# Feature

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## [Time Boxed Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-boxed-chat/263826)

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**Author:** [@Frhaaaan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frhaaaan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-boxed-chat/263826 "2023-05-04T17:34:55Z")

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Would be great if we could time-box the chat feature so the room is only available for a certain time. This will allow community managers to create events in their forums.

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## [Supportive settings to improve mental health?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supportive-settings-to-improve-mental-health/263743)

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**Author:** [@IanAtReplit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IanAtReplit)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supportive-settings-to-improve-mental-health/263743 "2023-05-04T00:03:32Z")

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I’m wondering if there are any settings or plugins that could help support a user’s mental health? For example we have a very active community and sometimes find that they post a lot. Wanted to look into whether it was p…

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## [Prioritizing closed or solved topics in search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-closed-or-solved-topics-in-search/262992)

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**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prioritizing-closed-or-solved-topics-in-search/262992 "2023-05-03T15:06:12Z")

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Quick question about the above. What about auto-closed topics with a solution? Logically, one wants those to show up because they have a solution, but if I got it right, then right now those are automatically less promi…

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## [Suggest tags and/or categories using AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggest-tags-and-or-categories-using-ai/275744)

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**Author:** [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggest-tags-and-or-categories-using-ai/275744 "2023-05-03T08:33:46Z")

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It’s a great development. \<3 I guess it could be more effective if added with some feature: Suggest tags and categories for the topic (by looking at the title and description) If a tag is created in the description, ar…

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## [Prevent users from changing their Full Names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-users-from-changing-their-full-names/261337)

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**Author:** [@AriesFR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AriesFR)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-users-from-changing-their-full-names/261337 "2023-05-02T16:30:56Z")

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Hi all, On the forum we manage, although we give a lot of leeway on the username, we required (in the terms of use) that the users provide their full names and do not change them except to reflect legal name changes. We…

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## [Include the forum's URL in quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-the-forums-url-in-quotes/263493)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-the-forums-url-in-quotes/263493 "2023-05-02T10:36:06Z")

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Hi! Discourse is widely used on the Internet. I sometimes cross-post quotes from one to another, using the quote button instead of copy-pasting directly from the topic to keep the username and keep some content well-di…

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## [@ mentions on the new notification panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentions-on-the-new-notification-panel/263377)

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**Author:** [@PlanesAndGames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PlanesAndGames)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentions-on-the-new-notification-panel/263377 "2023-05-01T17:44:07Z")

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If you’ve checked your notifications recently, you probably noticed the slightly revamped notification panel. I quite like it, as it gives more quick filtering options than before (although it’ll take a little while to g…

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## [Alternative run](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333)

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**Author:** [@Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justman10000)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-run/263333 "2023-05-01T14:52:40Z")

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Currently discourse is hosted in Docker by nginx! but you could add an option in the discourse-setup where instead of nginx just discourse itself runs (so that discourse reaches via :3000\>)… Furthermore, another option i…

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## [Choose provider on 404 errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choose-provider-on-404-errors/263249)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choose-provider-on-404-errors/263249 "2023-04-29T13:28:53Z")

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I wonder if we can get an option to choose the search provider on 404 errors. Duckduckgo provides more privacy but there are people using Bing too because AI implementation.

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## [Rules for inviting people to topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-inviting-people-to-topics/167896)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-inviting-people-to-topics/167896 "2023-04-29T11:24:31Z")

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In some topics it’s not possible to invite another user to the conversation. This happens when it’s in a category that is not open to everyone, which might make some sense in the case of something like a Regulars Lounge …

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## [Improve the Follow Feed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-the-follow-feed/263222)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-the-follow-feed/263222 "2023-04-28T23:39:33Z")

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In its current implementation I feel the Follow feed is very limited, as it only shows all the replies from the users you have followed. What I would propose is being able to see a feed of topics the followed users have …

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## [Editing flagged posts directly from flags menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-flagged-posts-directly-from-flags-menu/263220)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-flagged-posts-directly-from-flags-menu/263220 "2023-04-28T22:56:31Z")

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Sometimes I get a ton of flags in the review queue, and while a few can be dealt with by deleting/silencing, there are some posts that just need a few places in the messages edited/removed. For example, our forum encoura…

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## [Alternate category view proposal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternate-category-view-proposal/263105)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Bushell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Bushell)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternate-category-view-proposal/263105 "2023-04-28T20:20:02Z")

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New meta discourse user here - hope this is the right place for this… I asked a similar question over on JustinGuitar community - where I’m a heavy user, not an admin. JustinGuitar Community - Is there a master list…

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## [Context-sensitive topic templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/context-sensitive-topic-templates/263192)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/context-sensitive-topic-templates/263192 "2023-04-28T15:47:28Z")

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We have a community of product. I.e. largely Q&A. In response to a new topic/question, I just pulled up a response template, edited (deleted) for context and posted. At the risk of asking for Clippy (“It looks like you…

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## [Excitement Opt-Out Panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excitement-opt-out-panel/256931)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excitement-opt-out-panel/256931 "2023-04-27T02:49:54Z")

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Feature Idea!: Have a handy one-stop menu users can click: Skip new user onboarding tips and badges Never Notify when liked, or choose level \[…\] Disable Trust Promotion Advancement messages instead of scattering t…

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## [Show full name for calendar's upcoming events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-full-name-for-calendars-upcoming-events/262606)

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**Author:** [@Sahnvour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sahnvour)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-full-name-for-calendars-upcoming-events/262606 "2023-04-24T09:50:59Z")

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In /upcoming-events page, space is very limited and it’s very common that the trimmed version displayed is not useful because of missing context. We don’t want to have to open every event to see what’s it about. It woul…

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## [Ability to lock vote after voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-lock-vote-after-voting/171791)

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**Author:** [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-lock-vote-after-voting/171791 "2023-04-25T09:02:16Z")

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Is there able to be a way where when you vote, your vote will lock, but results will still display immediately. I think this is very beneficial for polls, so you get a fair answer. I think this is great so people don’t g…

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## [Separation of S3 backups provider from primary S3 provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separation-of-s3-backups-provider-from-primary-s3-provider/262795)

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**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separation-of-s3-backups-provider-from-primary-s3-provider/262795 "2023-04-25T07:45:44Z")

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I think it would be a nice addition to have the flexibility to specify a different S3 provider for backups, rather than needing to use the same provider as the main S3 bucket provider. Primary reasons: Requirements f…

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## [Translating text in polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translating-text-in-polls/245089)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translating-text-in-polls/245089 "2023-04-24T11:26:26Z")

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Can someone estimate how hard would it be to solve this problem? Low-hanging fruit A couple of days A major undertaking Forget it Other N/A :wink:

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## [Content-Type in mail header should contain "markup=markdown"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-type-in-mail-header-should-contain-markup-markdown/243179)

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**Author:** [@hmpffff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmpffff)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-type-in-mail-header-should-contain-markup-markdown/243179 "2023-04-24T05:23:13Z")

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Moin, the mails from Discourse groups are missing the hint, that they contain Markdown. So my mail client shows me only the plain text, without rendering the as markdown. The simple solution would be to extend the conte…

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## [Email Notifications for likes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-for-likes/256435)

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**Author:** [@Tauliath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tauliath)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-for-likes/256435 "2023-04-22T00:35:51Z")

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I know this was brought up before in this thread, and even though having the summary of likes on the digest is good, it doesn’t really do it for us. Is there a way to get an email for the like notifications you get? Bas…

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## [Identify AI hallucinations to search engines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-ai-hallucinations-to-search-engines/262424)

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**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identify-ai-hallucinations-to-search-engines/262424 "2023-04-21T13:26:27Z")

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For those of us now living with hallucinations in public data we know that identifying the hallucinations is time consuming. So in thinking about the problem remembered that if one uses the Hide Details in a post there …

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## [How to not show click counter on internal links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-not-show-click-counter-on-internal-links/255569)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-not-show-click-counter-on-internal-links/255569 "2023-04-21T16:37:07Z")

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There are times when you don’t want to see the click counts on internal links in topics. One example that came up for me recently is links to intersection of tags, which otherwise is still a bit hard to get to in discour…

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## [Is it possible to enable txt only PM's?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-enable-txt-only-pms/230230)

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**Author:** [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-enable-txt-only-pms/230230 "2023-04-21T15:24:28Z")

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You can restrict and manage private message feature via user trust level, which is cool. However is it possible to disable images & links in Pm’s i.e. enable text only PM’s - as an extra layer of management mange securi…

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## [Ability to delete tags with \< N topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-delete-tags-with-n-topics/159979)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-delete-tags-with-n-topics/159979 "2023-04-18T15:16:29Z")

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I just stumbled across this wonderful feature, “delete unused tags”. And it left me wanting more! Continuing the discussion from A comprehensive guide to Discourse tags: We have many tags with “count: 1” as tag creati…

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## [How can I compare arbitrary revisions of a post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-compare-arbitrary-revisions-of-a-post/102429)

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**Author:** [@TallTed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TallTed)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-compare-arbitrary-revisions-of-a-post/102429 "2023-04-18T12:07:51Z")

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Revision history is useful. It’s nice to be able to see the diff between any 2 adjacent revisions (revs 3 and 4, or revs 8 and 9), but this is really insufficient when a post has been changed substantially over time, or…

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## [Discourse and Webmention is possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-webmention-is-possible/261971)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-webmention-is-possible/261971 "2023-04-18T07:42:50Z")

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Looking for a simple way to get rid of over-sized Twitter thumbnails I come to Webmention that enables simple comments from social-media and just mentioning the URL of our articles or posts. There is a client on Ruby an…

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## [A way to block individual posts from appearing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-block-individual-posts-from-appearing/63775)

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**Author:** [@DeViLzzz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeViLzzz)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-block-individual-posts-from-appearing/63775 "2023-04-17T00:38:01Z")

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I would like to see a way to block individual posts from appearing. It is a feature that is very welcome on Facebook and other places for others and me and I hope I will see it soon at other sites I go to that use Disco…

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## [Allow TL4 to see and use user-notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-to-see-and-use-user-notes/261772)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-to-see-and-use-user-notes/261772 "2023-04-16T05:33:24Z")

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Is there a way to choose confidence levels to post member grades? I want my TL4 members to be able to use notes on others too

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## [Toggle Composer layout to position Editor and Preview as top-bottom instead of left-right](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-composer-layout-to-position-editor-and-preview-as-top-bottom-instead-of-left-right/261818)

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**Author:** [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-composer-layout-to-position-editor-and-preview-as-top-bottom-instead-of-left-right/261818 "2023-04-15T23:50:40Z")

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I was playing with a wide table earlier, and sadly it started to fall off the screen(even with full screen editor and a very wide monitor). The issue is that the preview always takes up only half of the left-right real e…

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