how to make thread tags required?

[horussjr]

exactly, how can i make the tags required. i want all my threads to have tags, but user set not auto. please help me. thx!

[testbot]

you can prolly use newthread_start hook, check to see if tags exist and if not return an error.

or parse_template hook and add some javascript to check the tag field before it submits.

that's prolly where i would start on something like this.