Don’t see if mentioned in search, but I noticed there is no longer a menu option to reply via private message.
Unsure of what changed, but would like to re-enable this functionality if possible.
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Users are discussing the removal of a feature that allowed them to directly reply to a post via private message. sunjam and Jonathan5 noticed the change and would like to re-enable the functionality. Stephen explains that the feature was removed a while ago and points to a previous discussion on the topic.
Jonathan5 found a partial solution, which was also shared by cocococosti, who provided step-by-step instructions on how to achieve the same result using the Message button in users’ cards. The workaround involves clicking on the user’s username, then the Message button, and highlighting the text to quote in the PM composer.
anderer shared a specific use case where the feature was heavily used, and anderer later thanked cocococosti for the helpful instructions, acknowledging that the workaround solves the issue.
It was a removed a while ago, there’s some discussion in this topic.
I too would like this to be returned. I sometimes used it to PM users about their posts.
I’ve just re-read the topic linked to above. The topic was closed so clearly this isn’t going to change. A partial solution is here: Strange behaviour when creating new Topic from linked Post - #34 by sam
hello everyone,
i will dearly miss the possibility to directly reply in am PM with a quote.
i am using discourse heavily in a number of university online courses with up to 150 persons - here the students do their written assignments and i use the option for a PM in order to give individual feedback to the students (in addition to public feedback within the topic)
hope to see this feature back : )
All these use cases are covered by the Message button in users cards.
If you wanted to send a PM to a user, with a quote to something they said in a public topic:
In the post that contains the text you want to quote, click on the user’s username, and then click on the Message button:
The composer for the PM will open in the public topic, so you can highlight the text to quote as you would normally:
ohh, that’s great. thanks a lot for the help
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