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I guess this is part of the new things on the AskWoody site. I suppose there’s a reason for this but I certainly liked the original way – having my reply go directly underneath and a little to the right of the original post I’m replying to.
having my reply go directly underneath and a little to the right of the original post I’m replying to.
It has been threading correctly, unless REPLY wasn’t pressed first it would go to the bottom.
Edit Note: I just tested and Replies are nested.
And, now I hit the Reply Button of PKCano’s Reply as shown in the screen shot below (Red Arrow), and the Reply Box is located between PKCano’s Reply and my Reply.
I had to try the *Reply* twice. First time, I saw the Reply Box briefly in the position noted in the screen shot, and then it suddenly changed to the bottom of the thread. (I did not try to type and post a Reply from that position–will do that next time if I see that behavior again to see what the results are.) I scrolled back up to the top of the tread and pressed the Reply Button again–and this time it *stuck*, and remained in the position seen in the screen shots below.
So, scrolled up and hit the Reply button again.
1st try put the Reply Box at the bottom of the thread.
Scrolled up again.
2nd try put the Reply Box just under this post # 2213898 .
This *feature* is somewhat unreliable. Have to pay attention to what is happening if you want it to turn out the way you want!
Edit Note: I just tested and Replies are nested.
This should be under @ Bluetrix near the top.
I created a second tab with this thread, and created the quote above, and then copied and pasted so the comment I was replying to would be documented.
Okay, Wow! That’s new! The Reply Box is now located in the position that the Reply is going to be placed by the *nesting behavior* of the forum! The following screen shots are of the reply sequence for the first 4 or 5 posts of this thread. Note the position of the Reply Box. It is no longer at the bottom of the thread–which is where it has always gone in the past regardless of where your reply was scheduled to be nested.
Interesting change ….
The same thing happened to me yesterday on 1 reply but then went back to normal. Seems as though it’s random.
Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).
reply to myself- this is more fun than news and pandemic topics!! 😉
A possible work-around until things get sorted:
Press reply where needed.
Quote the post you are replying to.
Write your reply underneath.
Press submit.
Your reply may go the bottom; it may be nested.
Either way, people will know what you are replying to.
A possible work-around until things get sorted: Press reply where needed. Quote the post you are replying to. Write your reply underneath. Press submit. Your reply may go the bottom; it may be nested. Either way, people will know what you are replying to.
I had to press the REPLY twice to get the first box to stay in place so I could go back and get the quote. Weird. Let’s see if this works, I’m on my Win 7 computer now.
Success! Seems going back and hitting Reply again does the trick. I think something’s not right though.
As best I can tell, for most accounts, you have to hit Reply twice.
The devs are working on it.
This time, the Reply function jumped down to the very bottom of the thread–should have been just below this Reply here:
https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/all-topic-replies-now-go-to-the-bottom/#post-2213898
Let’s see where the Reply is going to be placed in the thread …
Screen shot below shows what Reply Button I hit for this Reply:
Edit by NightOwl: As I expected, this Reply ended up at the end of the thread–exactly where the Reply Box was located while I was typing this Reply.
So, now you have to watch to see where your Reply Box is located in the thread after you hit the Reply Button. If it’s where you want it–type away and hit Submit. If it’s not where you want it, then you need to scroll back up to the position you wanted your reply to be, hit the Reply Button again, and see if the Reply Box will then be in the position you wanted.
Replying to @NightOwl post-2213903 nested?
First click went to bottom of replies, under @Kristy post-2213952 which is the last post at this time.
Scrolled back up clicked on @NightOwl #2213903 again.
Reply box opened under @NightOwl.
So, it’s two clicks, but you have to scroll back up and click reply second time.
sheesh! At least that looks like it works.
Okay, guess you guys will figure it out eventually. Thanks!
Had you clicked twice on Reply on the original post, then highlighted your quote text and clicked text, it would have (as is currently happening) nested. However, your reply didn’t nest, which is the crux of the current issue.
We are trying to figure out the problem, but the workaround is to use the Reply button twice, seeing the editor box appear immediately under the post being replied to, before posting, does work at present.
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