Use M2M relation with quick item referencing in tagging style.
This extension is some kind of fork of my PR #3654 with some sligh modifications.
In your Directus installation root
npm install directus-extension-tags-m2m-interfaceRestart directus
- Create new M2M relation field to your collection
- For interface select Tags
- Select Corresponding Field
The interface uses the corresponding field to make the references, if no related item exists, then new one will be created with just the value set for the field. Please note that if you collection have some other required fields without default value, then probabbly saving will throw an error message.