The discussion revolves around the “Mark as Solution” feature in Discourse. RobMeade pointed out that the feature only works for comments, not the original topic post, making it difficult to mark a self-solved question as the solution. KevinWorkman clarified that this feature is part of a plugin, not native to Discourse, and suggested contacting the plugin developer for potential changes. zogstrip offered a workaround by replying to oneself with the solution, which RobMeade found amusing but impractical. KevinWorkman reassured that plugins can be actively developed and suggested directing the feature request to the plugin developer. RobMeade apologized for any misunderstanding and plans to post the feature request in the plugins forum, referencing this thread.
I have noticed that when you mark posts as solved, you can only do this on the comments to an original topic post, not on the first post itself.
I have seen situations where a user may posted a question, only to end up finding the answer themselves, but then updating the same initial topic post with the details of the answer (for everyone else’s benefit) - there is no way currently to mark that original topic post as the solution - other than the standard [Solved] prefix.
I have actually just done the exact thing myself on a different topic, which is what reminded me of it.
Hi @KevinWorkman, ah I didn’t realise that, I only really see the front end of our Discourse solution, so I’m not familiar with the install/setup/configuration as such - thanks for letting me know. I guess then, as a plugin, it’s unlikely to change.
lol, thanks @zogstrip, the amount of time I already spend talking to myself is fairly high though! Additionally, I seem to remember a little div popping up on the forum telling me to not post again and again and again with replies and instead to update the post - I was trying to be well behaved
Eh, I wouldn’t say that plugins are less likely to change than plain old Discourse. In fact I was mostly letting you know it was a plugin so you could @ the developer of the plugin (who happens to also be a developer of Discourse) directly.
I’m not saying it definitely will change (especially because I like the reply-to-yourself option better myself), but I wouldn’t completely dismiss the idea of a plugin changing either. Some of them are under pretty active development.
Ahh! I didn’t realise, sorry, apologies for any offence caused, not intentional - didn’t realise about the plugins also being developer here, assumed third party / another site etc. Have just seen the plugins forum so will head over there and reference back this thread too - thanks
