# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=402 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 403 --- ## [Escape does not close the Search panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/escape-does-not-close-the-search-panel/121352)
**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/escape-does-not-close-the-search-panel/121352 "2019-06-26T09:21:59Z")
I think this was a recent regression, maybe 2.3.0? Opening the Search panel (by clicking the magnifying glass, top right), cannot be canceled with Escape. The other two “menus” (hamburger, and avatar) cancel with the E… --- ## [Emoji not showing up on 404 page not found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-not-showing-up-on-404-page-not-found/120995)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-not-showing-up-on-404-page-not-found/120995 "2019-06-26T09:20:49Z")
On our 404 page not found, I see that :mega doesn’t become the :mega: emoji (see first post). The calendar emoji on the last post is rendering, but I didn’t use Discourse’s emoji chooser to get that particular emoji. … --- ## [Limiting Users to Certain Threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-users-to-certain-threads/120251)
**Author:** [@Jayson\_Paglow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jayson_Paglow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-users-to-certain-threads/120251 "2019-06-26T07:29:45Z")
Hello, We use Discourse for our customer community and I was wondering if there is a feature that allows for us to create users who can only see/have access to certain threads. Example: A new trial customer signs up fo… --- ## [Option to stop the Discobot in a vanilla install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-stop-the-discobot-in-a-vanilla-install/82429)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Meeuwsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Meeuwsen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-stop-the-discobot-in-a-vanilla-install/82429 "2019-06-25T18:29:15Z")
More and more I run into Discourse installs in the wild. Which is great of course. Only to be greeted by ye olde @discobot every time and have to go through the tutorial. Yes I can skip parts. But wouldn’t it be nice to … --- ## [Group descriptions should allow group mentions regardless of mention settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-descriptions-should-allow-group-mentions-regardless-of-mention-settings/121266)
**Author:** [@Hooksmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hooksmith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-descriptions-should-allow-group-mentions-regardless-of-mention-settings/121266 "2019-06-25T12:14:35Z")
I was configuring some groups on our instance and I noticed that, if a group is set as only mentionable by " group members / mods / admins" or more restrictive, it won’t let you use the group tag in group descriptions ei… --- ## [How to make an anonymous category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-an-anonymous-category/52496)
**Author:** [@11145](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11145)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-an-anonymous-category/52496 "2019-06-25T01:29:51Z")
It is necessary to make an anonymous category in which unregistered users will be able to post messages, after being moderated be published in the category --- ## [Options to disable hijack of CMD+F / CTRL+F and "/" keys for search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875)
**Author:** [@brpc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brpc)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-to-disable-hijack-of-cmd-f-ctrl-f-and-keys-for-search/16875 "2019-06-25T00:08:56Z")
I’m not sure why anyone thought it was a good idea to hijack the universally accepted “Find” functionality of the browser to open the search box… it’s nothing but frustrating when you’re trying to find text on the page. … --- ## [Making A Specific Link for Trust Level 0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-specific-link-for-trust-level-0/121164)
**Author:** [@Jayson\_Paglow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jayson_Paglow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-specific-link-for-trust-level-0/121164 "2019-06-24T22:03:36Z")
I feel like I saw this somewhere but can I make a link where if I send the link to a trial customer and they sign up they’re automatically put in a group and pending for approval? Ideally, if I could have a link for whe… --- ## [Discourse sign-up display offset on low-res mobile Android](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sign-up-display-offset-on-low-res-mobile-android/120803)
**Author:** [@meatnordrink](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meatnordrink)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sign-up-display-offset-on-low-res-mobile-android/120803 "2019-06-24T18:51:18Z")
Signing in a cheap Android (motoE5, in this case, Chrome browser), the email column is not visible; it’s covered by the chrome header. Edit: My apologies, I meant only signing-up. --- ## [Create new account page with lots of custom fields has height problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-account-page-with-lots-of-custom-fields-has-height-problem/121099)
**Author:** [@BishopV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BishopV)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-new-account-page-with-lots-of-custom-fields-has-height-problem/121099 "2019-06-24T16:26:44Z")
I facing some issue from my discourse when new member signup using mobile . I think because created many custom field and make the fill up form cannot scroll up to fill my email , user name and passwords . Anyone facing… --- ## [Reviewable View Full Conversation broken on subfolder installs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reviewable-view-full-conversation-broken-on-subfolder-installs/121063)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reviewable-view-full-conversation-broken-on-subfolder-installs/121063 "2019-06-24T15:32:27Z")
On the Reviewable list, the view full conversation button does not work on sub-folder installs as it places the sub-folder in the URL twice. I believe the issue happens here, though I’m not 100% sure why (other than may… --- ## [Defer keyboard shortcut](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defer-keyboard-shortcut/119702)
**Author:** [@bgentry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bgentry)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defer-keyboard-shortcut/119702 "2019-06-24T13:30:36Z")
Hi there, thanks for shipping Defer functionality into Discourse core! I use this frequently. I’ve skimmed through the pull request that added it as well as the keyboard shortcuts menu, and it doesn’t appear there is an… --- ## [Missing icon for likes on archived topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452)
**Author:** [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-icon-for-likes-on-archived-topics/120452 "2019-06-23T00:12:49Z")
I noticed this for a bit but forgot to report. On archived topics, the like count is shown on posts, but with no icon. I think it’s not clear that it refers to likes. (I was expecting maybe a greyed out heart to indic… --- ## [Create a new Topic in one category \> change categories \> new category is not displayed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-in-one-category-change-categories-new-category-is-not-displayed/121034)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-new-topic-in-one-category-change-categories-new-category-is-not-displayed/121034 "2019-06-22T15:53:33Z")
I clicked on Create a new Topic when I was in one category I chose a different category to post in After selecting the new category, it does not display in the category field If I create this topic, i… --- ## [SNS-like input UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sns-like-input-ui/121061)
**Author:** [@Yatima](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yatima)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sns-like-input-ui/121061 "2019-06-22T14:56:35Z")
Our first-time users are confused about how to write a topic/reply because they are too used to friendly UI of SNS. Nowadays, SNS(twitter, facebook, …) has input box directly. But, discourse has only button which … --- ## [Stop Forum Spam - Spam Countermeasures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-spam-countermeasures/5823)
**Author:** [@deweydb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deweydb)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-spam-countermeasures/5823 "2019-06-22T02:40:20Z")
I am considering switching my main forum http://www.glitchhopforum.com to discourse, but i am concerned about spam prevention. That board gets quite a lot of spam attempts, which have been pretty much completely decima… --- ## [Going back to previous internal page after 404](https://meta.discourse.org/t/going-back-to-previous-internal-page-after-404/104067)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/going-back-to-previous-internal-page-after-404/104067 "2019-06-21T22:55:36Z")
Steps to get this bug: You click on a link which redirects to a section where you don’t have access to. If it says error 404, click on the \< button to go to the previous page It just redirects to the 404 page instead o… --- ## [Unable to go back to a previous page from account page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-go-back-to-a-previous-page-from-account-page/120948)
**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-go-back-to-a-previous-page-from-account-page/120948 "2019-06-21T18:43:28Z")
Hi, the following is happening for me. Click on link to /my/preferences Click on browser’s back button Nothing happens Would love this to be fixed! --- ## [Rebuild failing due to MaxMind DB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-failing-due-to-maxmind-db/119942)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-failing-due-to-maxmind-db/119942 "2019-06-21T16:58:11Z")
My launcher rebuild app has failed multiple times due to a failure related to the MaxMind DB: Done compressing application-d5be6ae5cb1fddec6f1ddadfdb8fa2e99cbefcb56633aff5b5341fde6c39c33e.js : 23.41 secs Done compressi… --- ## [Digital file repository in forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-file-repository-in-forum/120880)
**Author:** [@Stephen\_Brinks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen_Brinks)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-file-repository-in-forum/120880 "2019-06-21T13:56:39Z")
Hi, I am making a big Discourse forum to connect groups of people working on the same CAD files. We need to be able to share CAD files, PDF, DXF, jpeg ect… But keep them organised in one place instead of links mixed in… --- ## [Admin Settings Can't save more than one at a time. Sometimes settings are reverted \>10 seconds later](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-settings-cant-save-more-than-one-at-a-time-sometimes-settings-are-reverted-10-seconds-later/120864)
**Author:** [@JezPez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JezPez)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-settings-cant-save-more-than-one-at-a-time-sometimes-settings-are-reverted-10-seconds-later/120864 "2019-06-21T00:15:22Z")
We have Discourse deployed in 2 environments on our own servers which are spec’d to beyond the required hardware. The issue is on both these installations. We are seeing some graphical bugs in the settings page. But als… --- ## [Force watch single topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-watch-single-topic/120879)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-watch-single-topic/120879 "2019-06-20T08:40:34Z")
I wonder whether there are more communities that might benefit from a feature that would allow staff to make specific users/groups watch a specific topic. So, what this would mean is that the topic menu would include a n… --- ## [Bootstrapping fails because filesystem check regex doesn't match](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrapping-fails-because-filesystem-check-regex-doesnt-match/119625)
**Author:** [@nemesis64](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nemesis64)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrapping-fails-because-filesystem-check-regex-doesnt-match/119625 "2019-06-19T18:39:39Z")
I’m on fedora 30 with everything to the latest(docker is 19.03.0-rc2) as of this topic, and when i get to the bootstrapping step, it fails and says that my filesystem is unsupported, so i investigated the source code and… --- ## [Can't select avatar from list after updating to Discourse 2.4.0.beta1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-select-avatar-from-list-after-updating-to-discourse-2-4-0-beta1/120815)
**Author:** [@bmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bmc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-select-avatar-from-list-after-updating-to-discourse-2-4-0-beta1/120815 "2019-06-19T17:27:01Z")
Our Discourse installation uses the list of allowed avatars feature to avoid the chance of users uploading inappropriate avatars. We updated from 2.3.0.beta11 to 2.4.0.beta1 yesterday and now when users try to change th… --- ## [How about a feature like "Topic of the Day"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-a-feature-like-topic-of-the-day/120794)
**Author:** [@thegurjyot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thegurjyot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-a-feature-like-topic-of-the-day/120794 "2019-06-19T12:14:18Z")
“Topic of the day” can be the topic which got most views, replies and likes in a day. A notification will be sent to all users about this topic, so everyone should check it out. It would be a nice way to grab the attenti… --- ## [Inbox i18n issue?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inbox-i18n-issue/120112)
**Author:** [@hawm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hawm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inbox-i18n-issue/120112 "2019-06-12T08:13:51Z")
Some localization and its tips seems not working at /u/username/messages even change back to English. When i click then go to /u/username/messages/group/some-characters-in-my-language and got below My installed D… --- ## [E-Mail Verification User Event Webhook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-verification-user-event-webhook/120693)
**Author:** [@sloweclair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sloweclair)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mail-verification-user-event-webhook/120693 "2019-06-18T15:51:27Z")
It would be cool if the ‘User Event’ webhook was fired once the user verified their e-mail address. What I am trying to achieve is auto approval of certain users once they verify their e-mail address using webhooks and … --- ## [Solved topics should automatically close, after a delay?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-topics-should-automatically-close-after-a-delay/44061)
**Author:** [@zainab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zainab)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-topics-should-automatically-close-after-a-delay/44061 "2019-06-17T23:17:11Z")
Hi, If there can be setting that as soon as a topic is marked solved it should close immediately or after maybe an hour or a specified period which can be set for each category.. I think it would be great if this was a… --- ## [Moderator Dashboard: Potential Areas of Concern Report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-dashboard-potential-areas-of-concern-report/120603)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-dashboard-potential-areas-of-concern-report/120603 "2019-06-17T20:02:51Z")
I think @fefrei 's “Who has been sending the most messages in the last week?” Data Explorer query is really helpful for identifying abuse of the PM system in a community. Inspired by that, I would like to propose (perh… --- ## [RTL Onebox suffers from overlapping](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rtl-onebox-suffers-from-overlapping/120518)
**Author:** [@yaron](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yaron)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rtl-onebox-suffers-from-overlapping/120518 "2019-06-17T18:27:40Z")
Hey guys, I posted the following GitHub URL as Onebox and noticed that there’s an overlapping between the title and the favicon: The link to the topic is: Thanks! [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=401) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=403)