Is it possible to add options to a multiple choice poll but not lose all the previous votes when doing so? Is it possible to reduce the font size of a multiple choice poll so that it doesn’t take up so much space (currently the font is significantly larger than the surrounding text).

[image] Loki: Is it possible to add options to a multiple choice poll but not lose all the previous votes when doing so? No. Close the poll and do another one. [image] Loki: Is it possible to reduce the font size of a multiple choice poll so that it doesn’t take up so much space (currently the font is significantly larger than the surrounding text). Sure but that seems weird, the default should look :ok:.

[image] zogstrip: Is it possible to reduce the font size of a multiple choice poll so that it doesn’t take up so much space (currently the font is significantly larger than the surrounding text). Sure but that seems weird, the default should look :ok:. Okay, so then, how do you reduce the font size of the poll? (I’m not knowledgeable in HTML.)

BTW, here is what it looks like. It seems the poll section could be much more compressed. It gets quite big for a long list of multiple choice options. [image]

[image] zogstrip: Is it possible to add options to a multiple choice poll but not lose all the previous votes when doing so? No. Close the poll and do another one. [image] RickO: I should have provided more info… this is a situation where we have a running list of features that that we want to allow users to express their interest in. These are actually “sub-features” of one particular area, so we don’t want to create a whole bunch of separate topics for them to vote on. However, occasionally new sub-features are added to the list. We want users to be able to express their interest in the new ones without having everybody’s votes deleted when we add them to the poll. The only workaround I’ve found for this is to add a new poll right after the first one each time new features are added to the list. But it ends up looking pretty awkward. Ideas?

Maybe use the voting plugin? [image] Discourse Topic Voting Plugin discourse2 Summary Discourse Topic Voting lets community members vote on topics in designated categories. open_book Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. While Discourse Topic Voting can be used for a variety of use cases, this documentation is focused on the primary use case of an ideas or feature request category. discourse2 Note: Discourse Topic Voting is available on the Business or Enterprise …

We also have the Post Voting plugin now which may also be of some use: [image] Discourse Post Voting Plugin discourse2 Summary Discourse Post Voting allows the creation of topics with votable posts. open_book Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features To create a new topic with votable posts open the menu in the top left of the composer and select ‘Toggle Post Voting’: [post voting toggle] With the topic in Post Voting mode, there’s a filter to sort answers by votes or by activity. Here’s an example …

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zogstrip (Régis HANOL) December 26, 2018, 3:54pm 2

No. Close the poll and do another one.

Sure but that seems weird, the default should look .

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