def setTags( self, tags ):
        """
        Sets the tags assigned to this item to the inputed list of tags.
        
        :param      tags | [<str>, ..]
        """
        self.setUpdatesEnabled(False)
        self.blockSignals(True)
        
        self.clear()
        for tag in tags:
            self.addItem(XMultiTagItem(tag, self))
        
        self.blockSignals(False)
        self.setUpdatesEnabled(True)