# UX **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/ux/9.md?page=99 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 100 --- ## [Can you change (or remove) hamburger menu icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-change-or-remove-hamburger-menu-icon/87357)
**Author:** [@jerry0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerry0)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-change-or-remove-hamburger-menu-icon/87357 "2018-05-18T11:01:18Z")
Hi all, we have a hamburger menu already on the site that we are SSO-ing discourse with, and it’s pretty confusing to have two! Could anyone help with script or code for changing the hamburger menu, to a different fa-i… --- ## [Change sharing icon on posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-sharing-icon-on-posts/44471)
**Author:** [@tomwrench](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomwrench)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-sharing-icon-on-posts/44471 "2018-05-18T10:56:56Z")
Is it possible to change the current ‘Share’ icon on posts with the below icon? This appears to be the standard icon associated with sharing on Android and Google applications. --- ## [Found a workable CSS hack to show spinner/loader on slow initial load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/found-a-workable-css-hack-to-show-spinner-loader-on-slow-initial-load/84199)
**Author:** [@daveaevion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daveaevion)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/found-a-workable-css-hack-to-show-spinner-loader-on-slow-initial-load/84199 "2018-04-04T02:58:58Z")
I’ve read a few posts about people wanting a spinner or loading image for the initial discourse load as it may be quite slower than subsequent loads. I realize this is a CSS hack and not a fancy or beautiful fix, but it… --- ## [Formatting issue with checkboxes on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-issue-with-checkboxes-on-mobile/87287)
**Author:** [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-issue-with-checkboxes-on-mobile/87287 "2018-05-14T15:12:40Z")
Check out the sizes of checkboxes on the left. This the standard Light Theme. --- ## [Can I send a private welcome message instead of Discobot?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-send-a-private-welcome-message-instead-of-discobot/87306)
**Author:** [@joshm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-send-a-private-welcome-message-instead-of-discobot/87306 "2018-05-12T00:48:14Z")
I loved the idea of Discobot, but my users do not understand it, and instead of starting the tutorial, almost all of them are replying to Discobot with a message like "Thank you for accepting me… " And then Discobot say… --- ## [Options menu on mobile is a bit awkward](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-menu-on-mobile-is-a-bit-awkward/86878)
**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-menu-on-mobile-is-a-bit-awkward/86878 "2018-05-10T06:34:37Z")
I think these both look a tad bit funky visually. ( In the former you’re not sure if there’s stuff after build poll and in the latter “Hide Details” is cut off). Not sure about solution. As a side note, someone t… --- ## [Poll does not show up as expected when embedded on another site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-does-not-show-up-as-expected-when-embedded-on-another-site/53693)
**Author:** [@jqnatividad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jqnatividad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-does-not-show-up-as-expected-when-embedded-on-another-site/53693 "2018-05-09T17:44:45Z")
Here’s what it looks like inside Discouse: And how it looks as an embedded topic on another site. The embedding was done using ckanext-discourse https://github.com/Ontodia/ckanext-discourse --- ## [Use all paragraphs of the category description in the banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-all-paragraphs-of-the-category-description-in-the-banner/298497)
**Author:** [@Francois\_Douville](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Francois_Douville)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-all-paragraphs-of-the-category-description-in-the-banner/298497 "2018-05-08T20:17:06Z")
Is it normal that it takes only the first paragraph? Could it take all paragraphs? --- ## [Alternative display modes for topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-display-modes-for-topic-list/86978)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-display-modes-for-topic-list/86978 "2018-05-08T10:43:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from Facebook Groups - Zuck is coming for us: I’ve heard this a few times before. Now that we have Customization \> Theme component I think we should offer a few alternative display modes by de… --- ## [Bug - only for RTL installs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-only-for-rtl-installs/86774)
**Author:** [@eba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eba)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-only-for-rtl-installs/86774 "2018-05-04T17:48:50Z")
New install, no extra plugins. 1- default theme 2- Set to RTL language (Hebrew) There’s an inline style applied to #topic-progress-wrapper and it looks like this: right: 1em; 1em is not enough clearing for the pr… --- ## [New like system - I keep unliking post on mobile version when I want to view who's liked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-like-system-i-keep-unliking-post-on-mobile-version-when-i-want-to-view-whos-liked/86756)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-like-system-i-keep-unliking-post-on-mobile-version-when-i-want-to-view-whos-liked/86756 "2018-05-04T23:43:25Z")
I keep accidentally unliking a post when looking at who’s like a post on the mobile version (unless I pinch to zoom - which is not idea). I think the old way worked well - could be perhaps revert to that? --- ## [Groups page: username filter and "add user" confused, too close together for owners](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-page-username-filter-and-add-user-confused-too-close-together-for-owners/86697)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-page-username-filter-and-add-user-confused-too-close-together-for-owners/86697 "2018-05-03T23:09:42Z")
I watched the owner of a group on my site as he navigated the group owner functionality on /groups/groupname, and he was confused. There’s a “username” input field right next to a big “+ Add new member” button. He (and I… --- ## [Add full year to date to make them less visually confusing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-full-year-to-date-to-make-them-less-visually-confusing/86674)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-full-year-to-date-to-make-them-less-visually-confusing/86674 "2018-05-03T13:23:26Z")
This might be just me, but I find that I’m often confused by the short date notation in posts: the notation of a year (Mar '15) is visually really close to the notation of a date (Mar 15). I tend to overlook the apostrop… --- ## [Actions and markup: Icons vs Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/actions-and-markup-icons-vs-tags/85741)
**Author:** [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/actions-and-markup-icons-vs-tags/85741 "2018-05-02T18:00:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from A roadmap for Tags?: The more I use Discourse, the more I’m confused by the multitude of icons marking topics and posts, placed in different corners, with some being just indicators, and o… --- ## [Increase size of category drop-down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-size-of-category-drop-down/86610)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-size-of-category-drop-down/86610 "2018-05-02T14:49:20Z")
Seems unnecessary to make me scroll down in this list when there’s plenty of room on the page to display the list in full. --- ## [Group page: Activity: Mentions \> Topics \> Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-page-activity-mentions-topics-posts/86523)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-page-activity-mentions-topics-posts/86523 "2018-05-02T03:56:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from Usercard for groups: I would like to propose the following changes: Have the /group/{name}/activity route go to Mentions Reorder the left nav of the activity tab as follows: Mentions T… --- ## [Tab to see deactivated users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-to-see-deactivated-users/34255)
**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-to-see-deactivated-users/34255 "2015-10-09T15:56:25Z")
Would it make sense to have a Deactivated users tab under /settings/users/? You can sort of see that at /admin/logs/screened\_emails. --- ## [Options button in the Composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-button-in-the-composer/86479)
**Author:** [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/options-button-in-the-composer/86479 "2018-05-01T22:16:21Z")
Can you please structure the html of all Composer buttons in the same way? The Options BUTTON is the only one inside an additional DIV, which makes it much more difficult to style. You can see the problem in Meta with … --- ## [Search, different scenario](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-different-scenario/86480)
**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-different-scenario/86480 "2018-04-30T21:08:21Z")
Search from category Sets the id of the category If you’re searching from the advanced search, it uses the slug Is it possible to use one behavior, and in the first case (where id) is not obvious? --- ## [Post shows reply to non existing post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002)
**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002 "2018-04-27T21:07:24Z")
@sam replied to @codinghorror here. But @codinghorror didn’t post anything in that topic and if you click on his name nothing happens. Unless he did post, but the post was deleted. Anyway, odd behaviour I’d say. --- ## [Automagically maximize "create new topic" window?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automagically-maximize-create-new-topic-window/86306)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automagically-maximize-create-new-topic-window/86306 "2018-04-27T14:17:44Z")
is there an easy way to automagically maximize the publishing window to full-screen? --- ## [Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-audit-and-shepherd-for-making-improvements/66620)
**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-audit-and-shepherd-for-making-improvements/66620 "2018-04-26T21:34:54Z")
Hello! My name’s Kevin Robinson and I work at the Teaching Systems Lab at MIT. We work in K12 teacher development, and have been experimenting with using Discourse as a companion to our online EdX courses (eg., Design … --- ## [Tag overlap with "similar topic" notice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-overlap-with-similar-topic-notice/86156)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-overlap-with-similar-topic-notice/86156 "2018-04-25T17:56:04Z")
it hides underneath the right-side notice. --- ## [Moving whispers generates "SPLIT THIS TOPIC x MINS AGO" message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-whispers-generates-split-this-topic-x-mins-ago-message/86104)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-whispers-generates-split-this-topic-x-mins-ago-message/86104 "2018-04-24T23:37:49Z")
Maybe a minor bug and not sure if/how this can best be dealt with. I just moved a handful of whispers to another topic, and it generated the “SPLIT THIS TOPIC x MINS AGO” message visible to the public. Oops. It seems to… --- ## [Indicate type of report to data exports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicate-type-of-report-to-data-exports/72738)
**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicate-type-of-report-to-data-exports/72738 "2018-04-24T17:27:42Z")
When you’re exporting data from the admin dashboard you receive a message when the export is complete. However neither the message, nor the file, contain any indication of what that data is (“Posts” or “Topics” or “New U… --- ## [FAQ vs Rules/Guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-vs-rules-guidelines/85199)
**Author:** [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/faq-vs-rules-guidelines/85199 "2018-04-21T19:44:11Z")
IMO, Discourse linking /faq and /guidelines to the same address is misleading. The default FAQ/Guidelines post is actually Forum Rules and Guidelines, not a FAQ. Forum Guidelines is a mandatory, legal document, answer… --- ## [Unread indicator/counter on a new line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unread-indicator-counter-on-a-new-line/85719)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unread-indicator-counter-on-a-new-line/85719 "2018-04-21T00:24:37Z")
Hardly world shattering, but the OCD part of me can’t handle things like this :wink: and --- ## [Usercards and links in markdown preview window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usercards-and-links-in-markdown-preview-window/85474)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/usercards-and-links-in-markdown-preview-window/85474 "2018-04-20T22:58:50Z")
One issue I hit regularly is that I want to follow links and expand usercards in the preview window. I find I get a lot more context about a user I am mentioning by visiting the card (and soon thanks to work by @feathere… --- ## [Adding owners/members UX is inconsistent and misleading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-owners-members-ux-is-inconsistent-and-misleading/58084)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-owners-members-ux-is-inconsistent-and-misleading/58084 "2018-04-20T11:58:37Z")
When you add a username to the field “Add owners” in group settings, the username then appears with an X next to it (see screenshot below). This conveys the impression that when I click “save” to save the group settings… --- ## [New topic composer gets in the way when it auto-opens on the topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-composer-gets-in-the-way-when-it-auto-opens-on-the-topic-list/78553)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-composer-gets-in-the-way-when-it-auto-opens-on-the-topic-list/78553 "2018-04-17T22:58:40Z")
When you have a new topic draft in progress, it opens automatically when you go to the main topic list page. I’ve been annoyed about this in the past, but recently, it’s been getting in my way more and more. I realize … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/ux/9.md?page=98) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/ux/9.md?page=100)