Fixed-Position Topic Edit Button

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The Fixed-Position Topic Edit Button theme component moves the Topic Edit Button to a fixed position, defaulting to the top right, preventing the need to scroll down to find the edit button. To use this theme, users must remove the edit button from the post menu hidden items in site settings.

denvergeeks notes that this theme component has no effect on normal posts that are not the topic. In settings, even when all post menu hidden items are selected to be hidden, the edit button still appears on non-topic (Reply) posts. denvergeeks suggests that a note be made in the settings to reference this fact and to disable the edit button from being disabled.

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:information_source: Summary Moves the Topic Edit Button to a Fixed Position (Defaults to Top Right)
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:hammer_and_wrench: Repository https://github.com/denvergeeks/discourse-fixed-topic-edit-button
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What This Does

Moves the Topic Edit Button to a Fixed Position (Defaults to Top Right)

This prevents ever having to scroll down to find the Edit button for editing a Topic.

Here’s what it looks like… Green Pencil remains fixed at the top right :wink:

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One more thing…

Important: Note that you must also remove the edit button from the post menu hidden items in your site settings (search for post menu hidden items in Settings):

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How would this affect normal posts that are not the topic?

No effect at all.

Interestingly, in the settings, with all of the post menu hidden items selected to be hidden (including the edit button), the edit button still does appear (and all alone) but only on the Reply (non-Topic) posts.

So, with these settings…

This is what a Topic with one Reply Post looks like…

I actually appreciate that the Edit button cannot be hidden for Replies. Maybe a note should be made to reference that fact in the Settings, and the Edit button should be disabled from being disabled.

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