
- 18 Jan 2026
- Medium
- Build: 5.4-dev
- # 46701
Steps to reproduce the issue
- When editting an article or selecting articles for batch processing, archived categories are not shown in the category drop down list.
- When an article with an archived category is opened for editing, the category is automaticly changed to the first non-archived category.
Expected result
The archived category is visible and selectable in the category dropdown list.
The category remains the same.
All categories should be visible in the category dropdown list
Actual result
The archived category is NOT visible and this NOT selectable in the category dropdown list.
The category is automaticly changed to the first non-archived category.
System information (as much as possible)
Joomla 4,5,6
Additional comments
Workaround: make the category published again, move or edit the article and archive the category again.
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Hello,
It can be changed in: administrator\components\com_categories\src\field\CategoryeditField.php
Change line 149 (in J5.4.2):
$published = $this->element['published'] ? explode(',', (string) $this->element['published']) : [0, 1];
to:
$published = $this->element['published'] ? explode(',', (string) $this->element['published']) : [0, 1, 2];
Now archived categories can also be selected and will not be reset to a published category.
regards,
Peter
@peterhulst, small addition to your proposed fix as batch layout does not instantiate CategoryeditField but calls HTMLHelper directly.
| Status | New | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2026-01-18 11:23:08 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | alikon |
The same is true when moving a category to an archived parent category. That parent category is also not visible