I tried customise / text / search for + New Topic, but can’t see a way to edit the + New Topic Button Text. Is it possible to edit the text on this button?

You can Customize any text in Discourse

hi @JonathanCalver, welcome :wave: the text replacement is the definitely the way to go but elements can be manipulated with css as well, especially with some extra formatting you may want to add or to align the text differently. to add “Button” to the existing “New Topic” text: common css #create-topic.btn-default.btn.btn-icon-text { span.d-button-label:after { content: " Button"; } } to replace the existing button text with “BUTTON”. #create-topic.btn-default.btn.btn-icon-text { span.d-button-label { position: relative; visibility: hidden; } span.d-button-label:after { content: "BUTTON"; position: absolute; visibility: visible; left: 0px; top: 0px; } }

Using the built in method seems much easier.

it should be. but i haven’t been able to change that particular button with the text replacement. not sure why :thinking: edit: i finally got it to change with the text replacement but for some reason it wouldn’t take for awhile and i haven’t figured out why yet. anyways. it is js.topic.create. one thing about using CSS is it allows one to be a bit more specific on some of the page elements. for example, on my site, i used CSS to change the reply button at the bottom of my topics to say “Reply to Topic”. to distinguish it from the post reply buttons. if one uses the text replacement, it will replace the text on both buttons. :slight_smile:

OK, thanks for this but when I go to admin / customise / text and search for New Button, it says there are more than 50 options and I should refine the search. So, when I put in + New Button, it only comes up with one option, which is js.user_activity.no_topics_body and not the one I want. So, can you tell me which of the 50 + options is the right one for me to edit to update the + New Topic button on the “Latest” home page, or advise how I should modify my search term? Thanks.

Brilliant. All fixed. Thank you so much.

[image] Lillian : one thing about using CSS is it allows one to be a bit more specific on some of the page elements. for example, on my site, i used CSS to change the reply button at the bottom of my topics to say “Reply to Topic”. to distinguish it from the post reply buttons. if one uses the text replacement, it will replace the text on both buttons. Aha! Good point. I’m still really bad at CSS. :crying_cat_face:

that is one thing i can do pretty well. we can trade help lol :sweat_smile: also you solved this @pfaffman i just added some extra.

Customise + New Topic Button

Product Support

Lilly (Lillian ) May 12, 2023, 3:59am 7

the one you want is js.topic.create

search for that (or New Topic) and then edit the text that says “New Topic”

Topic		Replies	Views
Customize "Create a New Topic " and "Create Topic" Button Product Support	3	2131	July 7, 2020
Make "New Topic" button more prominent UX	9	2022	July 23, 2021
Change “New Topic” text Product Support	4	1188	September 21, 2021
Customize new topic button text Theme component official , topic-button-text	29	4500	April 9, 2026
Change "+ New Topic" button text Product Support	2	883	July 18, 2019

Customise + New Topic Button

Related topics