# Contribute

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## [Wrap subcategory + new topic number in \<span\>](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrap-subcategory-new-topic-number-in-span/49424)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrap-subcategory-new-topic-number-in-span/49424 "2016-08-30T08:27:32Z")

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Might be nice if the name of the category and the number of new topics were wrapped in a span, so that we could try to have them align in columns by setting a width. This is how our categories look currently. https://w…

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## [Link to post does not scroll all the way up to that post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-post-does-not-scroll-all-the-way-up-to-that-post/49275)

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**Author:** [@dictoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dictoon)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-post-does-not-scroll-all-the-way-up-to-that-post/49275 "2016-08-30T06:45:03Z")

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Here is a link obtained with the share button of the last post of a thread: https://forum.appleseedhq.net/t/3ds-max-plugin-development/109/36 Notice that when you open that link, the page doesn’t scroll all the way up …

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## [Text overlapping issues in user admn screen in mobile view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-overlapping-issues-in-user-admn-screen-in-mobile-view/49374)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-overlapping-issues-in-user-admn-screen-in-mobile-view/49374 "2016-08-29T23:24:59Z")

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This is on iOS latest, iPhone 6: There is enough space for text not to overlap

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## [Office 365 Email response to Discourse broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/office-365-email-response-to-discourse-broken/41995)

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**Author:** [@damianwilczek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/damianwilczek)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/office-365-email-response-to-discourse-broken/41995 "2016-08-29T22:25:44Z")

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HI, after few test we noticed that discourse have a bug in prassing email answers from Office 365 sent via Email. How to reproduce it: Create a Topic Wait for discourse Email Respond to it via email After this you c…

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## [Existing Feature or Plugin for Featured Image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-feature-or-plugin-for-featured-image/49406)

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**Author:** [@GioLogist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GioLogist)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-feature-or-plugin-for-featured-image/49406 "2016-08-29T21:21:16Z")

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Just like the wordpress “featured image” function, is there a similar function for discourse? I’m interested in this for both categories and topics alike. Essentially, latest topics on the homepage will show a featured …

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## [Why don't discourse use email name to create username?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197)

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**Author:** [@trandatnh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trandatnh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-discourse-use-email-name-to-create-username/26197 "2016-08-29T13:28:32Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Vietnamese slug support for better SEO: I find it’s strange to use “people name” from Facebook to create username in Discourse. Why wouldn’t we use “email name” as a default user name for…

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## [Topic metadata alignment problem in the topics list on home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-metadata-alignment-problem-in-the-topics-list-on-home-page/49204)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-metadata-alignment-problem-in-the-topics-list-on-home-page/49204 "2016-08-29T08:52:44Z")

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For some reason, not all topic metadata is aligned to the right, please see an example below:

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## [Bug in post date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-post-date/49337)

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**Author:** [@gauthier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gauthier)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-post-date/49337 "2016-08-29T08:31:30Z")

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hi, I’ve a bug with the post date: For this post (and only this one), the date in timeline is 1st january 70. Can i do something? You can check yourself at http://libertysim.net/t/salut-a-tous/38116/11 Thanks

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## [Topics count on new categories view from v1.7.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-count-on-new-categories-view-from-v1-7-0-beta3/49215)

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**Author:** [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-count-on-new-categories-view-from-v1-7-0-beta3/49215 "2016-08-29T08:26:09Z")

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Hi. We upgraded to v1.7.0.beta3 and the topics count for categories that contain subcategories only shows the count for the posts that are not in a sub-category. We don’t really use the top-level category, so it looks k…

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## ["Error authorising your account" log in issue on iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-authorising-your-account-log-in-issue-on-ios/49336)

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**Author:** [@CaptainDawud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainDawud)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-authorising-your-account-log-in-issue-on-ios/49336 "2016-08-29T08:04:04Z")

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Hello guys, so for about a week now I’ve been having this issue when I try to log in to any of the discourse forums I am apart of. The issue is that when I sign into my account, it first says “Authentication is complete,…

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## [Meta.discourse.org issue on Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-issue-on-firefox/49350)

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**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-issue-on-firefox/49350 "2016-08-29T02:56:16Z")

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I have an issue on Firefox, meta.discourse.org doesn’t work, Firefox seems to block the website with an error message : the connection is not secure NS\_ERROR\_NET\_INADEQUATE\_SECURITY (The rest is in french) On 1 of 10 …

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## [Arabic plural forms are not being used](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-plural-forms-are-not-being-used/49291)

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**Author:** [@SafaAlfulaij](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SafaAlfulaij)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arabic-plural-forms-are-not-being-used/49291 "2016-08-28T21:47:57Z")

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There is a problem with Arabic plural forms, as the only used forms are "one" and "other", while there are a total of 6 forms! For example (F:Form): F\_zero: A F\_one: B F\_two: C f\_few: D f\_many: F f\_other: F “other” is se…

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## [Setting Featured Topics Count Per Category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-featured-topics-count-per-category/49266)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-featured-topics-count-per-category/49266 "2016-08-28T08:24:08Z")

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If a category has many subcategories, it can make the category row on the category page quite high. If you have a category with no subcategories or only a few and a short description, this category row will be quite sma…

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## [Add title to user's profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-to-users-profile/49313)

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**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-title-to-users-profile/49313 "2016-08-27T15:34:01Z")

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On my site all users have a title, derived from their primary group. This title appear underneath their name & username on the hover-over card, but not on their profile. Can this discrepancy be corrected? Card: Prof…

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## [Period switcher dropdown too thin for top topics list in mobile view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/period-switcher-dropdown-too-thin-for-top-topics-list-in-mobile-view/49193)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/period-switcher-dropdown-too-thin-for-top-topics-list-in-mobile-view/49193 "2016-08-26T16:56:10Z")

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This dropdown box needs some improvement: It is a period switcher control found found on the “top” topics list. We should make it take full screen width.

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## [Overrule translations for certain words only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overrule-translations-for-certain-words-only/49143)

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**Author:** [@kgish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgish)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overrule-translations-for-certain-words-only/49143 "2016-08-26T14:29:34Z")

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I would like to use different translations for certain words only. Rather than having to edit the default yaml file, is it possible to provide another list which overrules only those words that I include in this list?

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## [Site Logo does not respect subfolder setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-logo-does-not-respect-subfolder-setup/49216)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-logo-does-not-respect-subfolder-setup/49216 "2016-08-25T21:44:45Z")

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The logo in the top left of every page uses the site domain as its link. It does not add the subfolder to the URL, meaning that if you right click the link to open it, or open in a new tab or window it leads to the root…

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## ["Your search term is too short" message when no search term is entered at all](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-search-term-is-too-short-message-when-no-search-term-is-entered-at-all/49070)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-search-term-is-too-short-message-when-no-search-term-is-entered-at-all/49070 "2016-08-25T17:08:45Z")

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This might be considered a bit confusing: I have not entered any text yet, but it already says that my search term is too short (while there is no search term at all). Maybe for zero-length input we should say somet…

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## [Read-Only mode doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205)

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**Author:** [@dorianamouroux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dorianamouroux)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205 "2016-08-25T15:33:14Z")

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Hi, I’m using discourse, and I want to back-up my data and reupload it onto another server with Discourse. The Read-Only mode would be perfect for it, I can do it with no down-time. The feature doesn’t work though, wh…

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## [What drives the "trending posts" list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-drives-the-trending-posts-list/49166)

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**Author:** [@kitchengirlkate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kitchengirlkate)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-drives-the-trending-posts-list/49166 "2016-08-24T20:51:20Z")

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Question on the “Trending Topics” list – the same posts have appeared in the list since our initial implementation of Discourse. There doesn’t appear, to the naked eye anyway, to be any correlation with the number of vi…

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## [No email notifications for posts that require approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-email-notifications-for-posts-that-require-approval/48792)

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**Author:** [@tkrunning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkrunning)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-email-notifications-for-posts-that-require-approval/48792 "2016-08-24T15:08:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Get notified of new topics, but not posts: We’re having issues with only some new topics generating emails to people watching a particular category. Thanks @eviltrout for having a look at…

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## [Still "less sign" is used in the topics list when it makes little sense](https://meta.discourse.org/t/still-less-sign-is-used-in-the-topics-list-when-it-makes-little-sense/49026)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/still-less-sign-is-used-in-the-topics-list-when-it-makes-little-sense/49026 "2016-08-24T08:39:54Z")

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Not sure if it is a translation problem, or still an issue in the code. As discussed in this topic, the “less sign” makes little to no difference for “\<1m”. However, I just noticed that there are other cases where the “l…

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## ["There are no more posted topics" - when is it used and what is the exact meaning?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-no-more-posted-topics-when-is-it-used-and-what-is-the-exact-meaning/48670)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-no-more-posted-topics-when-is-it-used-and-what-is-the-exact-meaning/48670 "2016-08-23T22:16:52Z")

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Please explain the meaning and usage of the following text: There are no more posted topics Translation key: js.tagging.topics.bottom.posted

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## [Per Category/post user titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-post-user-titles/49094)

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**Author:** [@Nischayn22](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nischayn22)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-post-user-titles/49094 "2016-08-23T21:21:25Z")

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If you use Quora you would see how it’s so easy to have category level user titles, editable by the users themselves. This helps in bringing value to your answer for your readers. While Discourse has user titles they ar…

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## [Modification when you hover over the topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modification-when-you-hover-over-the-topic/48943)

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**Author:** [@Pirat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pirat)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modification-when-you-hover-over-the-topic/48943 "2016-08-23T09:17:46Z")

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Good time of day. Want to suggest such a thing

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## [Remove the comments of others on your topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-the-comments-of-others-on-your-topic/48981)

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**Author:** [@Pirat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pirat)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 9:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-the-comments-of-others-on-your-topic/48981 "2016-08-23T09:11:34Z")

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deleting comments on his topic if the user does not like I think it would be best if the person controlling your topic Example picture

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## [Inline code blocks in code fence mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-code-blocks-in-code-fence-mode/48833)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inline-code-blocks-in-code-fence-mode/48833 "2016-08-23T07:24:43Z")

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In the default mode of the code \</\> button, when you select some text in the middle of a line and click the code button, it wraps that text in single backticks, like \`this\`. We learned about the “code formatting style =…

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## [Each category pages show list of all categories before the topic list after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/each-category-pages-show-list-of-all-categories-before-the-topic-list-after-update/48801)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/each-category-pages-show-list-of-all-categories-before-the-topic-list-after-update/48801 "2016-08-23T02:11:11Z")

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here is 2 snapshots of a category page, e.g. /c/wiki, though it’s in Persian: after I go to a category, first it shows all the categories listed and then it shows a “loading” symbol, and then the topic list. I de…

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## [Should linking to other topics cause the browser window to refresh?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-linking-to-other-topics-cause-the-browser-window-to-refresh/48920)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-linking-to-other-topics-cause-the-browser-window-to-refresh/48920 "2016-08-22T21:24:53Z")

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Title says it all. I was expecting clicking an internal link to load in the same way as everything else, but my browser is refreshed as if visiting an external link. UPDATE It’s because I used the full path (http://me…

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## ["Invite" textbox should disable browser autocomplete](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-textbox-should-disable-browser-autocomplete/48973)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-textbox-should-disable-browser-autocomplete/48973 "2016-08-22T18:11:33Z")

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When you invite someone to a topic, the \<input\> allows browser autocompletion, but Discourse implements its own autocompletion. This means that when I type “fred”, the browser might suggest “fred@fred.com”, whilst Discou…

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