Solved plugin: post menu button now hidden at far right, used to be on the left?

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The Discourse Solved (Accepted answer plugin) has introduced a change in the post menu button’s position. For non-OPs, the solved button is now on the far right, whereas for OPs, it remains on the far left. According to sam, this is intended, as it “tucks it away” unless the user is the OP. However, tobiaseigen finds this inconsistent. sam explains that the positioning is deliberate, as admins/mods should not mark solved in usual cases, and the default position helps avoid temptation. Ultimately, tobiaseigen prefers a consistent position, regardless of the location. sam clarifies that the position is indeed consistent, as long as the user is not a moderator.

With Discourse Solved (Accepted answer plugin) installed, is there any particular reason why now the solved button on the post menu is on the far right for posts by others, when it used to be on the far left? On my own posts it is in the far left position as usual. Other buttons appear to be unchanged.

This feels like a new change, perhaps related to @eviltrout’s post rendering engine work and related plugin updates?

I went to look at my post menu ordering and solved isn’t even available as one of the options there. It was always just automatically positioned on the far left from the beginning.

See screenshot:

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Could be a regression, not sure, @eviltrout?

We tuck it away unless you are the OP

Are you sure this is happening when you are the OP?

Ah. Maybe this is a development a while back that I missed. I’d expect it to be in the same position for all posts, tucked away or not.

Note I am not the op in the example above but for my own post it is on far left. Seems wrong to me.

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Admins/mods really should not be going around marking solved in usual cases, so elevating the position here get really loud and tempting

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I honestly don’t care where it is as long as it makes sense and is the same for every post. :sunny:

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It is the same as long as you are not a moderator